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According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened at around 7:30 p.m. on June 24 at a home in the 2900 block of Southwest 57th Avenue, in the unincorporated Coral Terrace area.

The MDSO report states that Allen Matis, 67, of Coral Gables, was driving a Cadillac Lyriq on Palermo Avenue when he ran a stop sign and slammed the SUV into the home, crashing through the wall and hitting Henri Bezy as he slept inside.

Bezy “became trapped underneath (the) vehicle” and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews pronounced him dead at the scene, the report states.

According to the report, a deputy saw Matis behind the wheel and “observed signs of impairment.” It states that toxicology results taken from blood samples hours after the crash showed Matis’ blood alcohol content ranging from 0.245% to 0.29%, more than three times the legal limit.

Deputies said they later obtained vehicle data showing that Matis accelerated to 43 mph and never hit the brakes “during the seconds leading up to the crash.”

Matis was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of DUI manslaughter and reckless vehicular homicide. His bond was listed as “to be set” as of Wednesday afternoon.

Matis will see another judge on Thursday in order to see if he should be released on house arrest.

Like the beloved children’s book “The Little Engine That Could,” Parton created the Imagination Library to inspire kids to learn, dream and achieve.

In 2026, the nonprofit sends books to children around the world. Two of those children are right here in South Florida.

Lauren Dieppa enjoys reading with her two little ones, Max and Ava. They have each received a book every month from the Imagination Library since they were newborns.

“Every time we get a book in the mail that night they’re reading it,” Dieppa said.

Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995 as a tribute to her father. It began in her home county of East Tennessee before expanding to several states and eventually other countries.

The program has thousands of community partners that help bring it to their own cities. The city of Miami Lakes is one of them.

“We started partnering with the Imagination Library since 2004,” said Clarissell De Cardenas, communications and community affairs director for the city of Miami Lakes.

Here’s how it works: Parents register their child on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library website. The town covers the cost of the book and the mailing.

“The parent registers their child on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library website,” De Cardenas said.

“The town covers the cost of the book and the mailing.”

The Imagination Library selects the books, making sure they are age-appropriate, and handles mailing them directly to the children’s homes.

It’s a partnership that delivers plenty of benefits while helping ensure Parton’s dream and legacy as the “Book Lady” will continue to empower generations to come.

Peters and Munetaka Murakami are also the only rookies in club history to hit home runs in five consecutive games in the same season.

Peters connected on a two-run drive in the fifth inning that put the White Sox ahead of the Texas Rangers 6-2. The 26-year-old Canadian now has 12 homers on the season.

The streak matches the longest by a rookie, accomplished 13 times before — including by teammate Murakami this year. Ron Kittle in 1983 was the only other White Sox rookie to do so, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Eight times previously the White Sox have had a player hit homers in five straight.

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Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Studio said.

“She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul,” the studio's statement said. “We will carry forward Kusama’s wishes and, through art, continue to bring hope and strength for the future to people around the world.”

Kusama, one of Japan’s most respected contemporary artists, was widely exhibited around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Repetitive motifs were her trademark, in various shapes, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases, or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations, in all their vibrant psychedelic glory.

“Polka dots are fabulous,” Kusama said in a 2012 interview with The Associated Press, appearing in her signature orange bobcut wig and polka dot-covered attire.

“I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw,” she said in her childlike but matter-of-fact tone. “I will keep painting until I die.”

Kusama insisted she drew the way she saw the world -- covered with spots, part of the hallucinations she said she had from childhood. She was in and out of psychiatric institution for decades, although her sickness did not hold her back as she was one of the first Japanese women to go to New York to pursue her art, in 1957.

Although soft-spoken and shy in her mannerisms, she was always unabashedly bold in the assertion of her dotty vision, not only in sticking to the style for decades but also in making it accessible to the masses.

In her later years, as the times caught up with her art, she enjoyed fame. She signed on with fashion brands like Louis Vuitton as well as other licensed products like teacups, T-shirts and key chains with her illustrations, including replicas of her likeness that were used in show windows and other marketing.

In 2008, Christie’s auctioned her work for $5.8 million. In 2016, she won the most prestigious award Japan gives its artists, the Order of Culture.

Upon receiving the award, she told reporters she was more determined than ever to pursue her art, stressing that the sincerity and devotion she had demonstrated in her personal life were crucial parts of her artistic legacy.

“I feel there is little left in my life, but I am now still fighting to the death for my art,” she said. “I am giving all I have so that many people will continue to be interested in my art, even after I am dead.”

Kusama was called pop, avant-garde, feminist, just to name some of the categories thrown at her, most of which Kusama brushed off as not quite representative of her art.

She was born in a middle-class family but felt misunderstood, as her parents wanted her to simply get married. They wanted to buy her kimono, not paints and brushes. She knew she had to get away. She chose America.

When she arrived in New York, the fad was “action painting,” characterized by dribbles, swooshes and smears, not dots. She suffered years of poverty and obscurity. But she kept painting dots.

She put circles of paper on people’s bodies, and once a horse, in “happening” anti-war performances in the late 1960s, which got some people arrested for obscenity but helped get media attention for her art. While in New York, she befriended artists like Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keefe and Joseph Cornell, who praised her innovative style.

Over the years, Kusama has made quirky but stunningly celebratory works like “Macaroni Girl,” a female figure plastered with macaroni, which expresses the fear of food; “The Visionary Flowers,” giant sculptures of twisting tulips, and “Mirrored Corridor,” a room with mirrors that delivers an illusion of a field of phallic protrusions speckled with dots.

Kusama, who has also made films and published several novels, said she wasn’t sure where she got her ideas. She just picked up her brush and started drawing. The process was so mysterious sometimes she surprised herself, she told AP.

“I think, ‘Oh, I drew that? I was thinking that,’” she said.

But she appeared happy to have her art be the focus of media attention and praise, reading one of her poems to a reporter or tackling her artworks with gusto for photos.

But she was also a charmingly disarming mix of vulnerability and defiance — at one moment, declaring herself “an artistic revolutionary,” and then the next, mumbling: “I am so afraid, all the time, of everything.”

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Esa apuesta se articula ahora bajo la nueva “Marca País” y con el lema “Anfitrión del Mundo”, que integra bajo una misma visión cinco aspectos: inversión, exportaciones, turismo, logística y sostenibilidad. El miércoles fue presentada en un acto por el gobierno panameño.

El vicecanciller Carlos Arturo Hoyos reconoció que Panamá ha enfrentado retos en materia de reputación, aunque considera que la percepción internacional ha evolucionado.

“Es innegable que nosotros hemos tenido retos reputacionales importantes”, señaló, en alusión a las listas grises en materia financiera y al impacto en la imagen del país de servicios tras el escándalo de los Papeles de Panamá. Sin embargo, aseguró el vicecanciller que en sus misiones oficiales ha encontrado que “la visión y la opinión que yo encuentro de Panamá afuera es excepcional”.

Hoyos agregó a The Associated Press que mejorar la reputación del país ha sido uno de los objetivos del actual gobierno y que se han logrado avances.

La ministra de Turismo, Gloria De León, planteó que contar con una identidad común permitirá al país controlar mejor la narrativa con la que se presenta internacionalmente. “Cuando un país no define quién es, otros lo definen por él”, sostuvo a la AP durante el lanzamiento de la iniciativa en en centro de conveciones en Ciudad de Panamá.

En materia turística, De León señaló que el objetivo es que esa identidad se mantenga de forma consistente para fortalecer el reconocimiento de Panamá frente a otros destinos. A su juicio, una de las diferencias que ha observado frente a países vecinos es precisamente la “continuidad en su comunicación”.

La expectativa, explicó, es que esa permanencia contribuya a posicionar al país para “atraer más turistas, más visitantes y más inversiones”.

Los promotores dijeron que la Marca País se construye sobre cuatro atributos: generosidad, conexión, diversidad y confianza, y parte de la idea de Panamá como punto de encuentro de personas, culturas y negocios.

El presidente José Raúl Mulino destacó el desafío de sostener esa estrategia: “Ahora tenemos la responsabilidad de darle a esta marca el tiempo, la consistencia y la continuidad que necesita para crecer, posicionarse y que se reconozca en el mundo”.

Just weeks after Miami-Dade unveiled its zero waste master plan, Broward has approved a master plan of its own.

After 10 years of planning and pitching, the Broward Solid Waste Authority finally has something to celebrate.

Its solid waste master plan has won approval from a supermajority of cities and is moving forward, with the potential to reshape recycling and waste reduction across the county.

“We were able to reach the 80% threshold,” said Mike Ryan, chair of the Solid Waste Authority governing board. “We need to reduce, reuse and recycle. And it’s not just for the environment, landfill. It’s good economics.”

The Solid Waste Authority was formed in 2023 but had been meeting and strategizing for the past 10 years, trying to get to this exact point: a standardized approach to recycling and composting with an ambitious goal of diverting at least 60% of its waste from landfills in a way cities can afford.

“Right now, this is not economically viable, where every city’s been on their own,” Ryan said.

“We’re generating 5 million tons of trash a year. Much of that has value and can be extracted. Much of that should not be going to the landfill or waste of energy. And so that’s our job now, to break these waste streams up and create long-term contracts to achieve our goals,” Ryan said.

So now the hard work really begins, securing and reviewing proposals in the next few months that can be enacted countywide at the best price.

“This is a pretty aggressive timeline, but we hope by the end of 2027 that we will be able to have created a system that will last for the next 25 to 40 years,” Ryan said.

“Many cities stopped recycling because it just didn’t feel that it was being done or could be done. And that’s costing them more in the long run. So for us, how we look at this is not just about what is it going to cost. It’s also, what did we ultimately save?” Ryan said.

Another cornerstone of the master plan is education. The Solid Waste Authority is working with the county on a K-12 curriculum aimed at teaching students better waste reduction habits from an early age.

“We are going to start in our schools so that when we are educating our students they will be bringing the message home and then that message will get out in a broader, have a broader outreach,” said Maura Bulman, a Broward County School Board member.

The long-term goal is to have active recycling and composting in every county school, like here at Driftwood Middle School in Hollywood.

“The recycle team, what we do is we try to recycle so it reduces the trash in the landfills, lowers pollution, lowers greenhouse gases, and we just try to make the environment safer for our life and encourage others to do the same,” said Tanner, a member of the Driftwood Middle School recycle team.

“Broward is just one teensy tiny part of what makes up everything that gets polluted. So if we help and other people see us helping, they should help too,” said Emory, another member of the Driftwood Middle School recycle team.

Linda Gancitano, a Driftwood Middle School happiness studies teacher, said the students can help spread the message at home.

“The kids can recycle, they can educate, they can bring it home, now they can start. It just has a ripple effect of going home. Educate them here, let them take it home, right? And then we’re going to see the impact all the way across the district,” Gancitano said.

The School Board understands just how critical it is for the county to get this right and the integral role schools will play in making the new master plan a success.

“This is the most important thing we can be doing,” Bulman said. “To have our students and the young people engaged and having the buy-in now and understanding how important it is for their future is amazing for us.”

For the county, the school partnership is essential because ultimately, making this master plan work will take all of Broward working together.

“This has been an entire team effort, and it’s a model of what we can do as cities when we work together with the county and industry and environmentalists to achieve the goals that we have to achieve,” Ryan said.

The Solid Waste Authority has an aggressive timeline, hoping to have a countywide standardized system in action by the end of 2027 that they hope will last for the next 25 to 40 years.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that 260 of the 558 missing people were foreigners and two villagers were rescued. At least three people were killed as of Thursday morning, it said.

Officials in Nepal earlier said 403 people, including 341 foreigners, were reported missing. Sunil Sharma, a tourism board spokesperson, said 133 were from India on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus. Also missing were 47 from the United States, 34 from Australia, 33 from Britain and 24 from Canada, he said. The State Department said it was aware of Americans affected.

Drone footage showed roads destroyed and buildings buried by thundering water the color of wet cement.

The region’s steep valleys are economic lifelines and travel corridors but are precarious when disaster strikes. Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in Nepal’s hard-hit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. The floods halted travel in some areas.

There was little time for anyone to flee.

“When I reached Dhunge bazaar, in half an hour, the flood came and damaged all the market. People were preparing to go to office then,” resident Shoyam Rajbhandari said. “How many people are missing or dead, we don’t know.”

The U.S. Geological Survey first reported a magnitude 4.4 earthquake early Wednesday, about 66 kilometers (41 miles) north of Kathmandu, near the border. The USGS later updated its analysis to say the seismic event it measured was a magnitude 5.2 glacial collapse that sent debris flowing downstream with catastrophic impact on communities. It said its determination was based on data from nearby seismic stations, long period seismic waves and satellite imagery, and that no earthquake had occurred.

Climate experts at the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development said an avalanche from a glacier likely caused Wednesday’s flash flood.

“Hydrological observations indicate the exceptional speed and magnitude of the flood wave,” they said in an emailed statement, noting that water levels at one point on the Trishuli river rose by as much as 9 meters (27 feet) over half an hour.

The Lhende Khola River, a tributary of the Bhotekoshi, had maximum flooding, they said.

“The Lhende Khola has flooded twice in 14 months, this time triggered by an ice rock avalanche from a glacier on the Nepal side that blocked the river and released a sudden surge downstream,” said Saswata Sanyal, a disaster risk reduction specialist at the climate research group.

He noted the importance of early warnings in “a warming Himalaya.”

The region saw similar flash floods in August last year, when a glacial lake in Tibet overflowed because of high temperatures. Nine people were killed, and critical infrastructure, including a bridge connecting Nepal and China, was damaged.

The Himalayan mountain range spans several countries in South Asia and has many of the world’s highest peaks and remaining glaciers. The steep slopes and the lush valleys below are especially vulnerable to flooding and landslides, and extreme weather events like intense monsoons and melting glaciers have become more common because of warming due to human-caused climate change.

Researchers in Kathmandu found earlier this year that glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are melting faster, with ice loss rates doubling since 2000.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had not confirmed the agreement. ESPN reported that Kuminga's contract includes a player option for the second season, which would give the seventh overall pick from the 2021 draft an opportunity to hit the free agent market in a year.

Kuminga will fill an obvious need in the frontcourt for the Timberwolves, who traded Julius Randle and Naz Reid as part of their offseason acquisition of point guard LaMelo Ball.

Kuminga, who will turn 24 on Oct. 6, averaged a career-best 16.1 points during the 2023-24 season for the Golden State Warriors, who drafted the Congo native but never found the right fit for him before ultimately trading him to the Atlanta Hawks in February. Kuminga fell out of favor with Warriors coach Steve Kerr and out of the rotation last season, making his departure an inevitability. He played in only seven of his last 38 games with the Warriors.

He'll have a fresh start with the hungry Timberwolves, who'll have the challenge of finding enough shots for Kuminga and fellow forward Jaden McDaniels in a lineup that will revolve around Ball and superstar Anthony Edwards. In 278 NBA games, Kuminga has averaged 12.5 points and 22.1 minutes. He's a 50.2% shooter from the floor.

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Her presence is felt throughout Music City, where people are mourning the loss of a country music icon they say gave so much to the world.

“I thought she was going to live forever,” said Joann Kirkman.

“Now she’s up in heaven with God’s angels singing to us all and it’s true we will always love her,” said Emily Tansill.

Flowers and messages from fans surround Parton’s star outside the Country Music Hall of Fame.

A few blocks away sits her latest project, the Songteller Hotel. It’s not yet open, but fans have still built a memorial.

“The kind of person she is, it’s so rare that people want to do such good in this world like Dolly does,” said Mandy Madson.

Outside her home is a mountain of flowers and tributes as a nonstop stream of people take a moment to pay their respects.

“She was just a global treasure that everybody loved and I don’t think anyone disagreed on,” said Garrett Webb.

In East Tennessee, Dollywood opened the day after her passing, with the theme park saying the show must go on as Dolly would have wanted.

The show also went on at the Grand Ole Opry, where Parton made her debut at just 13 years old when it was still at the Ryman.

One fan reminisced about the times her church choir sang with Parton.

“Our choir backed up Dolly twice, on the Country Music Awards in 1989 and then in 1990 on the Dove Awards.”

“Well, that was the dream of a lifetime.”

Parton’s bright smile is painted on the sides of buildings all over Music City.

Across the river in East Nashville is another mural where fans have left notes and flowers to remember a woman who gave so much to the world.

And she still has more to give. There’s a secret song locked away in Dollywood that won’t be released until 2045. Parton says it’s a really good song.

En un mensaje grabado difundido al país, el gobernante admitió que Fernando Cerimedo, ex asesor del presidente argentino Javier Milei, trabajó en su campaña por la segunda vuelta que ganó y al inicio de su gobierno como “estratega de orden internacional”, pero que su presencia o la constancia en Bolivia “no era la que necesitábamos para poder trabajar y tener un sólido formato de trabajo. Por eso nunca hubo un contrato” o relación directa.

“Jamás tuvo la autorización de representar a este boliviano, a la Presidencia, al gobierno o a mi familia”, aseguró Paz, quien enfrentó críticas y pedidos para que explicase la relación del asesor argentino con su administración, en medio de una fuerte crisis económica en el país.

Un juez envió el viernes a Cerimedo a prisión preventiva por 180 días en Santa Cruz por el caso de presunto feminicidio en grado de tentativa contra su expareja Nadia Beller, quien fue atacada a tiros por personas vestidas de repartidores afuera de un hotel en esa región oriental boliviana. La mujer sobrevivió al ataque y culpó a Cerimedo, al tiempo en que denunció presuntos casos de corrupción en los que implicó al estratega y a la familia de Paz.

La Fiscalía boliviana abrió investigaciones adicionales por un posible caso de enriquecimiento ilícito contra el argentino al encontrar más de 40.000 dólares en moneda local y tarjetas de presentación.

Tras defender a su familia, el presidente señaló en su mensaje que “no puede ser que generando escándalos quieran dañar nuestra forma de convivencia y de comportamiento; por eso soy el primero en defender en nuestra democracia la transparencia de los procesos de investigación no sobre escándalos sino sobre pruebas”.

Beller es una abogada que militó en el izquierdista Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), el partido que gobernó Bolivia durante casi 20 años, aunque posteriormente algunos sectores la relacionaron con la oposición regional en Santa Cruz. Ella ha sido declarada recién testigo protegida después que fue convocada a ampliar sus declaraciones en el caso por supuesto enriquecimiento ilícito contra el estratega argentino.

But name, image and likeness has changed the landscape of college football, bringing more teams into the mix.

And the odds reflect that.

Seven teams are, depending on the sportsbook, 11-1 odds or greater to win the national title when it's played Jan. 25 in Las Vegas.

No. 1 Ohio State, No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 5 Texas are each +650 or better to win it all at the major sportsbooks, with No. 6 Indiana, No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Georgia not far behind. No. 7 Miami is 10-1 at DraftKings Sportsbook and Caesars Sportsbook and 11-1 at BetMGM Sportsbook.

“I think it was kind of evident even last year where it was more parity,” said Joey Feazel, Caesars' head of football. “I don't think going in that everybody thought Miami and Indiana were going to be playing for the national championship, and that's spilled over into this season as well, where it's a little bit more wide open.”

Sportsbooks have to keep up on player movement thanks to the transfer portal, which can seriously affect odds. There also have been a handful of court cases that have determined if some players are eligible to play and others are not.

“It's harder in this offseason,” BetMGM sports trader Seamus Magee said. “If you're up to date on the news faster than — forget just us — anywhere else on the market, you can find a really good number before the season. But then a lot of variance comes into play."

Easier path for the Irish

One reason Notre Dame is +650 at BetMGM and 6-1 at DraftKings and Caesars is because the independent doesn't have the gauntlet of a schedule Big Ten and Southeastern Conference schools tend to face.

The Fighting Irish don't play a ranked team until they visit No. 14 BYU on Oct. 17. No. 7 Miami on Nov. 7 and No. 19 SMU on Nov. 21, both at home, are the other ranked opponents.

Johnny Avello, director of race and sports for DraftKings, pushed back some on the notion Notre Dame has an easy path, pointing out the Irish two years ago lost to Northern Illinois.

“Their path's not bad,” Avello said. “If you're in the SEC, certainly you've got a tough game almost each and every week. You're in the Big Ten, you've got a tough game each and every week. Being an independent, they have a schedule with a couple of decent teams. They should win at least 10 this year.”

Longhorns and Ducks in similar situations

If Ohio State or Notre Dame don't win the national championship, Texas is the team most likely to capture the title, if the odds are to be believed. The Longhorns are +650 at three major sportsbooks.

Oregon is close behind at +750 at DraftKings and Caesars and 8-1 at BetMGM.

Both programs have been among the nation's best, but haven't been able to close the deal in recent seasons.

Magee, however, said a credible case can be made this season is different, saying both rosters are championship level. Bettors agree.

“I think they're No. 3 and 4 in most-bet teams to win the title,” Magee said. “I don't think a lot of bettors are looking at what's happened in the past at these schools.”

Is there another Hoosiers team out there?

Gamblers often like to look for big payoffs in futures bets, and Avello said a good amount of money has come in on Oklahoma State (400-1), Kentucky (450-1) and UCLA (750-1), the hope being they will be the next Indiana.

The Hoosiers were 100-1 at one point last season winning the title.

“We all overlooked them,” Avello said. “They had better players than we thought. You’re not going to get a team like an Illinois or a Kansas State to win it all ... because you’ve got to have the horses to get it done. The playoff, it’s not a one-game affair. Once you make it, you have to win (three or) four games and that’s not easy.”

Carr and Manning favorites for the Heisman

Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr is slightly favored over Texas QB Arch Manning to win the Heisman Trophy.

Bettors might remember last season, however, when then-Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza seemed to come out of nowhere to win the Heisman, defying preseason odds where he was as high as 60-1.

“We'll see a lot of action those first couple of weeks as that market starts to shape up and you start to see one candidate start to pull away a little bit more,” Feazel said. “Right now, 7-1 being the favorite, that's still pretty high until the first couple of weeks where we'll start to see a 3- or 4-1.”

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The Czech duo erased two match points in the match tiebreaker to win 5-4 (6), 3-5 (11-9).

Muchova and Mensik trailed 9-7 before running off the final four points. They had just a short break before the final, with the winning team receiving $1 million.

The final was the only match of the tournament that resembled a regular match, with standard sets to six games and a tiebreaker at 6-all. Through the first three rounds, sets were to four games, with a tiebreaker at 4-all.

Bencic and Cobolli rallied to end the run of spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils in the first semifinal with a 4-5 (7), 4-1 (10-5) victory.

They appeared headed toward a matchup with Andreeva and Rublev, who were smiling and pumping their fists after opening the lead in the match tiebreaker. Muchova flung her racket to the court in disgust after missing a volley that gave the Russians a 7-5 lead.

But the Wimbledon women's runner-up never lost belief, thanks in part to her hard-serving partner, a French Open semifinalist who will turn 21 next week.

“One hundred percent confident,” she said.

Mensik served two that Andreeva and Rublev couldn't get back in the court for a 10-9 lead and the Czechs wrapped it up on the next point.

Bencic and Cobolli knocked Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz out of the tournament Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

Then they dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, but began to dominate midway through the second set, winning the final 11 points to force the match tiebreaker.

“I think we just tried to play more brave maybe,” Bencic said.

It was the second year of the new format in mixed doubles, with the event shortened and moved to the week before the singles main draw begins, with the U.S. Tennis Association hoping that would get top singles players to compete.

Plenty of top names did compete but much of the star power, including Williams and Alcaraz, went out early. Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic lost their opening match, as did Alex Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz.

None of the teams featuring doubles specialists survived to the final four, leaving an opening for some players still seeking Grand Slam glory such as Rublev, who has fallen 10 times in major quarterfinals.

Svitolina and Monfils, who have both reached the U.S. Open singles semifinals, accepted a wild card to team up for the first time. Married since 2021, they were trying to win a championship in the final appearance in a Grand Slam tournament for Monfils, who will turn 40 on Sept. 1, before he retires.

They pulled out a back-and-forth tiebreaker in the first set in which they blew a 4-0 lead, then erased two set points. They went ahead 8-7 when Bencic tried to hit a cross-court backhand but nailed Cobolli, who had strayed into the middle. Cobolli then double-faulted to lose the set.

He recovered with consecutive volley winners to break Svitolina’s serve for a 2-1 lead in the second set. The match tiebreaker was tied at 2 but swung the way of Bencic and Cobolli when Svitolina was just wide on three straight shots.

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The trial is scheduled to begin June 5, 2028, 18 months later than the January 2027 start that prosecutors had requested. The additional time is needed to resolve pretrial disputes, including disagreements about what evidence can be presented at trial, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael A. Schrama wrote in his ruling.

The U.S. military and successive administrations have struggled for more than two decades to bring to justice the man charged with planning one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States.

The 2028 trial depends on the case meeting deadlines and milestones along the way and it could again be delayed. A trial was previously scheduled in 2021 but later canceled.

Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Another of the hijacked planes flew into a field in Pennsylvania. He faces trial alongside three alleged accomplices: Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.

They are among the last of the detainees held at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A federal appeals court last year threw out an agreement that would have allowed Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks.

That deal stipulated life sentences without parole for Mohammed and two of his co-defendants. It also would have obligated the men to answer any lingering questions that families of the victims have about the attacks. But after negotiating the deal for two years, former President Joe Biden's administration repudiated it.

Ewing’s 106 mph liner ricocheted off May as he whirled in an attempt to get out of the way. The ball caromed on one hop right to third baseman David Hamilton, who threw out the speedy Mets rookie at first.

May grimaced as he bent forward, favoring the area around his right shoulder blade and armpit. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy and an athletic trainer went to the mound to check on May, who was surrounded by Brewers infielders.

After a long consultation, May threw several warmup pitches, raising his arm and shaking his right hand between tosses. Murphy then motioned to the dugout and May followed him off the mound.

Left-hander Robert Gasser, who began warming up in the bullpen after May was struck, entered and retired Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette on four pitchers to end the first inning.

May is a significant member of the starting rotation for the Brewers, who began the night with the best record in the majors at 81-51 as they chase a fourth consecutive NL Central title.

He was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals at the Aug. 3 trade deadline and is 6-8 with a 4.56 ERA in 25 outings this season. Making his fourth start for Milwaukee, he became the first major league starter to exit after one pitch since Pablo López with the Miami Marlins on July 2, 2021.

The 6-foot-6 May, who turns 29 next month, has undergone Tommy John surgery twice and also required life-saving surgery after he suffered a tear of his esophagus while eating dinner in 2024 when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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La medida se produce luego de un caso de suicidio vinculado a la plataforma el mes pasado. El gobierno de Brasil presionó a Discord hace unas semanas para que suspendiera sus transmisiones en vivo relacionadas con el incidente.

La Abogacía General de la Unión, un órgano gubernamental, señaló en un comunicado que la indemnización que reclama a Discord se debe al presunto daño psicológico colectivo que ha permitido.

La oficina de Discord en Brasil indicó en un comunicado que la medida del gobierno es “desproporcionada” y “no refleja con precisión el enfoque de Discord en materia de seguridad y el cumplimiento de la legislación brasileña”.

La demanda de 25 páginas, a la que The Associated Press tuvo acceso, sostiene que existen graves deficiencias en los sistemas de verificación de edad y en las protecciones de seguridad que ofrece Discord a los usuarios.

La empresa cometió “violaciones directas a una serie de obligaciones y normas protectoras del derecho brasileño, relativas a las protecciones especiales y a la seguridad de grupos vulnerables, incluidos niños y adolescentes”, indicó la Abogacía General de la Unión.

La demanda también solicita al tribunal que ordene a Discord reforzar de inmediato sus controles parentales, ampliar la cooperación con las fuerzas policiales locales y desplegar herramientas automatizadas para detectar y retirar contenido peligroso.

También señala que Discord enfrenta presiones similares a nivel mundial, incluidas demandas activas en estados de Estados Unidos como Texas, Nevada y Nueva Jersey.

El presidente de Brasil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, quien busca la reelección en octubre, y el Supremo Tribunal Federal han intentado regular el uso de internet entre los menores de edad, con resultados dispares hasta ahora. Países como Australia, Canadá e Indonesia emprenden esfuerzos similares.

La primera dama de Brasil, Rosângela Lula da Silva, conocida como Janja, afirmó el 6 de agosto que la plataforma debería dejar de operar debido al caso de suicidio. Cinco adolescentes han sido arrestados en relación con la muerte, según el Ministerio de Justicia de Brasil.

Discord tiene más de 90 millones de usuarios activos a diario en todo el mundo, según su sitio web.

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“We are going to eliminate police checkpoints in the cities,” Interim President Delcy Rodriguez said in Spanish.

“What we hope is that it is carried out,” said Diego Casanova with the Committee for Political Prisoners in Spanish.

Casanova says he hopes the change is implemented, but he is skeptical.

His brother, Jose Gregorio Perez, was arrested at a checkpoint in 2024 and was only freed in January of last year. Casanova has continued to lead protests calling for the release of all political prisoners.

Casanova said removing the roadblocks would “prevent further police abuses,” adding that these checkpoints have been used as points for extortion and places of repression.

Javier Tarazona with Fundaredes monitors human rights in Venezuela. He spent nearly five years in jail and said he welcomes the announcement, but wants to see how it plays out.

Tarazona said he wants to see it as “the starting point for a process of reconciliation.”

He is now calling for a new amnesty law to free those still jailed and considered political prisoners.

An original amnesty law was passed in January, shortly after the U.S. captured Nicolas Maduro, but human rights groups maintain that around 400 political prisoners remain. The Venezuelan government denies that it holds any political prisoners.

Los registros muestran que la casa, ubicada en Valencia Avenue, pertenecía a Henry Parra, de 55 años, y Adam Hlavaty, de 42, quienes murieron en el accidente del miércoles pasado junto con otras cinco personas, incluidas otras con vínculos con el sur de Florida, en el condado Samburu, en el norte de Kenia.

La policía de Coral Gables dijo que el robo ocurrió en algún momento entre el jueves y el sábado, después del accidente.

Identificaron a los sospechosos del robo como Geybert Alexander Garcia, de 40 años, y Melany Perdomo, de 24, quienes viven juntos cerca del área no incorporada de Palm Springs North, en el noroeste de Miami-Dade.

Según los investigadores, la pareja “saqueó la residencia y se llevó numerosos artículos pertenecientes a los fallecidos, como documentos personales y comerciales, joyas, aparatos electrónicos y obras de arte”.

También robaron el Land Rover 2023 y el Porsche Taycan 2020 de la pareja, según un reporte de arresto. El reporte menciona el accidente, pero no indica si los investigadores creen que Garcia y Perdomo se enteraron de la muerte de la pareja antes del robo ni cómo lo habrían hecho.

La policía dijo que la empleada doméstica de Parra y Hlavaty descubrió el robo el domingo.

Las autoridades dijeron que una señal emitida por la MacBook robada de la pareja, junto con la ubicación del Range Rover robado, situó los artículos sustraídos en la casa de Garcia y Perdomo, en la cuadra 8300 de Northwest 195th Terrace.

Según el reporte, después de confirmar que los vehículos estaban estacionados afuera de la casa, la policía de Coral Gables y agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade ejecutaron allí una orden de registro el martes.

Los investigadores dijeron que Garcia se escondió en un clóset mientras los agentes encontraron a Perdomo en un dormitorio del piso superior.

Durante el registro, “los agentes localizaron e identificaron numerosos documentos robados” pertenecientes a la pareja, así como el control de la llave del Range Rover, según el reporte de arresto.

“Además, varias obras de arte valiosas fueron recuperadas del interior de la residencia, incluida una escultura de arte perteneciente a las víctimas y valorada en más de aproximadamente $500,000 USD”, señala el reporte. “Los agentes también localizaron varios artículos e instrumentos compatibles con la producción y/o alteración de documentos de identificación fraudulentos e información de identificación personal”.

Además, los investigadores dijeron que encontraron una Ford F-250 con un VIN alterado que resultó haber sido robada en el condado Indian River.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Garcia y Perdomo fueron arrestados cada uno por múltiples cargos de delitos graves, incluidos robo y robo mayor de vehículo.

En corte el miércoles, el abogado de Garcia, Paul Basile, presentó un documento al tribunal indicando que había sido firmado y notarizado y que otorgaba a Garcia “permiso para tener posesión de esos vehículos y entrar a la propiedad”.

Sin embargo, Lauren Bailey, amiga de la familia de las víctimas, también estaba en corte y dijo que eso no puede ser cierto.

“No hay manera de que ellos pudieran haber firmado ese documento”, dijo Bailey. “En primer lugar, no estaban en el país. En segundo lugar, nunca habrían hecho algo así. Tenían a otras personas. Tienen una empleada doméstica que va a la casa todos los días. No habría necesidad de hacer algo así”.

Continuó: “La casa fue dañada; entraron por la fuerza. La puerta fue destruida. Arrancaron la cámara, y le hemos entregado al fiscal las fotos de eso. Su familia vino desde Indiana y llegó a una casa en la que habían entrado por la fuerza y de la que habían robado sus pertenencias, y no se sienten cómodos si dejan ir a esta persona”.

La fiscal Nessa Eth preguntó al detective del Departamento de Policía de Coral Gables, Wilfredo Diaz, si creía que los documentos eran legítimos.

“No”, testificó Diaz. “Creo que es un documento fraudulento”.

La jueza de Miami-Dade Mindy Glazer también pareció mostrarse escéptica sobre la validez del documento, especialmente considerando que Garcia tiene antecedentes de arrestos en el condado, y ordenó que tanto él como Perdomo permanecieran detenidos sin derecho a fianza.

Perdomo, a pesar de que su reporte de arresto indica que nació en Florida, también quedó detenida bajo una retención migratoria, según muestran los registros de la cárcel.

“It’s being reviewed under the personal conduct policy,” Goodell said Wednesday at the owners' meetings in Atlanta. “We’ll do that and when there’s something to be reported we’ll talk.”

York was arrested in a mobile home park by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force after police said he was attempting to pay $160 for sex with a woman he believed to be a prostitute.

York was booked into jail and was released after posting a $5,000 bond. York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution, but prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct. He pleaded no contest to that charge and to possessing criminal tools for using his phone to respond to the an undercover online prostitution advertisement.

He was sentenced to one day in jail for both offenses to be served concurrently and was credited with one day served when he pleaded no contest. He also was fined $1,150. Police seized the $160 from York and that was later given to the human trafficking task force as part of the plea. York also completed an online course.

York has spent most of the summer in Ohio, where he grew up near Youngstown. He had filed for divorce from his wife, Danielle, in May, according to court records.

Owners have been previously punished for violating the personal conduct policy. The late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended for six games and fined $500,000 following a guilty plea to driving while impaired in 2014.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was investigated but not punished by the league after he was arrested in Florida in 2019 for allegedly paying for sex with a woman at a massage parlor. The charge was later dropped after a court ruled that police violated the rights of Kraft and the other customers when they secretly installed video cameras inside massage rooms at the spa.

York was arrested on Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and pleaded guilty on Monday to two misdemeanors.

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Trump first sought to fire Cook a year ago over allegations that she commited mortgage fraud, which she denies. The charge has not been proven or considered in court. The Supreme Court ruled that Cook could remain in her position while the case is litigated. The justices also said Trump could try to fire her again if he provided proper notice and a chance to contest it.

A White House aide earlier this month had given Cook until Wednesday to respond.

“For the second time in a year, we have explained why there is no legal basis for President Trump to remove Governor Cook for cause,” her attorneys, Abbe Lowell and Norman Eisen, said in a statement. “An inadvertent error is not fraud, as the President and a third of his cabinet should know because they reportedly did the same thing. These attacks on Governor Cook are not about real estate paperwork; they are an attempt by President Trump to force the Federal Reserve to bend to his will."

Officials in the Trump administration have accused Cook of declaring two homes as “primary residences” in mortgage applications. Primary residences can sometimes receive lower mortgage rates or down payments than second homes.

Cook on Wednesday said she had referred to one of those two homes in some documents as a “vacation home” and had not sought to deceive lenders. She said any errors were unintentional and did not rise to a level that justified her firing.

If Trump is able to remove Cook, he could name a replacement and his appointees would gain a majority on the Fed’s board. Trump has long attacked the Fed for not cutting its benchmark interest rate quickly enough.

A Big 12 ruling later Wednesday, however, made it uncertain if Castellanos would be able to play for the defending league champion Red Raiders.

Castellanos told ESPN earlier in the day that he had committed to Texas Tech. On the quarterback's verified X account, in which the bio included the phrase professional athlete, there was a photo posted with him in a Texas Tech uniform.

The Big 12, after similar decisions by the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences, also is banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college. The rule unanimously adopted Wednesday by the Big 12 also makes ineligible any player that declared for the NFL draft and didn't timely withdraw before the draft.

Castellanos, who played last season at Florida State, went undrafted four months ago before a tryout as a receiver with the Miami Dolphins during their rookie minicamp. He was never on an NFL roster, but went through the draft process.

He had declared for the NFL draft last December after dropping his appeal for another year of college eligibility. The NCAA had denied his waiver request to play another season.

Castellanos was granted 5th season of eligibility by a court last week

Last Friday, Castellanos was among 10 athletes granted a temporary restraining order by a Kentucky judge to get a fifth season of college football. The NCAA announced a rule change in June allowing players who began college in 2023 or later to have five years to play five years of sports in college.

Castellanos, whose college career began at UCF in 2022, transferred last season to Florida State following two at Boston College. His fifth game at UCF as a freshman was the American Athletic Conference championship game after the starter got hurt.

In 38 college games, Castellanos completed 477 of 816 passes (58.5%) for 6,449 yards with 48 touchdowns and 28 interceptions. He was 180-of-309 (58.3%) for 2,760 yards, 15 TDs and nine interceptions last year in his 12 games for the Seminoles.

Hammond was in line to be 2026 start before getting hurt

Hammond played in eight games for Big 12 champion Texas Tech behind graduated Behren Morton last season before an ACL injury on Oct. 25. After no setbacks in his recovery, Hammond has been part of fall camp. The Red Raiders open the season at home Sept. 5 against FCS team Abilene Christian.

Sorsby transferred to Tech in January after two seasons at Cincinnati, and was expected to start instead before an NCAA gambling investigation and since-dropped lawsuit over his eligibility.

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Following the global star’s passing, members of South Florida’s LGBTQ community are both mourning her death and looking back to honor her incredible career.

“I am not gay, but if I were I would be the first one running out of the closet,” Parton said.

While Parton may have steered away from politics and controversy, she always spoke up for her queer fans, telling the Hollywood Reporter in 2023, “I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I’ve got transgender people. I’ve got gays. I’ve got lesbians.”

That’s why for people like Marcy Miller, the loss is so painful.

“Because she represents hope and love and joy and the sparkle that’s missing a lot,” said Miller.

Miller’s home is filled with Dolly Parton gear, honoring the sparkly country music star as a tribute to a legacy of love and inclusion.

“She can be Christian and still stand for the trans community, the LGBT community,” said Miller.

The move comes in the wake of a July suicide case linked to the platform. Earlier this month, Brazil’s government pushed Discord to suspend its live broadcasts in relation to the incident.

The Solicitor-General's office for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a statement the damages it is seeking from Discord are due to alleged collective psychological harm it has allowed.

Discord in Brazil said in a statement that the move by the country’s government is “disproportionate” and “does not accurately reflect Discord’s approach to safety and compliance with Brazilian law.”

Brazil’s government’s 25-page long lawsuit, which was obtained by The Associated Press, says there are severe gaps in its age-verification systems and user safety protections.

The company has committed "direct violations to a number of obligations and protective norms of Brazilian law, regarding the special protections and safety of vulnerable groups, including children and teenagers,” Brazil's Solicitor-General's office said.

The office is also asking the court to order Discord to immediately strengthen parental controls, expand cooperation with local law enforcement, and deploy automated tools to detect and remove dangerous content.

The filing also notes that Discord faces similar legal pressure globally, including active lawsuits in U.S. states like Texas, Nevada and New Jersey.

Lula, who is seeking reelection in October, and Brazil's Supreme Court have tried to regulate the use of the internet by minors, with mixed results so far, at a moment when countries, including Australia, Canada and Indonesia, are undertaking similar efforts.

Brazil’s first lady Rosângela Lula da Silva, known as Janja, said on Aug. 6 that the platform should be taken offline, citing the suicide case. Five teenagers were arrested in connection with the death, according to Brazil’s justice ministry.

Discord has more than 90 million active daily users worldwide, according to its website.

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Stubbornly high prices are shaping up to be a key issue in the midterm elections, now just 10 weeks away, particularly as the Iran war keeps gas prices high, President Donald Trump is threatening new tariffs on Canada and China, and spending on AI infrastructure has pushed up the cost of computers, gaming consoles, and semiconductors.

Inflation remained high in July even as gas prices fell, partly because the cost of services, including health care, utilities, and financial services, jumped. Yet the government plans to change the way it calculates the cost of some services starting with next month’s figures, which could lower measured inflation.

Inflation remains elevated and above the Federal Reserve’s target

The Commerce Department’s Wednesday report showed that prices rose 3.7% in July compared with a year earlier, the same as June. Inflation has worsened since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February, when it stood at 2.9%. It’s noticeably above the Fed’s target of 2%.

Wednesday’s figures are from the personal consumption expenditures price index, a separate gauge from the more widely followed consumer price index, which was reported earlier this month. The PCE index is running hotter than the CPI, partly because it puts much less weight on rental costs, which have been cooling steadily in recent months.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inflation was also unchanged at 3.3% in July. It had fallen to 2.6% before President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs in April 2025.

On a monthly basis, overall prices rose 0.2% from June to July, after declining 0.1% the previous month and jumping 0.5% in May. Core prices also moved up 0.2% from June to July, up from 0.1% in the previous month. Some Fed officials have said that core inflation running at about 0.2% a month would be a reassuring sign that inflation is heading back to the 2% target.

The inflation gauge will be revised lower next month

Many economists have noted that the PCE index has been pushed higher by the way it calculates the cost of financial advice, as well as how it measures prices for software and computer accessories. When stock markets rise, that translates into bigger gains in what the government calls “portfolio management services.” Yet that measure doesn’t always fully capture what Americans actually pay for financial services.

At the same time, the PCE also likely captures some business-related spending on software, even though it should only focus on consumer spending, analysts say.

As a result, the Commerce Department has said it plans to adjust those measurements, among others, starting next month. Economists, who largely agree with the changes, forecast that they will reduce annual PCE inflation by 0.2 percentage point or so.

Why do things still feel expensive?

Even as inflation has cooled from its post-pandemic highs — it topped 7% according to the Fed’s preferred gauge in 2022 — consumer sentiment surveys show that most Americans are still gloomy about the economy and their finances.

A key reason is likely that inflation, even at lower levels, has eroded incomes. Wednesday’s data show that compared with a year ago, inflation-adjusted incomes have risen just 0.2%, after several months of decline.

And gas prices have rebounded this month, which will likely push up inflation when the August figures are reported next month. Prices ticked up again overnight to $4.10 per gallon on average nationally, according to AAA.

Consumers did boost their spending at a robust pace in the April-June quarter, according to a separate report released Wednesday, and businesses also strongly increased their investments, largely on the AI infrastructure buildout. The economy grew just 1.5% during the second quarter, however, as much of the business spending went towards imports.

But Americans may be turning more cautious as inflation stays high. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, was unchanged in July, the government said Wednesday.

How will this affect the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve?

The new inflation data is unlikely to fully resolve a split at the Fed, where most officials are willing to hold interest rates steady to see if inflation can cool on its own. But many Fed officials have supported raising rates in a bid to slow borrowing and spending to combat higher prices.

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver a high-profile speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that will be closely watched by Wall Street for any signs of his thinking about next steps.

Persistent inflation has contributed to higher long-term interest rates, which have lifted borrowing costs for things like mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards. Many Wall Street analysts say that a lack of clarity from Warsh about how the Fed will respond to persistent inflation has also pushed up those rates. The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds briefly reached a 19-year high earlier this month, prompting an unusual intervention by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Bessent said the Treasury would double its buybacks of longer-term bonds — those lasting for 10 to 30 years — starting next month. Such a move would theoretically raise Treasury prices and lower yields. The announcement initially had little effect, though yields have since declined slightly.

The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely shut down nearly six months after the Iran war began.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in Gaza continued, testing the already fragile ceasefire with Hamas.

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

No military vessels in the strait, Iran says

Iran and Oman have reached a potential agreement for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz that would exclude military vessels from traversing the vital waterway.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state television late Tuesday that commercial shipping traffic into the Persian Gulf would pass through Iranian waters, while the outbound route would pass partly through Iranian waters and partly through Oman’s waters.

He said the routes would be temporary, and that Iran and Oman must discuss a permanent maritime traffic plan within 30 to 60 days. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way,” as his administration opposes parts of the evolving deal.

Qatar’s prime minister heads to Iran

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is expected in Tehran on Thursday for talks with Iranian officials on “ways to de-escalate tensions & create the conditions conducive to dialogue,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said on X.

The discussions, confirmed by Tehran, will also address “freedom of navigation” in the Strait of Hormuz and the need to return to the pre-war status quo, according to Majed Al Ansari, an agency spokesperson.

Trump isn’t in a hurry to resume talks with Iran

The U.S. president told Al Jazeera over the phone on Wednesday that he believes the United States is “winning very big” as the conflict with Iran nears the six-month mark.

“I have no time schedule; whatever it takes,” he told the Qatar-based broadcaster.

In another interview Wednesday, Trump said he thinks Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Motjaba Khamenei, is “very seriously wounded,” but not dead.

Motjaba Khamenei became supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed at the start of the war. The younger Khamenei was badly wounded in the attacks and has remained out of public view.

Israel launches a deadly strike in Gaza, health officials say

An Israeli strike on a tent for displaced people on Wednesday in southern Gaza killed one person and wounded at least four, the territory’s Health Ministry officials said. The Israeli military said that it struck a “military operative,” without elaborating.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have reported a surge in deadly Israeli strikes, despite a fragile ceasefire in the nearly three-year Israel-Hamas war. Israel has said that it targets Hamas and other militants.

Gaza peace board chief criticizes Israeli strikes

Nickolay Mladenov, head of Trump’s Board of Peace, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the gap between what has been agreed by both sides and what is happening on the ground is the biggest risk to the peace process in Gaza.

“Israeli strikes have continued since the roadmap was accepted, and Palestinian civilians are still being killed,” Mladenov said.

While the ceasefire is holding and casualties have fallen sharply, he added, a ceasefire where “civilians are still buried is not yet one that the people of Gaza can really feel.”

Israel insists Hamas must disarm first

Israel’s deputy U.N. ambassador Noa Furman told the Security Council on Wednesday that Israel is committed to Trump’s 20-point peace plan but that Hamas’ “disarmament must come first” before Gaza’s reconstruction can begin.

She added that Israel was working closely with the U.S. and the Board of Peace to achieve this.

Children’s kites in Gaza dismantled over Israeli threats

Some parents said children in Gaza are dismantling their kites after Israel threatened to ramp up strikes as the toys keep flying into southern Israel.

In the past, kites and balloons have been set aflame and launched across the Gaza border, igniting fields and property in Israeli communities. The Palestinian militant group Hamas has downplayed the danger the kites pose.

In tents near the Mediterranean Sea in southern Gaza, kids dismantled the plastic, cloth and wood contraptions as adults looked on.

“They’ve lost their simple dreams, their education, their childhood, the simple things they used to enjoy,” lamented resident Atiya Abu Samhan.

Israel has legalized more than 100 settlements since 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his government, in an effort to ensure Israel’s existence, has legalized more than 104 settlements and established 160 farming outposts in the West Bank since he took office again in 2022.

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are largely considered illegal, but Netanyahu has made their expansion a priority in the lead-up to Israel’s upcoming election. About 3 million Palestinians live alongside more than 500,000 Israeli settlers in the occupied territory, which has seen a recent spike in violence as the Israeli presence expands.

Dubai airport traffic dropped sharply during Iran war

Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, said Wednesday that it saw a sharp drop in passengers as the Iran war disrupted air travel across the Middle East.

The airport recorded 13 million passengers in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the total to about 31.5 million passengers for the first half of the year. That’s down 31.3% compared to last year at the halfway mark.

Iran’s top diplomat slams new US sanctions threat

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a letter to the United Nations on Tuesday urged the world body to condemn the latest U.S. move to cut off Tehran from the rest of the global economy.

The “ economic onslaught ” that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared this week amounts to the deliberate targeting of Iranian civilians with the “intentional deprivation of access to food, medicines, medical equipment, energy and other necessities,” according to Araghchi.

“Silence in the face of such systematic coercion risks further normalizing violations of the U.N. Charter and principles of international law,” Araghchi wrote in the letter, obtained by The Associated Press.

USS Lincoln stopping in Thailand after long deployment

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will make a stop in Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East, Thai officials said Tuesday, without specifying a date or port for security reasons.

The Lincoln’s lengthy record-setting deployment during the Iran war has raised concerns about deteriorating mental health among the crew.

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Records show the home, along Valencia Avenue, belonged to Henry Parra, 55, and Adam Hlavaty, 42, who were killed in last Wednesday’s crash along with five other people ― including others with South Florida ties ― in northern Kenya’s Samburu County.

Coral Gables police said the burglary happened sometime between Thursday and Saturday, after the crash.

They identified the burglary suspects as Geybert Alexander Garcia, 40, and Melany Perdomo, 24, who live together near the unincorporated Palm Springs North area of northwest Miami-Dade.

According to investigators, the pair “ransacked the residence and removed numerous items belonging to the decedent such as personal and business documents, jewelry, electronics, and artwork.”

They also stole the couple’s 2023 Land Rover and 2020 Porsche Taycan, an arrest report states. The report mentions the crash, but doesn’t state whether or how investigators believe that Garcia and Perdomo became aware of the couple’s deaths before the burglary.

Police said Parra and Hlavaty’s housekeeper discovered the heist on Sunday.

Authorities said a ping from the couple’s stolen MacBook, along with vehicle location from the stolen Range Rover, placed the stolen items at Garcia and Perdomo’s home in the 8300 block of Northwest 195th Terrace.

According to the report, after confirming the cars were parked outside of the home, Coral Gables police and Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a search warrant there on Tuesday.

Investigators said Garcia hid in a closet while officers found Perdomo in an upstairs bedroom.

During the search, “officers located and identified numerous stolen documents” belonging to the couple, as well as the key fob to the Range Rover, the arrest report states.

“Additionally, several valuable pieces of artwork were recovered from inside the residence, including an art sculpture belonging to the victims and valued in excess of approximately $500,000,” it states. “Officers also located several items and instruments consistent with the production and/or alteration of fraudulent identification documents and personal identifying information.”

Additionally, investigators said they found a Ford F-250 with an altered VIN that turned out to be stolen out of Indian River County.

Jail records show Garcia and Perdomo were each arrested on multiple felony charges, including burglary and grand theft auto.

In court on Wednesday, Garcia’s attorney, Paul Basile, presented a document to the court stating that it had been signed and notarized and that granted Garcia “permission to have possession of those vehicles and to enter the premises.”

Lauren Bailey, a family friend of the victims, was also in court however, and said that can’t be true.

“There is no way that they could possibly have signed that document,” Bailey said. “They were not in the country, first of all. Secondly, they would have never done so. They had other people. They have a live-in maid that comes to the house every day. There would be no need to do such a thing.”

She continued, “The house was damaged; it was broken into. The door was destroyed. They ripped off the camera, which we’ve given the prosecutor the photos of that. His family came from Indiana and came home to a house that had been broken into and their things stolen, and they don’t feel comfortable if you let this person go.”

Prosecutor Nessa Eth asked Coral Gables Police Department Detective Wilfredo Diaz whether he believed the paperwork was legitimate.

“No,” Diaz testified. “I believe it is a fraudulent document.”

Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer also appeared to be skeptical about the document’s validity, especially considering that Garcia has a history of arrests in the county, and ordered that both he and Perdomo be held without bond.

Perdomo, despite being listed in her arrest report as being born in Florida, was also detained on an immigration hold, jail records show.

Thursday will feature a mix of sun and clouds with gentle southeast winds. There may be some showers along the east coast during the morning. Afternoon showers and storms will tend to favor inland areas. Temperatures will reach the low 90s.

The incident happened Sunday evening in the area of the 1000 block of Southwest Third Avenue, according to Hallandale Beach police.

Police said the suspect entered the home through a rear window. When the family returned, the suspect pointed a gun at two children, ages 10 and 12, before fleeing the home.

Video captures the children crying as the suspect runs away.

Police later arrested Rashad Randzell Corouthers, 36, whom investigators said was tracked down using a GPS monitor he was wearing.

Authorities said Corouthers is a convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

“The idea that a man sick could point a gun at a child is horrifying,” Hallandale Beach resident Eve Mart said. “You gotta be a sick individual.”

Jail records show Corouthers is facing one count each of home invasion with a firearm or deadly weapon. He is also facing two counts of aggravated assault wit a deadly weapon without intent to kill in an unrelated case.

As of Wednesday, he was being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail.

Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler, who sentenced Kohberger to life in prison without parole after Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders last year, set out the guidelines for how the case will proceed in a written order Wednesday morning.

The judge did not grant Kohberger a hearing on his claims that his guilty plea should be withdrawn. Instead, Hippler scheduled in a date for next June in case he determines an evidentiary hearing is warranted.

Kohberger, 31, is serving four consecutive life sentences for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in a rental home near the Moscow, Idaho, campus in 2022. In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

Kohberger filed a handwritten petition last month asking the court to let him take back his plea, saying his attorneys manipulated him into making the deal by promising him better prison conditions and scaring him about the quality of life on death row.

Kohberger offered only a few details in elaboration, saying they failed to disclose or review evidence that might have helped his case during plea discussions. Kohberger has since been appointed a new attorney, Greg Rauch, who said he couldn't immediately comment on the case.

In Wednesday's order, Hippler told prosecutors and Kohberger's attorney that they must “strictly adhere” to the Idaho Rules of Court Procedure, particularly the sections detailing what evidence is admissible in court. The judge also detailed how both sides should object to evidence that they feel is not admissible.

Anyone who doesn't comply with the court's order could be subject to sanctions, Hippler wrote.

Hippler said both sides should disclose any potential witnesses, including experts, by the start of February. He also set a status conference for next June.

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Torrasha Monique Smith was previously arrested in January 2024 for operating an unlicensed post-surgery ALF located at 18132 NW 91st Court in Miami-Dade County, and then again in June 2025 for opening another facility at 21480 SW 132nd Court.

In January, deputies said they received an anonymous tip regarding an illegal recovery house for post-surgery patients was being run by Smith.

Investigators discovered it was at the same 132nd Court location that deputies had previously encountered, determining that Smith never ceased operations despite her previous arrest.

According to an arrest warrant, patients advised deputies that they had paid Dream Body Retreat via Zelle for the services, and investigators determined that Smith was the sole proprietor of Dream Body Retreat.

Additionally, one of the patients told deputies they had used the facility previously in June 2025, which was after Smith’s arrest in May of that year after she was ordered to close the facility, according to official documents.

Authorities said they ultimately discovered that Smith ran the facility for 274 days after being issued a Notice of Unlicensed Activity on April 30, 2025, and during that time, she accepted Zelle payments exceeding $200,000.

According to investigators, Smith ceased operations at the facility sometime in February, but she continued to book appointments and receive deposits “without any intention of providing services.”

Multiple police reports were filed in Miami-Dade County over the following months from patients who had paid deposits to Dream Body Retreat only to discover the business had been closed, and then were unable to reach Smith when they tried to obtain refunds.

Ultimately, a warrant was issued for Smith’s arrest on July 20 after an attorney representing Smith told authorities he couldn’t advise as to when she would surrender herself.

According to an arrest form, Smith was taken into custody on Tuesday at the Harris County Jail Facility in Houston.

Officials did not indicate why she was arrested in Texas or how she was apprehended, but she has since been brought back to South Florida.

Smith is facing three charges of grand theft, a charge of organized fraud of $50,000 or more, and 274 charges of failure to cease operations of an assisted living facility.

As of Wednesday afternoon, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Official documents indicate that Smith was already out on felony bond at the time of her arrest for charges stemming from the illegal disposal of hazardous, biomedical waste.

“We can’t have people coming in and just manufacturing support for these projects,” Winker said.

Winker is accusing some people who claimed to be residents of lying to the commission in support of the development project.

“I was floored,” said Commissioner Melissa Castro. “I couldn’t even believe that was happening, especially in my city. I was in disbelief. Not only that, I really want to find out who is behind this, and paid for it.”

Coral Gables resident Omar Packard noticed that some of the people who were speaking in support of the development were seemingly struggling to pronounce the addresses that they were claiming to live at.

“We started noticing these people, that they seemed to need to look at their cell phone to recite their addresses,” he said. “And I found a lot of them didn’t even exist or were commercial buildings.”

It turned into a fact finding quest by Packard to find out if they actually life where they claimed to.

“Every single address that we checked was fraudulent,” said Winker.

Added Bolton: “This is a conspiracy to defraud not just me and the Garden of our Lord, but all of the residents of Coral Gables.”

Packard presented his findings to Bolton, who then shared them with Winker.

He outlined the findings for the commission, asking for a deferral.

“The law is clear, you can’t take an oath and say something that’s false,” he said. “That’s a crime.”

Instead, the commission opted to move forward with the development project, approving it with a 3-1 vote.

“I voted no. I don’t believe that vote should have taken place that day,” said Castro. “I believe that really messed with the integrity of the record. Because if there was false testimony, what else was false? Now it’s questionable.”

The commission also unanimously passed a motion moved by Mayor Vince Lago and seconded Castro.

“They showed up here and lied to the commission, saying they are residents of the city,” he said. “I want to make sure that goes to the necessary authorities, whether that is (Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine) Fernandez Rundle, whether it is the ethics commission, locally or the state.”

A spokesperson for the city said the Coral Gables Police Department will investigate some of the claims that were raised.

“And hopefully we’ll see what happens and we’ll see what the state attorney has to say about this, what FDLE has to say about this,” said Winker. “Because I think that it’s so fundamental to our democracy, right? We can’t have people just coming in and lying in official proceedings.”

Local 10 News received a statement from the developer, which read:

We were surprised and deeply disappointed by the actions alleged by Mr. Winker. They do not reflect who we are or how we operate.

For 40 years, Fifield has built its reputation on trust and true partnership with the communities we serve. This project is no exception.

At the heart of it is a promise to Crystal Academy and its students: a permanent, rent-free home for the next 99 years. We remain fully committed to fulfilling it, and to full transparency with the City Commission and the Coral Gables community as this process moves forward.

Fifield spokesperson

City of Coral Gables official statement:

To clarify, the City Commission did not vote to open a criminal investigation by the Coral Gables Police Department. The Commission requested that the Police Department investigate the claims of one of the parties and refer any appropriate allegations regarding the speakers’ addresses to the appropriate authorities for review. The Coral Gables Police Department will investigate some of the claims that were raised.

Because the matter is being referred for review, the city cannot speculate as to whether a law may have been violated or characterize the allegations as fraud, perjury or another potential offense. Those are matters for the appropriate authorities to determine.

The Commission separately approved the various related items by a 3-1 vote. Commissioner Ariel Fernandez did not attend the meeting.

The Commission’s land-use decision was based on the competent substantial evidence in the record; therefore, the referral of the separate allegations does not prevent the items from moving forward.

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To see Winker’s full presentation to the city commission, click here.

The NFL and the NFLPA said in a statement that they have agreed to place a greater emphasis on five health and safety rules violations: the hip drop tackle; horse collar tackle; launching; hit on a defenseless player; and blindside block.

The goal is to make the game safer by focusing discipline on the infractions most likely to leave players injured.

“There are some player safety fouls that really put the defender and his opponent at really high risk,” said Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations.

“We don’t like to remove people from the team or the roster,” he added. "But we’ve had to put some measures in place to hold the player to greater accountability for himself and for his opponent.”

NFL players voted on the changes at a Board of Player Representatives meeting Tuesday and owners were briefed on the new safety rules violations standards during a meeting Wednesday in Atlanta.

The violations in those categories will carry forward into subsequent seasons but the league and union said all players will start the upcoming season with a clean slate.

Players who commit only one violation will receive 50% of their fine back at the end of the season.

Coaches will also be required to join players in meetings with the NFL to review video of the violations when a player has accumulated two infractions and is on the threshold of a suspension.

Clubs with excessive health and safety rules violations will face increased financial penalties.

Former Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera, who also played nine seasons in the NFL, will join the group of former players who oversee the on-field discipline appeal hearings.

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Tua Tagovailoa is returning to Hard Rock Stadium.

The former Dolphins starting quarterback is set to face his former team for the first time Friday night when Miami hosts the Atlanta Falcons in the preseason finale.

There are still plenty of good feelings toward Tagovailoa from his former teammates, including Dolphins EDGE Chop Robinson. But that doesn’t mean Robinson plans to take it easy on his former locker mate.

“It’s going to be fun,” Robinson said. “Especially since, you know, in practice we couldn’t hit him. But now it’s game time, and I’ll be able to hit him. I hope I get close to him.”

Robinson has plenty of fond memories of Tagovailoa, and the two grew closer during Tagovailoa’s final months in Miami.

“He was my locker mate my last year,” Robinson said. “Honestly, I feel like getting to know him, talk to him every day, just after practice, before practice. He was asking about my family and stuff like that. So really a great dude, and I miss him.”

Tagovailoa’s first season in Atlanta has been a struggle. One NFL insider said his performance has made it difficult for the Falcons to name him their Week 1 starter.

Tagovailoa also admitted it was “hard” seeing his time in Miami come to an end.

“You can try to trick yourself into thinking it’s not as hard as what you’re thinking, but it’s hard to go through something like that,” Tagovailoa said.

Robinson said Friday’s game will be personal, as any matchup against a former team would be.

“But at the end of the day, when the game is over, when the clock hits zero, it’s all love,” he added. “That’s still my brother.”

Dolphins backup quarterback Quinn Ewers also referred to Tagovailoa as his “brother” and said he doesn’t expect the reunion to be awkward because Tagovailoa helped him a lot last season.

For Tagovailoa, the return to Miami will be a chance to face the team and city where his NFL career began.

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Her name is etched on the city’s Walk of Fame, which sits right outside the Country Music Hall of Fame.

It wasn’t long ago when the hall opened a new exhibit showcasing her amazing career.

The gate to Parton’s Brentwood home was full of flowers and notes that people have left over the past day.

Fans also were seen at Dollywood, showing up and paying tribute in different ways, with the theme park opening the day after her passing, saying the show must go on as Parton would have wanted.

Just a few blocks away is the Songteller Hotel, one of Parton’s latest projects that is still under construction.

Outside, there were flowers and a note that said, “I hope life treats you well.”

Parton was a legend on stage, screen and in the community.

She was a girl from east Tennessee who lived a life that has left a lasting impact on the entire world.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled that prosecutors failed to properly explain their motivations for seeking the dismissal of Bannon's indictment. However, the judge said the government is free to renew its request in a manner that follows the law.

Nichols ruled several months after the U.S. Supreme Court — at prosecutors' request — threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Capitol riot.

In a February court filing, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her Washington-based office determined “in its prosecutorial discretion” that dismissing Bannon's criminal case is “in the interests of justice.” Pirro, a Trump appointee, didn't elaborate.

Dismissing the case would be largely symbolic. Bannon already served a four-month prison term after a jury convicted him of contempt of Congress in 2022. A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the conviction before the Supreme Court overruled its decision.

Trump, a Republican, appointed Nichols to the bench during his first term in the White House.

Los Angeles County Judge John Lonergan Jr. sent Jeanine John Taele, 38, to a mental health court in Hollywood based on statements he made in a pretrial evaluation indicating he wasn't mentally fit to stand trial. In the evaluation, Taele falsely insisted he had been a State Department official for 14 years.

When Taele was arrested earlier this month, he was seen wearing an earpiece and taking pictures of the golf course where Trump was scheduled to attend a Republican National Committee dinner. The event was at Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, just south of LA.

A search of his pickup truck in the golf course parking lot at the time turned up a loaded 9 mm pistol, binoculars and a badge that read “security protection agent,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles.

Lonergan expressed particular concern over the 200 pages of Taele’s writings that investigators found following his arrest. The writings included schedules for first lady Melania Trump and members of the president’s Secret Service, as well as detailed lists for surviving “off the grid.” The judge did not say whether the writings included any specific political motives or ideologies.

“This case itself is alarming in this day and age with the violence that is creeping into our everyday lives, especially with our partisanship in the political environment" ahead of the midterms, Lonergan said.

The judge also cited a previous arrest in November 2025 at an AT&T store where Taele accused an employee of spying on him with Meta Glasses, stole the glasses, and was found muttering to himself in the parking lot. He was charged with second-degree robbery following that incident.

Taele was charged with several felonies including possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun and receiving a large-capacity magazine. He was also charged with carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, a misdemeanor.

Taele appeared in the Torrance, California, courtroom Wednesday, weeks after his Aug. 5 arrest, wearing a vest designed to prevent self-harm or suicide attempts. Nearly a dozen family members and friends tearfully watched from the courtroom.

Lonergan declined to set bail for Taele, who will remain in jail until a Sept. 9 hearing at the Hollywood Mental Health Court.

Taele's attorney, public defender A.J. Bayne, said it was too early to tell whether Taele's mental health would play a role in his legal defense.

“He's a veteran, he served our country, and I don't know enough right now, but he has a family that loves him, that has huge support for him,” Bayne said, adding that “people assume too much" about Taele's motives on the day he was arrested at the golf course.

Taele is a decorated U.S. Marine who served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2008 and 2016, according to a Marine Corps spokesperson. He was a corporal who received countless accolades, including two Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals, a Navy Unit Commendation, a National Defense Service Medal, and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

The game wasn't played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was the only pause in the postseason event.

“It's OK to be the first league to walk away from a competitive all-star game,” NFL executive vice president Peter O'Reilly said at the owners' meeting in Atlanta.

The league said 88 players will still be named as Pro Bowlers and honored in Los Angeles after this season. Several flag football events also will take place at that time.

“The Pro Bowl has always been about recognizing the players who distinguish themselves as the very best in the NFL,” O’Reilly said in a statement. “A Pro Bowl selection will return to its original purpose, honoring the best of the best. We want that distinction to carry even greater meaning for the players, their families, their clubs and our fans.”

O'Reilly said the decision was “a shift from the game to the honor.”

Troy Vincent, the league's executive vice president of football operations, said he heard from players that they “don't want competitive play” after the playoffs.

“You come off the championship games and the viewers see the physicality of the game and you try to replicate that,” Vincent said. “Frankly, it just doesn't sit well. This isn't a good representation.”

The Pro Bowl has waned in popularity in recent years. Once a staple in Honolulu, the NFL has moved the event to various cities and even switched from tackle to flag football in 2023.

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The ruling on Wednesday followed a three-day trial involving council members Kassandra Timothe, Mary Estime-Irvin and Pierre Frantz-Charles.

The lawsuit, filed in June 2024 by North Miami resident Eileen Bicaba, accused the council members of privately coordinating city business outside a public meeting in an effort to remove former City Manager Rasha Cameau.

The Sunshine Law generally requires certain government business to be discussed in public and prohibits elected officials from privately conducting public business outside properly noticed meetings.

During the trial, Timothe was questioned about whether she had discussed a motion to terminate Cameau with an attorney before bringing it before the council.

“I don’t recall,” Timothe said while testifying.

She also denied having the three votes needed to pass the motion before the meeting.

“You are asking me if I had three votes prior to the meeting. No,” she said.

Bicaba alleged the council members also interfered with Cameau’s management of city employees.

“We are alleging that they interfered with her ability to manage employees,” Bicaba said, adding that Cameau wanted to discipline the head of the public works department and that the council members tried to intervene through third parties.

The judge ultimately declined to find a Sunshine Law violation, saying there was not enough evidence.

The judge did, however, find a violation of Section 19 of the North Miami city charter. According to attorney David Reiner, the judge determined the council members conveyed a threat to Cameau that she would be terminated.

A violation of the city charter is a misdemeanor. Whether the matter will lead to additional legal action is up to the plaintiff, and there was no immediate word on whether she plans to pursue it.

Williams, 27, was there as an inmate after Miramar police accused him of attacking his fiancee at their apartment along Southwest 45th Court, near Red Road.

He had nothing to say as Local 10 News asked him about the charges.

According to an arrest report, the victim was dropped off to their apartment by a male friend. She told police Williams was upset once she got home, called her names and hit her, causing her to fall down the stairs.

The arrest report goes on to say that Williams was on top of her and punched her in the face and as the victim turned over to protect her face, he punched the back of her head and pulled her hair.

Police said the victim told officers that Williams put his right hand under her neck and tightened his grasp, then lifted her off of the ground by her neck.

According to the report, the victim fought back, telling police Williams threatened to kill her and she reached into her purse for her gun.

They struggled for the weapon before Williams snatched it from her and took off, authorities said.

A judge ordered him to have “no firearms, weapons, or ammunition” and to not return “to any place the victim lives, works, or frequents.”

He was arrested on Monday and faced a bond court judge on Tuesday.

Williams has been on unpaid leave since his arrest.

The handyman and father of a U.S. Navy sailor was released from ICE custody after being arrested over the weekend by the U.S. Border Patrol agents.

“I can’t say nothing bad, because I say thank you for giving me freedom to come back to my home,” Aviles said.

Federal authorities told Local 10 News that Aviles entered the United States illegally from Nicaragua nearly 20 years ago and that his son’s military service has no bearing on his status.

Aviles was asked Wednesday about his arrival those years back, but he declined to give details.

“I got very scared,” he said. “I don’t want to remember that situation.”

His arrest came in the midst of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

Border Patrol agents, as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, are targeting convicted criminals in operations around South Florida.

But federal authorities are also arresting those without legal immigration status, who are subject to deportation in the eyes of the government.

Aviles’ case garnered national attention after his son Josh, who in his ninth month onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, made an outcry on social media.

Aviles says he has pending paperwork, and the process doesn’t deter him.

“I’m waiting for everything,” he said. “I believe in this country. I believe that everything is good. It’s good. I believe in the people of the United States too. I have a lot of friends I say thank you for taking care of my family.”

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A criminal complaint filed earlier in August reveals a $20 million criminal enterprise operating in South Florida.

The 29-page complaint says the FBI began investigating “money mule networks” last year.

Federal agents identified a group called the Honeybun Boyz.

The complaint describes the group as a major metropolitan criminal enterprise made up of financial fraudsters who flaunt $100,000 bankrolls tied to account takeovers that target vulnerable victims.

The term “honeybun” in certain circles means $100,000, a term also used by music artists like Pop Smoke.

The three-tiered network is made up of controllers, the bosses, handlers and mules who move the money.

Federal agents identified as many as 30 victims in South Florida, many of them elderly, including a widow who was convinced to withdraw $95,000 in cash.

The report says businesses were defrauded too. One victim was told the bank had a security breach.

Through a phishing link, fraudsters allegedly obtained the victim’s login information for an American business bank, and a fraudulent wire transfer for $82,000 was initiated, according to investigators.

They said the fraudsters used phishing links, fake bank phone calls and stolen banking information to get the cash.

A conplaint obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday lists luxury purchases the suspects allegedly made in April, with thousands spent on high-end goods at Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and a high-end Miami watch store.

Two of the suspects are accused of using the money to purchase a home in Miami Lakes worth close to $1 million.

Twelve defendants are listed in the complaint. They face charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The report says Honeybun Boyz groups have also been identified in other major cities, including Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York.

Una denuncia penal presentada a principios de agosto revela una empresa criminal de $20 millones USD que operaba en el sur de Florida.

La denuncia de 29 páginas dice que el FBI comenzó a investigar “redes de mulas de dinero” el año pasado.

Agentes federales identificaron a un grupo llamado Honeybun Boyz.

La denuncia describe al grupo como una importante empresa criminal metropolitana compuesta por estafadores financieros que presumen de fondos de $100,000 USD vinculados a apropiaciones de cuentas que tienen como objetivo a víctimas vulnerables.

El término “honeybun” en ciertos círculos significa $100,000 USD, un término también utilizado por artistas musicales como Pop Smoke.

La red de tres niveles está compuesta por controladores, los jefes, manejadores y mulas que mueven el dinero.

Agentes federales identificaron hasta 30 víctimas en el sur de Florida, muchas de ellas de edad avanzada, incluida una viuda que fue convencida de retirar $95,000 USD en efectivo.

El informe dice que empresas también fueron defraudadas. A una víctima le dijeron que el banco había sufrido una brecha de seguridad.

A través de un enlace de phishing, los estafadores presuntamente obtuvieron la información de inicio de sesión de la víctima para un banco comercial estadounidense, y se inició una transferencia bancaria fraudulenta por $82,000 USD, según los investigadores.

Dijeron que los estafadores utilizaron enlaces de phishing, llamadas telefónicas bancarias falsas e información bancaria robada para obtener el dinero en efectivo.

Una denuncia obtenida por Local 10 News el miércoles enumera compras de lujo que los sospechosos presuntamente realizaron en abril, con miles de dólares gastados en artículos de alta gama en Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton y una tienda de relojes de lujo de Miami.

Dos de los sospechosos están acusados de utilizar el dinero para comprar una casa en Miami Lakes valorada en cerca de $1 millón USD.

Doce acusados aparecen en la denuncia. Enfrentan cargos de conspiración para cometer fraude bancario y conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero.

El informe dice que grupos de Honeybun Boyz también han sido identificados en otras ciudades importantes, incluidas Los Ángeles, Atlanta y Nueva York.

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Jail records show Orlando Armin Villasmil Noriega, 37, was arrested Tuesday by the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

Police said Noriega worked as a manager at the South Florida chain’s location at 4 N. Federal Highway.

According to an arrest report, he was responsible for depositing the previous day’s cash revenue at a nearby Bank of America when he opened the business each morning.

Police said Noriega opened the restaurant on April 18 and removed deposits containing nearly $9,000 in revenue from the previous two days. Surveillance video showed him leaving the business with the money, according to the report.

The deposits were never received in the business’ Bank of America account, and the bank found no record of Noriega attempting to make the deposits, police said.

They said Noriega was again captured on surveillance video on April 19 removing a deposit bag containing just over $5,000. Police said he was not seen making a deposit at the bank.

From April 23 through April 26, Noriega worked as the closing manager and was responsible for preparing deposits and placing them in the business’ safe for the next day’s opening manager, according to investigators.

Deposits from those days, totaling more than $19,000, were never deposited, police said.

When questioned by police about what happened to the money, a witness told investigators that Noriega said the deposits were made at night, the report states.

Police said making nighttime deposits was not authorized at that Bank of America location and investigators were unable to locate surveillance video showing Noriega making the deposits.

They said Noriega was scheduled to work April 27 but called in sick and told the business he was “terminating his employment” with Flanigan’s. He reportedly said he was moving to North Carolina in May.

According to police, Noriega deprived the business of $33,091.06. The business is now seeking incarceration and restitution.

Records show that Noriega is facing one count of grand theft involving more than $20,000 but less than $100,000. He posted a $10,000 bond and was ordered not to return to any Flanigan’s locations.

As of Wednesday morning, he was no longer listed as an inmate in Broward County jail records.

The decision by the Big 12 came a day after rulings by the SEC and Big Ten. Earlier Wednesday, the NFL made it clear that players who leave the NFL to return to college won’t be allowed to come back to the league this season.

NFL executive Troy Vincent reiterated the longstanding policy at the league’s meetings Wednesday, saying any player who returns to college would not be eligible to play in the NFL until 2027.

Atlantic Coast Conference leaders were also discussing the topic this week.

Big 12 and SEC rules go beyond football

The rule unanimously adopted by the Big 12 bars its schools from adding professional athletes in football or any other conference-sponsored sport. The league said its rule would apply independently of the status of NCAA eligibility determinations.

According to the Big 12 decision, athletes would be ineligible if they declared for the draft or supplemental draft of any professional sports league and did not timely withdraw before the draft, have been listed on a professional roster or signed a contract to provide athletic services with any sports league.

The SEC’s rule approved Tuesday banned players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues. The Big Ten only included football in its decision and is expected to later address other sports.

Two players seek to go from NFL back to former college coach

At least two players who signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents this offseason were hoping to return to college and play at No. 11 LSU.

Tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive lineman Zxavian Harris signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents after playing last season at Mississippi for Lane Kiffin, now the coach at LSU.

Wright initially signed with Philadelphia, but was waived Aug. 10 and claimed by Cleveland, which waived him Monday. Harris signed with the New Orleans Saints in May, went through their offseason program and was let go Aug. 8 after being on the non-football injury list.

Both players entered the NFL draft because they had used up their four years of eligibility. The NCAA announced a rule change in June allowing players who began college in 2023 or later to have five years to play five years of sports in college.

That rule didn’t apply to Wright and Harris, who entered college in 2022 but they are among the players who have sued the NCAA, arguing they’re being deprived of education and potential name, image and likeness benefits by being excluded from the rule.

Cal football general manager Ron Rivera said Wednesday he hopes the ACC joins the Big Ten and SEC in turning away former pros.

“I think when somebody makes a decision, goes in a certain direction, I think they’ve made their decision,” said Rivera, a former NFL player and coach. “I’m disappointed that people are looking for ways to cheat the system or beat the system.”

NCAA gets a win in Tennessee basketball eligibility case

Meanwhile, in Tennessee, the state’s Court of Appeals put on hold an order that would have given former Vanderbilt player Jalen Washington and 18 other basketball players a fifth year of eligibility.

The ruling gives the NCAA a win in ongoing litigation across the nation in federal and state courts involving college athletes who contend they should get a fifth year of competition under revised NCAA eligibility rules adopted in June.

Washington, who transferred to Tennessee, and the other plaintiffs are now ineligible, pending resolution of the NCAA’s appeal of the lower court’s ruling.

Washington was the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed July 6 by the Texas Trial Group seeking the injunction. Others included Chendall Weaver, last at Texas; A.J. Storr of Mississippi; Jason Edwards of Providence; and Daniel Egbuniwe of St. Bonaventure.

The NCAA also has won stays of injunctions in Ohio and New Jersey state courts and in a federal court in Colorado.

Castellanos commits to Texas Tech after Dolphins tryout

The Big 12 decision Wednesday came shortly after quarterback Tommy Castellanos said he has committed to Texas Tech for this season. The 12th-ranked Red Raiders are the defending Big 12 champions and among the favorites again this season.

Castellanos, a freshman at UCF in 2022, went undrafted by the NFL four months ago before a tryout as a receiver with the Miami Dolphins during their rookie minicamp. He never made an NFL roster, but he also never withdrew from the draft, making it unclear if he will be able to play for the Red Raiders.

Castellanos, who played last season at Florida State, last Friday was among 10 athletes granted a temporary restraining order by a Kentucky judge to get a fifth season of college football.

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And it is because of that deep devotion that Parton's death has been profoundly personal to rural Sevier County. To the world, Parton was one of the world's best-known country music stars. To her neighbors, she was Tennessee's favorite daughter.

“It hit me hard. It hit me really hard,” said James Gambrell, a former chef at Dollywood, the signature theme park that Parton opened decades ago after seeing families like hers unable to afford to go to Disneyland.

“If it don’t affect you, then something’s wrong,” Gambrell said of Parton's death, adding that he became so close to her family that they adopted him as a kind of nephew.

Mourners flocked to a bronze statue of Dolly in the center of her hometown of Sevierville Tuesday night, exchanging stories and shedding tears. The town is set in the hills of the Smoky Mountains just minutes from Dollywood. Many brought flowers and drawings and other tributes to the late singer.

By Wednesday morning at Dollywood, the scent of cinnamon bread filled the air and long lines formed at a theater featuring biographical stories narrated by Parton. The park is closed Tuesdays, so Wednesday was the first chance for many to visit, including Carla Potts, who flew in from Seattle a few days earlier.

“She just consistently spread joy and hope and light, really” Potts said after entering the park on her first visit.

One of 12 children, Parton grew up in a two-room cabin with no electricity and no running water. In her music, she described life in East Tennessee as “peaceful as a baby’s sigh,” a place where “crickets sing in the fields nearby.” She moved to Nashville shortly after finishing high school, but she once joked to the Knoxville News Sentinel that she may be the “only person that ever left the Smoky Mountains and took them with her.”

It started largely with Dollywood

While the Smoky Mountains had long attracted outdoor enthusiasts to the region, Parton made a strategic decision to become co-owner of the amusement park in Pigeon Forge in 1986 and name it Dollywood. The park quickly became Tennessee’s most visited tourist attraction, with Parton often opening each new season with a performance and a parade. State officials say Dollywood generates $1.8 billion each year and is the county's largest employer.

“We had Great Smoky Mountains National Park since the '30s, and Gatlinburg was a huge destination for years, but Dollywood helped the county take that next step,” said Amanda Marr, a member of the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce. “Having that business has made such an impact because it’s drawn even more people to the area.”

Parton didn't stop with Dollywood

By the early 1990s, Parton created The Dollywood Foundation with the goal of decreasing the high school drop out rate in Sevier County, which was hovering around 30%.

David Wear, former mayor of Pigeon Forge, said he was in 8th grade when the Buddy Program launched with the promise that students and the buddies they were matched with would receive $500 to help cover college expenses for completing the program.

“If you and your buddy made it through high school, The Dollywood Foundation would give money to those high school graduates,” he said. “I personally got the experience of her charitable giving.”

According to the foundation, dropout rates eventually plummeted to 6% in Sevier County after the program was in place.

Separately, the international phenomenon that is her Imagination Library started as a local initiative to get more children to start reading. To date, kids across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia have received more than 330 million books since the program began.

Still, many folks get choked up the most over her response to a deadly 2016 wildfire. The fire, which began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before invading nearby Gatlinburg, killed 14 people and caused an estimated $2 billion in losses, including to about 2,500 buildings that were damaged or destroyed.

Parton directed her foundation to distribute funds to displaced families and provided scholarships to students impacted by the fire.

“She single-handedly, through her generosity and raising of money, changed the trajectory of our recovery,” Wear said. “Her star power brought us back.”

Through her work, Parton also helped shatter stereotypes often associated with Appalachian communities, said Ted Olson, a professor of Appalachian studies at Eastern Tennessee State University.

“She understood how people viewed the region, but she defied them to hold on to those negative images after talking to her and after encouraging them to travel to the region,” Olson said. “And she did so graciously.”

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Kruesi, a former Tennessee correspondent, reported from Providence, Rhode Island.

Alan Smith, 44, killed his grandmother, his parents, his younger sister and her children before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound just after police arrived, authorities said. Multiple fires were set inside the suburban home on the outskirts of Billings. Smith had lived there before being asked to move out weeks earlier, according to accounts from police and surviving relatives.

“There’s many questions that will come from this investigation,” Yellowstone County Sheriff Kent O’Donnell said during a Wednesday news conference. “Some of those questions we probably won’t ever be able to answer, because all the parties that will have those answers are not here to answer them for us.”

The victims included Owen and Chloe Ireland and their stepsiblings, Landon and Charlotte Ghekiere. Owen, 13, was described by his father as the “perfect big brother” and 12-year-old Chloe’s protector. Landon, 15, planned to get his driver’s license this week. Charlotte, 12, was a lover of nature, particularly insects, said Jennifer Mercer, a neighbor and family friend.

A candlelight vigil was planned Thursday night.

Police had no prior contact with the shooter

The attack happened at the home of Smith's parents: Dana Smith, who was retired from the Air Force and Boeing, and Barb Smith, a retired teacher.

The Smith family was originally from the Seattle area. Brad Ireland, the father of Owen and Chloe, said that after he and Megan Ghekiere divorced six years ago, she moved to Montana with their children. That’s where she met the man who would become her second husband, Adam Ghekiere, who was at work when the shooting occurred.

Her parents soon followed to Billings, buying a house near their daughter, and her brother moved in. Police had not been called to the home before and had no previous contact with Alan Smith, the sheriff said.

Megan Ghekiere, 39, worked in healthcare, Mercer said. The eighth victim was Dana’s mother, Evelyn Smith, 92, who used a wheelchair and lived in a nearby retirement community.

Arriving officers heard shots and saw smoke

Smith showed up in the neighborhood at 5:49 p.m. Sunday, O'Donnell said, and just after 6 p.m., one of the females in the home called 911. He said he couldn't confirm who made it. But Mercer identified the caller as 12-year-old Charlotte, saying she tried to save her family.

The first arriving officers confronted Smith, and he ran back inside. The officers heard gunfire and saw smoke in the home, O'Donnell said. Smith then ran into the backyard and shot himself, authorities said.

The home quickly became engulfed in flames. The neighborhood homes operate on wells, and there were no hydrants required there, so firefighters had to truck in water.

Autopsies were still being conducted, O’Donnell said.

The sheriff said police had recovered weapons from the scene but he did not describe them or say what type of gun or guns Smith used. Investigators had “some idea” of what might have prompted the shooting, but said law enforcement is focused on the crime scene for now, adding, “Some of this is the family's story to tell.”

Brad Ireland described Smith as a “hermit” who spent most of his days on the computer. “There were many red flags and many people spoke out,” he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “No one listened.”

Alan Smith had attended Eastern Washington University but had been unable to find or hold a job, Ireland said.

Memorial features teddy bears and touching messages

At the mailboxes in the neighborhood, a makeshift memorial has grown with teddy bears, family photos, flowers, balloons and a notebook to leave messages. One classmate wrote they were “sorry that they wouldn’t see them in school this year,” O’Donnell said.

Among the items investigators found in the home were a photo album, largely intact, and a family Bible, almost entirely unscathed, O'Donnell said. Neighbors have offered law enforcement at the scene water and food as they dig through the wreckage of the fire.

“There are rays of good and sunshine that come through this,” O’Donnell said.

Billings Mayor Mike Nelson said it would be hard to find someone in the city of 120,000 who did not have some connection to the victims or feel an impact from their deaths.

“There was shock at first and now there are people who are deeply upset, and they should be. There are people who are angry, and that's OK too,” he said. “We'll come together and we'll support the family.”

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Johnson reported from Seattle, Schuettler from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Michael Biesecker in Washington, D.C., contributed.

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The deal cut short a landmark trial in federal court in Oakland, California, where the Instagram and Facebook parent company was fighting claims that it deliberately designed features that get children addicted. The agreement calls for Meta to pay out up to $18 billion and make a changes to how their platforms are operated, with new guardrails for kid safety.

It is one of many courtrooms around the country where Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube have been defending themselves against allegations their platforms have negatively impacted children’s mental health or otherwise hurt them.

Here is a look at some of the biggest cases against social media companies.

California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey's joint case

The settlement hit during the second week of what was expected to be a six-week trial in Oakland, with testimony from witnesses that would have likely included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

It featured four states as plaintiffs: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey. They were among dozens of states that filed a lawsuit three years ago targeting Meta’s design features and the subsequent harm to children on its platforms. The other 25 states were expecting to have trials later, but the settlement also stops those from going forward.

The states were seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total billions of dollars, plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram.

Tennessee argued Instagram harms kids’ mental health

The settlement also resolved a trial that was underway in Tennessee against Meta.

The Tennessee attorney general’s office was a part of the multistate investigation into social media companies that resulted in the 2023 filing against Meta by dozens of states, but opted to file in its own local court.

“We took Meta to trial because Instagram was hurting kids and misleading parents. Now we’re ending the trial with a settlement that imposes unprecedented protections for kids and delivers record-setting money for Tennessee’s Children’s Digital Protection Fund,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.

Skrmetti, and several other attorneys general, said the settlement addressed Meta's role in an “industrywide problem" and implored other social platforms to follow suit in implementing similar safety measures.

New Mexico's case resulted in hefty fine, outlined changes to Meta platforms

New Mexico was not among the 48 states involved in the settlement because it already won a court case against Meta.

The state argued the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. A jury sided with the state in March, finding there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.

In early August, the judge in the case ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of the trial. The judge also outlined new safety measures he ordered as a part of the ruling, including a time limit of 90 hours per month for users under 18, AI chatbot restrictions, and mandatory warnings on the platforms. Meta has said it disagrees with the verdict.

The other state that did not join the settlement was Florida, where the attorney general said the settlement was not tough enough on Meta.

School districts across the country have sued social media companies

Hundreds of school districts in the U.S. have filed lawsuits against the major social media companies seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children’s mental health from social media addiction.

A lawsuit brought by a small, rural Kentucky school district was set to go to trial this summer in federal court in California, but defendants Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube each settled before the trial began.

The Kentucky case was also selected as a bellwether out of 1,200 similar cases. The plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a statement that their “focus remains on pursuing justice for the remaining 1,200 school districts who have filed cases.”

Jury in Los Angeles trial found Meta, YouTube liable for harms

Earlier this year, a jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a case that centered on social media addiction and claims the companies designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being.

The plaintiff, known by her initials KGM, testified at trial that she became addicted to social media as a child and that it exacerbated her mental health struggles. After more than 40 hours of deliberations, a majority of jurors agreed and awarded $6 million in total damages.

It was a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that was randomly selected as a bellwether trial, or a test case for both sides to see how their arguments play out before a jury, and thus could influence the outcome of similar lawsuits.

TikTok and Snapchat were named as defendants in the lawsuit, but settled before the trial began. Meta and YouTube have each appealed the verdict.

Individual plaintiffs have filed similar lawsuits

The Los Angeles trial was the first of its kind, but there are thousands of similar lawsuits filed against social media companies by individuals.

Many allege the platforms' design features addicted them to social media, which led to adverse mental health outcomes. But there are also other harms plaintiffs say stemmed from young people's use of social media.

Some lawsuits have been filed by families of children and young adults who died by suicide after problematic use of social media, and families whose kids died from accidental overdoses from drug purchases facilitated by social platforms.

Schwarber drove a 98-mph fastball off Seattle starter Bryan Woo approximately 425 feet into right-center field, a three-run shot that gave the Phillies a six-run lead over the Mariners in the second inning.

Schwarber finished with two hits, including a lead-off double in the first in the Phillies' 6-0 win.

Schwarber's homer tied a Phillies record for the most 40-plus homer seasons, matching former first baseman Ryan Howard. The 33-year-old Schwarber, who hit 56 homers last season, is also tied for the most 40-plus homer seasons among active players with Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees.

“Obviously it's a good thing because that means hopefully you're producing runs for your team,” Schwarber said. “It's not more about going out there and trying to achieve or attain a certain number. It's more trying to stack as many at-bats as you can to keep trying to help the team win.”

Schwarber's 227 homers with Philadelphia are the second-most in a player's first five seasons with a club. He trails only Babe Ruth, who had 235 homers with the New York Yankees. Schwarber, who spent six years with the Chicago Cubs, has 380 career homers.

Matt Olson (Braves) and Yordan Alvarez (Astros) trail Schwarber in homers with 36 each.

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Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe. She was embraced by fans across gender, race and class, embodying a mythology typically inaccessible to even the most influential historical figures.

It’s hard to name a more adored artist — one who could deliver a perfectly timed dirty joke seconds before a folk classic of her own composition. (This is where, if Parton were reading along, a self-deprecating quip would come in — lest anyone forget she was a whip-smart jokester, too.)

Throughout her endeavors, Parton worked to build a better world, while becoming inextricable from the American imagination. It is one of her greatest legacies: to take what you have and help someone with it.

One of the most beloved artists of all time

In 2015, when Parton returned to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody introduced her as “the most beloved artist of all time,” quickly amending it to “female artist.” As history has proven, he was correct the first time.

Parton’s legacy starts with the immortality of her music: songwriting as solace, an exercise in creativity and an unwavering ability to write experience into art. Across her career, Parton wrote and performed perennial hits (“Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” “Little Sparrow,” take your pick) and others that took on a life of their own (most famously, “I Will Always Love You,” made immortal by Whitney Houston ).

Parton grew up in poverty, one of 12 kids in East Tennessee’s rural Sevier County, where she started writing songs as a toddler. By 10, she was on the radio and TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. By 13, she had made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry. At 21, she joined “The Porter Wagoner Show,” her star power quickly eclipsing its host.

The accomplishments — and the trials and tribulations that came with them, which she let roll off her shoulders with enviable resiliency — came fast and furious, as they do with once-in-a-lifetime talents. There are the 10 Grammys, the numerous Hall of Fame inductions, and the fact that she revolutionized the world of country music for women alongside Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette, creating a path for crossover artistry. But there are also her Hollywood forays. It’s telling that her first feature film, “9 to 5,” celebrated women in the workplace and messed with their devious bosses.

One of her superpowers was rooted in a kind of irony: Everything about Dolly Parton is truly Dolly Parton or else she wouldn’t partake — down to the false eyelashes and big wigs. She built an economic empire with down-home sensibilities. If authenticity is currency in popular culture, Parton showed the world how it was done.

An honest-to-goodness iconoclast

There’s a moment in her 1983 television special, “Dolly in Concert,” where Parton calls herself “the original punk rocker.” It’s a fitting description: Armed in a uniform of high heels, acrylic nails (the better to write songs with), tight clothes and a big blond beehive, the image of Parton was enough to scandalize. Jokes about her breasts were prevalent for decades; she wielded them like a weapon.

Her first big break came in 1967 with a single, ironically titled “Dumb Blonde.” It’s a clever admonishment of a man who calls a woman stupid. It was fabulously misunderstood and misconstrued, forecasting the wonderful hypocrisy inherent in many public appreciations of Parton: She had full autonomy; make a low-brow pass at her and she’ll have the last laugh. Always.

That spirit was inherent in her business ventures as well. Too poor to travel to Disneyland as a child, Parton opened her Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, amusement park, Dollywood, in 1986. Many thought it was a bad idea; it proved to be her most lucrative business venture. It’s also, crucially, a blessing for the local economy. According to a 2021 study by the Tennessee Aviation System Plan, Dollywood brings in $1.8 billion each year.

A great unifier

Parton’s career kicked off in the transformative ’60s, perfectly aligning with the emergence of the women’s liberation movement. Though she didn’t use the word herself, much of Parton’s career — and in particular, her songwriting — has been viewed as a kind of feminism. Take the early hit, 1968’s “Just Because I’m a Woman.” Parton’s sweet soprano and idiosyncratic tremolo are on full display as she reminds her male partner that he need not judge her for having previous sexual partners because he has done the same. “My mistakes are no worse than yours,” she sings, “Just because I’m a woman.”

Or consider 1970’s “Down from Dover,” a tearjerker about a pregnant teenager abandoned by her family and the child’s father. She gives birth to a stillborn baby, alone, without medical treatment. “I guess in some strange way she knew she’d never have a father’s arms to hold her,” Parton sings. “And dying was her way of telling me he wasn’t coming down from Dover.” It’s evocative then and now.

Still, across political divides, Parton is welcomed with open arms. It may have something to do with the fact that, when it came to capital-P party line, Parton valued apoliticism. During the 2016 presidential election, she said a woman would do a great job in office. When it was viewed as an endorsement of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, she said her words were taken out of context. She never said who she voted for. And she declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from President Donald Trump and once from President Joe Biden so as to not appear biased. As a result, she was beloved by all — even in periods of unmitigated division.

A fantastic philanthropist

With the same resolve she exhibited in her performances, Parton was dedicated to charity work.

In 1988, she launched the Dollywood Foundation, originally designed to combat high school dropout rates. Its early ’90s Buddy Program paired junior high students in Sevier County and gave $500 to each if they both finished high school. In 2016, when wildfires ravaged her native Great Smoky Mountains, the foundation announced it would give $1,000 each month for six months to families who lost their homes. The following year, it was revealed the foundation’s My People Fund helped 900 families with roughly $9 million in the first six months after the fires.

In 1991, she launched a sanctuary for bald eagles that couldn’t survive in the wild; in 2000, she started a college scholarship giving $15,000 to five high school seniors in Sevier County. In 2020, she donated $1 million to COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt University, which helped fund Moderna’s vaccine.

Best known is her Imagination Library, founded in 1995. Parton’s father was illiterate; it inspired her to launch an organization providing books to those without resources. By 2025, she had given away over 200 million books to children in need.

Parton was truly one of one — a generous country music heroine from the small-town South turned global phenomenon.

“I hope I’ll be remembered as somebody that tried to do some good in the world,” she told The Associated Press in 2024. “And left, you know, a few good things behind.”

“Este no es un gabinete en la sombra, es un gabinete en la luz”, indicó Petro en un evento político en Bogotá durante el cual calificó al gobierno del conservador De la Espriella, en el poder desde principios de agosto, de representar la “muerte” y la “oscuridad”.

El nuevo equipo incluye a figuras destacadas del gobierno de Petro (2022-2026) como la excanciller, Yolanda Villavicencio; la exministra de Minas, Irene Vélez; el exministro de Hacienda, Germán Ávila, y el exministro de Trabajo, Antonio Sanguino.

Durante la presentación no se detalló si cada exfuncionario fiscalizará la cartera que antes dirigía, en una propuesta de oposición novedosa en Colombia, aunque aplicada en otros países.

Yann Basset, profesor de Ciencia Política de la Universidad del Rosario, explicó a The Associated Press que el “gabinete a la sombra”, como suele conocerse, es usado en el parlamentarismo, por ejemplo en Reino Unido, donde el gobierno de turno puede “caer por falta de mayoría en el parlamento” y ese equipo que ha estado fiscalizando al Ejecutivo y proponiendo políticas alternativas puede pasar a ser gobierno.

Sin embargo, en el caso de un país presidencialista como Colombia, no se trata de que el gabinete alterno esté listo para sustituir al actual, que fue elegido para cumplir un periodo de cuatro años.

“Es un ejercicio de control político y de preparación para las próximas elecciones”, acotó Basset. “Se está instalando en Colombia un sistema de alternancia entre derecha e izquierda y justamente por esta vocación de poder se hace este gabinete en la sombra”, agregó.

El senador progresista y excandidato presidencial Iván Cepeda, vencido en las urnas por De la Espriella, dijo durante el evento político en Bogotá que el gabinete estará preparado “intelectual, política y técnicamente para asumir, como lo haremos, la responsabilidad de conducir el Estado en el 2030”.

Cepeda indicó que ese equipo trabajará en conjunto con la bancada del Pacto Histórico, —movimiento político liderado por Petro—, que es la más numerosa en el Congreso, aunque no configura la mayoría.

“No solamente señalará lo que está mal, sino que contribuirá a lo que viene en nuestro país”, aseguró Cepeda, quien perdió el balotaje del 21 de junio por un estrecho margen de aproximadamente 250.000 votos.

Petro desconoció la victoria de De la Espriella alegando presunto fraude, pese a que la autoridad electoral declaró los resultados y misiones electorales internacionales no hallaron inconsistencias.

The company reported on Wednesday net income of $59.69 billion, or $2.46 per share, for the May-July period. That compares to net income of $26.42 billion, or $1.08 per share, in the same quarter last year.

Excluding certain items, earnings were $2.22 per share, well above the $2.09 per share consensus forecast by Wall Street analysts, according to FactSet.

Revenue more than doubled from a year earlier to $96.22 billion, surpassing analysts’ average forecast of $92.27 billion.

“AI has reached its inflection point. It’s doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and profitable. Now, compute is revenue,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement.

The Santa Clara, California, company's results have regularly cleared the bar set by analysts in the past three years, often by a wide margin, since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks.

Along with higher profit and revenue, however, Nvidia’s operating expenses surged 55% to $8.41 billion.

For the current quarter, Nvidia forecast revenue of about $108 billion. Analysts are forecasting $104.86 billion.

If Nvidia hits its revenue target for the August-October period, it will translate into a roughly 89% increase from last year — an indication that Nvidia’s phenomenal growth rate is still accelerating. The company said it’s not assuming any data center compute revenue from China in its outlook.

Nvidia expects to grow its revenue in its fiscal year ending January 2028 by about 70%, citing surging demand for its AI-powering chips. In fact, the company's growth outlook would be closer to double, based on its customers' own forecasts, if it weren't for challenges in sourcing enough supplies to meet the chip production demand, noted CFO Colette Kress in a call with Wall Street analysts.

Huang also emphasized the supply limitations the company is grappling with.

“Our entire supply chain is challenged,” he told analysts. “At this point we have supply for 70%. ... Our demand is much higher than that.”

Nvidia’s data center segment, which includes its AI data centers and factories business, as well as chip demand from hyperscalers — operators of huge cloud-computing data centers such as Amazon, Meta and Google — reported revenue of $89 billion, up more than twofold from a year earlier.

Capital spending by the top five hyperscalers is expected to reach nearly $800 billion this year and $1.3 trillion in 2027, Kress noted.

On Wednesday, Nvidia and Amazon Web Services announced a plan to deploy 2 million additional Nvidia graphic processing units, and will incorporate Nvidia chips to power its fleet of warehouse robots.

Kress also said the company expects that its computer processing unit revenue will more than double in fiscal 2028, “positioning us as one of the world’s leading server CPU suppliers.”

Nvidia’s shares rose 4.1% in after-hours trading following the earnings call. The stock ended the regular trading session 1.6% lower and is up 12.4% so far this year.

The company’s edge computing segment, which includes chips bringing AI-powered features to computers, game consoles and robotics, among others, posted revenue of $7.2 billion, up 27% from the same period last year.

Despite the stellar results and still-rosy outlook, many investors worry about a jarring comedown after a three-year boom that has seen Nvidia’s market value soar from $400 billion at the end of 2022 to roughly $5.2 trillion now.

While AI has powered stock market gains and U.S. economic growth in recent years, there’s been growing skepticism about whether AI will justify the trillions of dollars that are being spent to develop the technology.

The AI industry is also increasingly facing pushback amid objections to the expansion in data centers and fears that the speed with which AI is being adopted could lead to widespread job losses for many Americans.

Según un reporte de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7:30 p.m. del 24 de junio en una casa ubicada en la cuadra 2900 de Southwest 57th Avenue, en el área no incorporada de Coral Terrace.

El reporte de MDSO señala que Allen Matis, de 67 años, de Coral Gables, conducía un Cadillac Lyriq por Palermo Avenue cuando no respetó una señal de alto y estrelló la camioneta SUV contra la casa, atravesando la pared y golpeando a Henri Bezy mientras dormía en el interior.

Bezy “quedó atrapado debajo del vehículo” y equipos de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade lo declararon muerto en la escena, señala el reporte.

Según el reporte, un agente vio a Matis al volante y “observó señales de que estaba bajo los efectos del alcohol”. El reporte señala que los resultados toxicológicos de muestras de sangre tomadas horas después del accidente mostraron que el nivel de alcohol en la sangre de Matis oscilaba entre 0.245% y 0.29%, más de tres veces el límite legal.

Los agentes dijeron que posteriormente obtuvieron datos del vehículo que mostraban que Matis aceleró hasta 43 mph y nunca frenó “durante los segundos previos al accidente”.

Matis fue ingresado en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight por cargos de homicidio involuntario por conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol y homicidio vehicular por conducción imprudente. Hasta la tarde del miércoles, su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

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Jail records show Ricindy Seaphin was arrested Tuesday evening by the North Miami Police Department.

North Miami police said officers responded just before 6:45 p.m. to an apartment near the 13000 block of Memorial Highway after receiving a report that a 6-year-old boy had been left unattended.

Police said Seaphin and the boy are stepfather and stepson and previously lived together as a family. They determined Seaphin was responsible for the boy’s care and supervision.

The report states Seaphin picked the boy up from school and drove him to his apartment complex. Police said the boy’s mother had previously told Seaphin that she would not be home.

Police allege Seaphin then “intentionally” dropped the boy off in front of the apartment complex and left without walking him to the apartment or confirming that a responsible adult was there.

They said the boy then walked to the apartment and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

He then left the complex and walked to the Family Dollar at 280 NE 135th St., where he approached people and asked for help and for someone to contact police, according to the report.

The report states that a witness located the boy and helped him back to the apartment.

After determining that no one was inside, the witness stayed with the boy, provided him with food and care, and contacted law enforcement, according to the report.

Police said Seaphin later arrived at the scene, and he was read his Miranda rights and agreed to speak with officers.

According to the arrest report, Seaphin admitted he was “in a rush” and intentionally dropped the boy off without verifying that anyone was home.

The report states Seaphin also told officers that he normally walks the boy to the apartment door and turns him over to his mother but failed to do so that day.

Seaphin told police he dropped the boy off at about 3:20 p.m. The report states the boy was not found by the witness until approximately 4:15 p.m.

Seaphin was arrested and taken to the North Miami Police Department for processing before being transported to TGK.

Jail records show Seaphin is facing one count of child neglect with no great bodily harm.

As of Wednesday, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Ricindy Seaphin fue arrestado la tarde del martes por el Departamento de Policía de North Miami.

La policía de North Miami dijo que los oficiales respondieron poco antes de las 6:45 p.m. a un apartamento cerca de la cuadra 13000 de Memorial Highway después de recibir un reporte de que un niño de 6 años había sido dejado sin supervisión.

La policía dijo que Seaphin y el niño son padrastro e hijastro y anteriormente vivían juntos como familia. Determinaron que Seaphin era responsable del cuidado y la supervisión del niño.

El reporte señala que Seaphin recogió al niño de la escuela y lo llevó en automóvil a su complejo de apartamentos. La policía dijo que la madre del niño le había dicho previamente a Seaphin que no estaría en casa.

La policía alega que Seaphin luego dejó “intencionalmente” al niño frente al complejo de apartamentos y se marchó sin acompañarlo hasta el apartamento ni confirmar que hubiera un adulto responsable allí.

Dijeron que el niño caminó hasta el apartamento y tocó la puerta, pero nadie respondió.

Luego salió del complejo y caminó hasta el Family Dollar ubicado en 280 NE 135th St., donde se acercó a varias personas y pidió ayuda y que alguien contactara a la policía, según el reporte.

El reporte señala que un testigo encontró al niño y lo ayudó a regresar al apartamento.

Después de determinar que no había nadie dentro, el testigo se quedó con el niño, le proporcionó comida y cuidados y contactó a las autoridades, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que Seaphin llegó posteriormente a la escena, donde le leyeron sus derechos Miranda y aceptó hablar con los oficiales.

Según el reporte de arresto, Seaphin admitió que “tenía prisa” y dejó intencionalmente al niño sin verificar que hubiera alguien en casa.

El reporte señala que Seaphin también dijo a los oficiales que normalmente acompaña al niño hasta la puerta del apartamento y lo entrega a su madre, pero que ese día no lo hizo.

Seaphin dijo a la policía que dejó al niño alrededor de las 3:20 p.m. El reporte señala que el testigo no encontró al niño hasta aproximadamente las 4:15 p.m.

Seaphin fue arrestado y llevado al Departamento de Policía de North Miami para ser procesado antes de ser trasladado a TGK.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Seaphin enfrenta un cargo de negligencia infantil sin lesiones corporales graves.

Hasta el miércoles, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

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The proposed deal called for five years of probation with no jail time in exchange for a guilty plea. But the judge denied the deal after the victim said five years of probation was not enough.

According to police, a Miami Southridge Senior High School student told investigators Infante made inappropriate comments to her, including, “If I was only 30 years younger... You’re so beautiful... I’ve been thinking about you... I can’t wait to be with you.”

He is accused of hitting on the student, inappropriately touching her and allegedly kissing her chest. The teen told police she felt afraid.

Infante was charged with four counts of battery and one count of offenses against students by authority figures.

The case will continue. There will either be a new plea deal or a trial.

El acuerdo propuesto contemplaba cinco años de libertad condicional sin tiempo en la cárcel a cambio de declararse culpable. Pero el juez rechazó el acuerdo después de que la víctima dijera que cinco años de libertad condicional no eran suficientes.

Según la policía, una estudiante de Miami Southridge Senior High School dijo a los investigadores que Infante le hizo comentarios inapropiados, entre ellos: “Si tan solo tuviera 30 años menos,  Eres tan hermosa,  He estado pensando en ti,  No puedo esperar para estar contigo”.

Está acusado de insinuarse a la estudiante, tocarla de manera inapropiada y presuntamente besarla en el pecho. La adolescente dijo a la policía que sintió miedo.

Infante fue acusado de cuatro cargos de agresión y un cargo de delitos contra estudiantes cometidos por figuras de autoridad.

El caso continuará. Habrá un nuevo acuerdo de culpabilidad o un juicio.

It was not clear how many or what percentage of employees are being laid off. LIV ended its fifth season last week outside Indianapolis, one week earlier than expected.

The staff reduction was not a surprise. LIV Golf learned in April the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia would end financial backing after this season. LIV in July filed a notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that indicated layoffs were likely.

There also was hope that several employees could be hired back depending on LIV securing its agreement with the lead investor and how the new league — LIV 2.0 — might look.

“The funding commitment announced by PIF earlier this year will reach its conclusion. As a result, we are scaling back operations as we transition to the next chapter of LIV Golf and work toward making LIV 2.0 a reality," LIV said in a statement Wednesday.

"This week, we informed many of our colleagues that their employment under LIV 1.0 will end in the first week of September. We are grateful to our employees for their hard work and dedication in building LIV Golf, and we remain committed to supporting those affected through this transition.”

CEO Scott O'Neil announced earlier this month that he had come to terms with a lead investor, which multiple reports have indicated was BC Partners, and they were hopeful of finalizing the deal in September.

LIV Golf had its shortest season since the year it launched in 2022, losing events in New Orleans and the team championship in Michigan, with the team title merged into the Indiana event.

Still to be determined are the futures of its biggest names, starting with Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Rahm still is under contract while DeChambeau started the year negotiating for a renewal. That was before Saudi Arabia pulled the plug on the funding when the Iran war led PIF to reshape its investment priorities.

O'Neil has not ruled out filing for bankruptcy as part of the restructuring. LIV already faces two lawsuits for not paying vendors for services.

Tyrrell Hatton, a four-time Ryder Cup player from England who joined LIV in 2024 with Rahm's team, entered the British Masters this week once he learned the team championship in Michigan had been canceled.

He said Wednesday he has “multiple years” on his contract with LIV. Hatton plans to play five of the next seven weeks on the European tour beginning with the British Masters, which starts the qualifying period for the Ryder Cup for Team Europe.

He said he expects LIV Golf to be playing in 2027.

“I know they have worked really hard to getting funding stuff in place. So I know it’s full steam ahead on that front,” Hatton said. He also said he has continued to play the European tour and “I don’t see why that should change for me in the future.”

O'Neil has pitched a 10-tournament schedule for LIV, half of them overseas and half in the United States. Key to that plan is making sure his players can compete anywhere, though his mantra of “Complete, Not Compete” didn't sit well with tours that lost players to big signing bonuses.

The PGA Tour has banned LIV players for at least one year dating to their last LIV appearance. An exception was made for five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, who ended his contract with LIV at the end of 2025 and returned to the PGA Tour under stiff financial penalty.

O'Neil said last week in Indiana the first stage of LIV required big investments.

“This next chapter requires something quite different — commercial discipline,” he said. ”I wasn’t here in the early days, but at least reputationally, it was a bit more free-spending than it will be in the future. We’ve taken a real disciplined look at the cost side of the business."

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The announcement comes as the Trump administration pushes hard to develop the next generation of nuclear power, including billions in loans for large nuclear reactors to meet skyrocketing power demand from data centers and a pilot program to boost advanced reactor designs and projects for military and civilian use. No nuclear microreactors are supplying power to the commercial electric grid in the United States today.

Five companies selected by the Army will be awarded up to $2.2 billion in total over five years to own, construct and operate the microreactors, if they hit set milestones along the way for their performance. The Army expects that more than 20 nuclear microreactors will be built and operated.

Army and industry officials say microreactors offer a resilient power source for critical infrastructure at military installations in case the grid fails. Reactors can run for years without refueling.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the awards will accelerate the military’s ability “to deliver safe, reliable baseload power directly to our installations. We are building the energy resilience necessary to project combat power globally, without relying on potentially vulnerable external grids,” he said.

The grants are part of the Army's “Janus Program” launched last year to deliver next-generation nuclear energy. Officials hope to push nuclear development forward so that advanced reactor designs move beyond experiments and prototypes to provide power for years to come. This will be the “spear tip,” said Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment.

“That is the transition that we are trying to effect here,” he said on a call with reporters Wednesday. “These are not meant to be Army-specific designs.”

Critics of building more nuclear reactors say they’re too expensive and riskier than other energy sources. The Army program is using the military's “deep pockets to provide a hidden subsidy” to nuclear companies that can't find private-sector customers for their hypothetical and uneconomical reactors, said Alan J. Kuperman, associate professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and coordinator of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project.

The reactors will be licensed by the Army, rather than the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which licenses commercial nuclear reactors. Kuperman said it's “a dangerous scam on many levels.”

Waksman said these reactors will shut down safely in case of a failure, they're small and the Army wouldn't add them to installations without being certain they are safe. He said the Army is working on a deal with the Energy Department to remove radioactive waste, and there won't be any long-term storage on these installations.

The Army is working to align its regulatory processes as much as possible, Waksman said, so that companies won’t need major changes to their designs to be later licensed by the NRC. Along with federal funding, the Army expects billions of dollars in private capital investment.

Army leads the military’s adoption of nuclear energy

President Donald Trump signed executive orders in May 2025 to speed up the development of nuclear power. The Army was tasked with ensuring that an advanced reactor would start operating at a domestic military installation no later than Sept. 30, 2028. The Janus program is named for the ancient Roman god of transitions.

Officials know that delivering nuclear power to a military base will be a challenge, so they picked five companies in case one or more fail, Waksman said. The selected companies are: Antares Nuclear at Fort Bragg in North Carolina; BWXT at Fort Campbell in Kentucky; General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems at Fort Hood in Texas; Radiant Industries at Fort Benning in Georgia; and Westinghouse Government Services at Fort Drum in New York.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Army to select Fort Drum. The critical missions Fort Drum supports require secure power generation, the New York Democrat said.

The military installations will remain connected to the grid. The reactors would not completely power them. Each reactor will provide between 1 megawatt to 20 megawatts of power, depending on the company's design. Major bases use as much power as a small city. Antares and Radiant are planning to deliver their reactors in three-packs, Waksman said.

The Army now uses diesel as a primary backup for critical infrastructure. But in a conflict, Waksman said, the Army may not be able to move fossil fuels easily wherever it needs them.

“That makes nuclear energy just a natural game changer,” he said. “It makes sense for the Army to take the lead here.”

A reactor at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, completed in 1957, was the first nuclear power reactor to provide electricity to a commercial power grid in the United States for an extended period, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Companies say this will accelerate US nuclear development

California-based Antares reached a crucial milestone under the U.S. pilot program that could allow it to produce electricity at Idaho National Lab next year. The company said the Army's announcement extends its momentum. Westinghouse Government Services said it’s proud to support the Army’s efforts to strengthen energy security and innovate.

Tori Shivanandan, president and chief operating officer of California-based Radiant, said the Army’s $750 million award “shows confidence in Radiant’s product and ability to manufacture, deploy and safely operate nuclear microreactors for the American military.” The Janus program “will build a stronger and more resilient America,” she said.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems said its reactor is designed to operate in remote, off-grid and extreme environments for 40 years. It said it will draw on more than 70 years of nuclear expertise to provide safe, dependable and independent power for the military.

Rex Geveden, BWXT's president and chief executive officer, said, “As we commence work on the Janus program, we are delivering the nation’s most credible and reliable path to deployable nuclear power.”

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Veder’s family on Wednesday confirmed that the retired Associated Press photojournalist died in his sleep, just eight days shy of his 100th birthday, at his home in El Dorado County, California, outside of Sacramento.

The San Francisco Bay Area native was 46 years old in March 1973 when he was sent to Travis Air Force Base for the arrival of Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm and other war prisoners returning from Vietnam. Veder was in a crowded bullpen jockeying for pictures with dozens of other photographers when, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Stirm’s four children begin to gallop toward their father.

“You could tell, even at a distance, what they were feeling. It was all over them, their faces, the way they all broke into a run. There was a surge of emotion from the crowd, too,” Veder said in a 2015 interview with The Guardian.

Using a makeshift darkroom set up in a women’s bathroom on base, Veder cranked out six images, including “Burst of Joy,” which won the 1974 Pulitzer in feature photography. Veder noted that in the photograph, Stirm has his back to the camera, rendering him an everyman soldier returning to the undeniable joy and excitement on the faces of his children.

The photo became a symbol of the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. But for Stirm, it represented heartbreak as he had been handed a “Dear John” letter from his wife, Loretta, by a chaplain upon his release and the couple divorced a year later. Stirm died in 2025.

Slava J. Veder was born Aug. 30, 1926, in Berkeley, California, to Ivan and Anka Veder, who had left Russia and taken the names John and Ann when they settled in the U.S. He was their only child.

He worked as a sports writer and news editor at several publications and, in 1961, he was hired as a staff photographer by The Associated Press at its Sacramento bureau. Later, he transferred to the San Francisco office, which is where he was based when he took the prize-winning photograph.

“He was a newsman at heart, it wasn’t just a career for him. It was really his passion,” said his daughter, Kathleen Daly. “The AP really was the home for him because they could appreciate what he had to offer.”

Daly, friends and former colleagues remembered Veder as a kind and humble person who loved to ice skate and sail. He mentored younger photographers and always took time to ask the people around him how they were doing that day.

“He was the first Pulitzer Prize winner I ever met, like holy smokes,” said Brad Mangin, a freelance sports photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area. “He was just the sweetest man.”

Eric Risberg, a retired AP photographer who worked in San Francisco, said Veder was a great mentor and teacher.

“He really, really emphasized the marriage between pictures and words. He encouraged me to dive deeper, and get more into what’s really the story?” Risberg said.

Among his many assignments, Veder took photographs of the late Ronald Reagan when he was California governor, university campus protests against the war in Vietnam, the bank robbery trial of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, and the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk by disgruntled former city supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Veder, who raised five children with his wife, retired from AP in 1993 to the small community of Camino, in El Dorado County.

He is survived by three children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group which for years controlled a de facto autonomous zone that at once point encompassed about 25% of Syria.

The group lost much of the land it had held in a government offensive in January. Its fighters are now being integrated into the official state military and the civilian institutions it controlled are being handed over to the state.

The transition has unfolded more smoothly than many expected, and interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has promised to strengthen the rights of Kurds, who were long marginalized under the rule of the Assad dynasty before he took power.

Many Kurds initially regarded al-Sharaa's government with suspicion. Some of the insurgent groups that took part in the offensive that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad had also clashed with the SDF in the past.

Kurds say they are giving the new system a chance

But Mohammed al Mohammed, a civil society activist in Qamishli, said he has faith in Abdi, who led a yearslong battle against Islamic State militants.

“Our trust is that the general (Abdi) and his team will be able to work for the interest of the Kurdish people and be able to secure our rights,” he said. “Our rights are basic rights - being able to speak in our own language, to live on our land, to be able to manage our land ourselves, and not to be assaulted as Kurds, as it happened during Assad’s regime.”

Eva Sheikh Mousa, from the town of Amuda west of Qamishli, said the SDF as an organization is not important to her as long as Kurdish rights are respected.

“Whoever secures the rights of the Kurds, the right of speaking our own language, working freely in our farms, along with political rights and if we can be active players in the new Syria, that’s what the Kurds are looking for,” she said. ”... It’s not that SDF is gone and so the Kurds are gone too.”

Some were more wary of the changes taking place. Jwan Mohammed, was displaced from the town of Afrin in a 2018 offensive by Turkish forces and allied Syrian opposition fighters. Kurdish civilians as well as SDF fighters were pushed out of areas seized in the offensive, although some of the displaced have now begun to return.

Mohammed said he agrees with integration with the national military but is unhappy to see the SDF end as an organization.

The SDF “made great sacrifices and they fought against the Islamic State,” he said. “Now, they say the name of SDF doesn’t exist any more. It is too much and it is hard.”

Residents of the formerly SDF-controlled area have also been hard hit by price increases since the central government took control and removed fuel subsidies that had formerly been in place. Protests have broken out in recent months over rising prices and deteriorating living conditions.

International community welcomes the move

But the integration of the northeast has given a major boost to al-Sharaa’s government, which has struggled to unify the country as it begins to recover from a nearly 14-year civil war. The announcement of the SDF's disbandment was praised by international players.

French President Emmanuel Macron in a statement Wednesday congratulated Syrian on the “decisive step taken yesterday in the process of the peaceful integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian state.”

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack in a post on X, called Abdi’s announcement “absolutely historic” and praised “far-sighted leadership” for “transforming past division into lasting partnership and restoring to the Syrian people the opportunity to shape their common future.”

He touted al-Sharaa's pledge to recognize the Kurdish language in education and the appointment of senior SDF figures including Abdi and Elham Ahmad, who served as the SDF-linked administration’s foreign relations official, to “substantive roles” in the Syrian government. The government has not officially announced the appointments, but local media has reported that Abdi would be appointed as a presidential adviser and Ahmad as a deputy in parliament.

Nechirvan Barzani, president of northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, who had played a mediating role between the SDF and Damascus, welcomed the steps taken to implement the agreement between them and called for “all Kurdish parties and all components of Syrian society to support these steps and contribute to their success.”

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The crash happened just before 2 p.m. in the 17000 block of Northwest 47th Avenue.

Video from Sky 10 shows a vehicle on the sidewalk, crashed into the rear of a pickup truck with MDFR and Miami Gardens police at the scene.

According to MDFR, medics took one adult victim and one of the child victims to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital’s trauma center by ambulance.

The other adult was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, an MDFR spokesperson said.

A spokesperson later said that a second child was also hurt and taken to a local hospital by private ambulance.

One of the victims was trapped and had to be freed from the vehicle, according to MDFR.

Additional details about the victims’ conditions and what led up to the crash weren’t immediately known as of around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell congratulated the family for having “great timing” in purchasing the team that is coming off its second Super Bowl victory in franchise history.

“It’s not very often you can buy a Super Bowl championship team, but you’ve done that,” Goodell said. “Many of our members struggle to find ways to get in the Super Bowl and win a trophy and you’ll be walking into your new building shortly with a fresh, shiny trophy there for you.”

The sales agreement was announced on July 11 and awaited Wednesday's approval at a special owners meeting in Atlanta to become official. The sale was in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen.

Vinod Khosla thanked Allen's sister, Jody Allen, and the Allen Trust “for trusting us for this franchise.”

“As Roger said, it’s pretty simple when the team is functioning as well as it is today,” Khosla said. “How often do you get to buy a franchise that just won the Super Bowl? So we are incredibly lucky and humbled by this gift, I would say, from the Allen Trust.”

Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. His current net worth is $13.7 billion, according to Forbes.

The Khosla family will be required to relinquish its ownership stake in the 49ers as part of the deal. Khosla joined the 49ers ownership group as a minority owner in 2025, purchasing 3.1% of the team.

Goodell said the family's experience with the 49ers was attractive to other NFL owners.

“They know our league well,” Goodell said. “As you know, they have been ownership in the NFC West with the San Francisco 49ers. They understand the passion of the NFL, they understand the 12s, they understand this Seattle community and the NFL. And so that makes this transaction particularly attractive to all of us.”

Khosla also paid tribute to the Seattle fans known as the “12s.”

“Having been to Lumen Field and watching the 12s everywhere, I do want to thank them for their passion and fervor,” Khosla said. “And the community in Seattle is incredibly valuable. So we hope we’ll engage a lot more with the community also.”

Khosla's wife, Neeru, said their son, Neal, played a role in the family's interest in buying the team. They attended Wednesday's meeting with Khosla's daughter, Nina.

“He’s been a big fan of sports, and in particular, football,” Neeru said of Neal. “... So he’s the one who actually really pushed us into doing this. He worked really hard, so I’m really proud of him.”

Vinod Khosla, who was born in India, said he was first a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers when he moved to the United States in 1976.

“We’ve been very passionate about football for a long time,” he said. “I would say we’ve been going to home games at the 49ers since (Neal) was 5, maybe half of all home games since he was 5. And so football is definitely a passion. ... I was originally and still am a big Steelers fan. ... Little known fact, but I still watch all the Steelers games, too.”

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El accidente ocurrió poco antes de las 2 p.m. en la cuadra 17000 de Northwest 47th Avenue.

Un video de Sky 10 muestra un vehículo sobre la acera, que chocó contra la parte trasera de una camioneta, con Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade y la policía de Miami Gardens en la escena.

Según Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade, los paramédicos trasladaron en ambulancia a una víctima adulta y a uno de los niños al centro de trauma del HCA Florida Aventura Hospital.

El otro adulto fue trasladado en helicóptero al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Jackson Memorial Hospital, dijo un portavoz de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade.

Un portavoz dijo posteriormente que un segundo niño también resultó herido y fue trasladado a un hospital local en una ambulancia privada.

Una de las víctimas quedó atrapada y tuvo que ser liberada del vehículo, según Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade.

Hasta alrededor de las 2:45 p.m. del miércoles, no se conocían de inmediato detalles adicionales sobre el estado de las víctimas ni qué provocó el accidente.

El ministro de Economía, Luis Caputo, informó a periodistas que un monto en pesos equivalente a los 1.300 millones de dólares del Fondo de Garantía de Sustentabilidad (FGS) —administra los recursos del sistema previsional— serán invertidos en plazos fijos de los bancos, que a cambio ofrecerán líneas de crédito para la compra de la primera vivienda.

“En Argentina cuesta desarrollar el crédito hipotecario por nuestra volatilidad histórica de políticas económicas”, sostuvo Caputo, quien detalló que este tipo de crédito equivale actualmente a 2 puntos del PIB.

El anuncio tuvo lugar en momentos en que Milei enfrenta reclamos para atender la situación de seis millones de personas que no pueden afrontar deudas contraídas con bancos y billeteras virtuales, entre otros acreedores, en un contexto de actividad económica dispar y pérdida de poder adquisitivo de los trabajadores registrados.

La línea de créditos hipotecarios beneficiará a entre 17.000 y 18.000 familias que podrán acceder a un máximo equivalente a 200.000 dólares para adquirir su primera vivienda, con tasas de interés que no podrán superar el 7,5%.

El Banco Central ha reportado un crecimiento ininterrumpido de la tasa de morosidad en los últimos 20 meses. En junio, última cifra oficial disponible, el 17,5% del crédito estaba en mora. Préstamos personales y las tarjetas de crédito explican más del 70% del saldo moroso.

El gobierno atribuyó el fenómeno a una “falta de cultura financiera” de los ciudadanos, que cuentan con nuevas fuentes de financiamiento además de los bancos, y se negó a mediar en un asunto “entre privados”.

La semana pasada, un grupo de deudores protagonizó la primera movilización en Buenos Aires para denunciar los planes de refinanciamiento que ofrecen los bancos y demás acreedores con tasas de interés que resultan impagables. Este miércoles, el oficialismo frenó varias iniciativas opositoras en la Cámara de Diputados para declarar la emergencia crediticia.

Caputo aclaró que la tasa de morosidad para créditos hipotecarios es actualmente baja (1,6%) comparada con la del resto de los deudores en mora y aclaró que el Banco Central será el encargado de supervisar a las entidades adheridas al nuevo plan.

Una dosis de justicia social

Milei, un anarco-capitalista que reniega del Estado, manifestó hace un par de días que no va a modificar el rumbo de su plan económico de austeridad con vistas a las elecciones generales de octubre, en las que buscará la reelección, a pesar de que existen temores en los mercados sobre cuánto pesará la caída en los ingresos en el apoyo al gobierno.

“El mercado le asigna una probabilidad muy baja de volver el kirchnerismo —corriente del peronismo de centro-izquierda que gobernó el país entre 2003-2015 y 2019-2023—, entre 5 y 10%. Pero tiene impacto en el riesgo país. Venezuela sería Disneylandia si se diera el escenario ese”, sostuvo Caputo.

El ministro afirmó que el plan anunciado “hace a la justicia social, nada más justo que una persona que tiene trabajo tenga acceso a una vivienda”. La justicia social, paradójicamente, es una bandera del peronismo opositor.

Caputo también destacó que ayudará a reactivar a la industria de la construcción, uno de los sectores con mayor mano de obra y que se fue golpeado por la parálisis de la obra pública dentro del plan de austeridad.

El truco consiste en identificar a los cangrejos verdes europeos invasores que están a punto de desprenderse de su duro caparazón, dejando al descubierto un exterior más blando que tiene la textura de un sofá de cuero y que es popular en los restaurantes. Estos cangrejos verdes no solo se venden a mejor precio —Masi puede obtener 3 dólares por cangrejo en el mercado, frente a tan solo 8 centavos por uno de caparazón duro—, sino que, al capturarlos, también presta una especie de servicio al ecosistema oceánico.

“Casi todo el mundo los odia, y nosotros tratamos de convertirlos en un producto premium de mariscos”, señaló Masi, cuya empresa, shell+claw, es la única que cultiva comercialmente estos cangrejos.

Masi, un exprofesor de ciencias marinas de 45 años, forma parte de un creciente movimiento en toda Nueva Inglaterra que busca reducir el impacto destructivo de los cangrejos mediante el desarrollo de nuevos mercados. Otros incorporan cangrejos verdes en golosinas para mascotas, salsa de pescado e incluso en una línea de whisky de cangrejo verde en New Hampshire.

Los cangrejos verdes, o Carcinus maenas, llegaron desde Europa a la Costa Este en las aguas de lastre de los barcos hace cientos de años. Con poblaciones que se cuentan por decenas de millones, desplazan al cangrejo de roca del Atlántico y a las langostas jóvenes, destruyen praderas de pastos marinos y socavan las orillas de las marismas salinas. También le cuestan a la industria regional de mariscos decenas de millones de dólares cada año, ya que se alimentan de mejillones, ostras y almejas de concha blanda.

Chad Coffin, un pescador de almejas de Maine, atribuyó el drástico desplome de sus capturas a la aparición de los cangrejos verdes. Según el estado, los desembarques de almeja de concha blanda han pasado de más de 3,6 millones de kilogramos (7,8 millones de libras) de carne en 1978 a 572.644 kilogramos (1,3 millones de libras) en 2025.

El cambio climático favorece a los cangrejos

Los cangrejos verdes, conocidos por sus caparazones marrones o verdes y por tener cinco espinas a cada lado de los ojos, han aprovechado el calentamiento de las aguas oceánicas, un resultado del cambio climático impulsado principalmente por la liberación de gases de efecto invernadero producidos por la quema de carbón, petróleo y gas. Los cangrejos pueden sobrevivir a los inviernos de Nueva Inglaterra y, al mismo tiempo, prosperar en una gran diversidad de hábitats. Comen casi cualquier cosa y producen muchas crías; una hembra libera hasta 185.000 huevos una o dos veces al año.

Estas características los han convertido en una de las especies invasoras más exitosas del mundo, expandiéndose a lo largo de la Costa Oeste y hasta Alaska, y llegando a Sudáfrica, Japón, Argentina y Australia.

“Son unos bichitos realmente muy resistentes”, afirmó Carolyn Tepolt, bióloga evolutiva del Instituto Oceanográfico Woods Hole, que ha estudiado los cangrejos verdes durante dos décadas y los utiliza para entender por qué algunas especies prosperan en distintos entornos.

La pesca de cangrejo a gran escala sigue siendo esquiva

Durante la última década, la campaña de la región para combatir la invasión de cangrejos ha sido un esfuerzo de base que ha tenido un impacto mínimo en sus cifras.

Aunque una lista cada vez mayor de restaurantes y negocios de mariscos ofrece cangrejo verde, muy pocos pescadores de Nueva Inglaterra los capturan y casi no existe infraestructura para procesar los ejemplares capturados y llevarlos al mercado. Ni siquiera hay suficientes datos para mostrar cuántos cangrejos podría sostener una pesquería en Nueva Inglaterra, aunque los expertos dicen que la capacidad es mucho mayor que lo que se captura actualmente.

Marissa McMahan, vicepresidenta de pesquerías en Manomet Conservation Sciences, afirma que la gente del condado de Washington, Maine, en la frontera con Canadá, le dice que puede capturar “tantos cangrejos verdes como pueda desear”.

“Pero no pueden subirlos a un camión y llevarlos a donde realmente tienen que estar, y a menudo ese lugar es Boston o New Bedford o la ciudad de Nueva York”, explicó. “Eso es un enorme obstáculo”.

Se han dado pequeños pasos. Rhode Island aprobó una ley que ofrece una licencia de pesca de cangrejo verde por solo 10 dólares, Connecticut ahora permite que los cangrejos se vendan a restaurantes sin permisos adicionales, y Maine facilitó llevar esos crustáceos al mercado.

El problema, según muchos defensores, es la ausencia de un apoyo gubernamental significativo en Nueva Inglaterra. Solo Massachusetts ofrece incentivos para capturarlos: los pescadores reciben 40 centavos por libra además de lo que obtienen al venderlos, o poco más de 100.000 dólares al año.

Mientras tanto, el estado de Washington declaró una emergencia en 2022 y prevé gastar más de 38 millones de dólares en fondos estatales y federales hasta el año fiscal 2027 para erradicar los cangrejos. En lo que va de año, se han capturado casi 2 millones de ejemplares y, en su mayoría, se han convertido en 61.234 kilogramos (135.000 libras) de desechos que van a una empresa de fertilizantes orgánicos. La tribu indígena Shoalwater Bay y la nación Lummi también capturan cangrejos y los usan como composta.

“Varias pesquerías protegidas por tratados están en riesgo y existen hábitats críticos que son utilizados por todo tipo de especies nativas, así que nos preocupa mucho que empecemos a ver el tipo de efectos que se observaron en la Costa Este si dejamos que la población se establezca”, señaló Raquel Crosier, subdirectora del Programa de Pesca del estado.

A algunos comensales les encanta el cangrejo verde

La buena noticia en Nueva Inglaterra es que el apetito por el cangrejo verde está creciendo.

Desde 2021, los defensores han visto un aumento de más de 10 veces en los restaurantes que ofrecen este crustáceo. Algunos ponen cangrejo verde frito en sándwiches, encima de platos de pasta y en sus salsas. Muchos participan en semanas del cangrejo verde que ocurren durante la temporada de caparazón blando, que dura aproximadamente dos meses.

PAGU, un restaurante de tapas hispano-japonés en Cambridge, Massachusetts, incorpora los crustáceos al caldo de su laksa de cangrejo verde, una sopa de fideos de inspiración malasia, y, cuando hay disponibilidad, coloca un cangrejo verde de caparazón blando frito en tempura dentro de un pan al vapor llamado bao.

“Estos cangrejos son mucho más potentes en términos de sabor”, afirmó Tracy Chang, chef y propietaria de PAGU.

Al compararlos con los cangrejos real, de piedra o Jonah, añadió: “Todos tienen como un sabor a cangrejo dulce y ligero, y este tiene un sabor a cangrejo realmente rico, profundo, como exuberante”.

Sentado en el abarrotado restaurante, el doctor William Li, médico y autor, dio su primer bocado a su bao. Ácido, dulce y crujiente, con las pinzas a la vista, el plato llamó su atención porque le encanta el cangrejo.

“Es como un bocadito para elevar tu salud”, expresó Li. “Este bao de cangrejo verde fue espectacular, lleno de sabor, fácil de comer y muy sabroso”.

Sin embargo, de vuelta en el agua con Masi, da la impresión de que la captura industrial de cangrejo verde todavía está muy lejos.

El sistema de Masi requiere mucha mano de obra: su equipo revisa a mano miles de cangrejos verdes para detectar los que están a punto de mudar de caparazón. Capturados en estado salvaje, los crustáceos se almacenan en el agua. Una vez que muestran señales de muda o de que el caparazón se está abriendo, se trasladan a una red de tubos dentro de cajas para langostas.

El negocio de Masi ha crecido desde que empezó hace cinco años, pero asegura que todavía se siente como un pasatiempo que genera hasta 20.000 dólares al año. Sigue confiando en una pesquería de cangrejo verde y habla de, algún día, conseguir un barco más grande y mejorar la eficiencia. Su inspiración es una pesquería centenaria en Venecia, donde los cangrejos verdes, que son nativos de allí, son capturados por familias y fritos para preparar un plato llamado moeche, entre otras delicias.

“Soy cautelosamente optimista sobre el potencial de los cangrejos verdes”, afirmó Masi. “Estamos a un avance de convertir esto en un negocio rentable”.

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In the latest case, Liudmila Perez-Labrada was arrested Tuesday on a charge of counterfeiting goods worth $20,000 or more.

According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Crime Stoppers received a tip in February that counterfeit items were being stored and sold at a home in the 3100 block of Northwest 81^st Terrace.

A detective assigned to the case then reviewed an Instagram page called “Elegance and Glamour,” which Perez-Labrada allegedly used to sell counterfeit items, even though she was already arrested in July 2025 for the same crime, authorities said.

According to the report, a private investigator purchased a counterfeit Louis Vuitton Pochette Eva bag from the Instagram page for $211 using Zelle.

After the bag was delivered, it was sent to the senior manager of “criminal enforcement for Louis Vuitton,” who confirmed that the bag was counterfeit, the report stated.

Detectives said the real version of the bag retails for $1,460.

Over the course of the next couple of months, detectives said the private investigator purchased other counterfeit luxury items from Perez-Labrada, including a fake Gucci bag, Alo top and a Louis Vuitton bathing suit.

According to the warrant, a search warrant was obtained for Perez-Labrada’s home on July 21 and detectives executed the warrant the following day.

Detectives said a “customer” of Perez-Labrada’s was at the home when they arrived and she admitted that she was there to purchase counterfeit items that she had seen on Perez-Labrada’s Instagram page.

According to the report, detectives recovered a large haul of counterfeit items inside the home, bearing the brand names of Celine, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Gucci, Nike, New Balance and others. The items recovered ranged from sunglasses to jewelry, clothing and handbags, authorities said.

Deputies said Perez-Labrada also admitted to having a storage unit and a search of that revealed more counterfeit goods.

According to the report, Perez-Labrada was not arrested on the day the search warrant was executed because she had just undergone major surgery.

Detectives, however, said they informed her they would be back to arrest her at a later date and they made good on that promise on Monday.

According to the report, had the seized merchandise been authentic, the total worth would have been about $1.7 million.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Perez-Labrada was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $7,500 bond.

Northwestern University medical school researchers pored through records of 916,404 visits to hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centers in Chicago from 2011 to 2023 to see if they could spot trends in illnesses and injuries when the temperature hits 92.6 degrees (33.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. They found when it gets hot, more than a dozen broad categories of injuries and illness become more frequent, including some that most people don't associate with heat, according to the study in Wednesday's Science Advances.

While the study looked only at Chicago, outside experts said it highlights underestimated health problems and rising costs that infect much of the warming world.

“The sound of the city is the sound of ambulances,” said study senior author Dr. Abel Kho, an internal medicine professor at Northwestern. “Hot days are just like, something’s going to happen.”

How heat multiplies medical problems

“When there’s heat, there’s a much higher likelihood of people having external injuries, as well as complications of certain conditions, specifically those related to kidney disorders or things like exacerbations of drug effects, like cannabinoids,” said Kho, a former emergency room physician.

Some problems doubled, tripled or, in the case of accidental gunshot wounds, jumped more than 30-fold compared to days under 92 degrees, the study said. Unspecified injuries from assault showed an even bigger increase, the data showed.

This study “helps confirm that we’ve been underestimating health risks from heat exposures,” said Dr. Jonathan Patz, chair of health and environment at the University of Wisconsin, who wasn't part of the research.

“It also is a reminder that the price of climate change is increased illness, strain on our health care system and health care costs,” said Dr. Courtney Howard, a Canadian emergency room physician, chair of the Global Climate and Health Alliance and president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association. She was not part of the study.

Northwestern researchers looked through all the records to see what became more frequent, instead of just focusing on known heat-related problems.

“Heat-related illness is undercounted when studies only search for explicit heat codes like heat stroke,″ said Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, president-elect of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians. He wasn’t part of the study.

Researchers found an association between high temperatures and individual medical problems, but that's not the same as a cause-and-effect, Kho said. The data had more Black people and women represented than the general population, but University of Washington climate and health scientist Kris Ebi said that's another positive part of the study because those groups are often underrepresented in medical studies.

“We know that heat waves are becoming more frequent, more intense, and lasting longer,” said study co-author Daniel Horton, a Northwestern climate scientist. “So a study like this indicates that those heat waves have real effects on people, not only on the likelihood of mortality, but of morbidity as well. So all the other things, the bad things that happen on the way up to dying, may also increase.”

The importance of taking heat seriously

Cozzi said that the study has an important message for the public: “Don’t wait for heat stroke symptoms to take heat seriously. If you have a chronic condition — kidney disease, MS, venous issues — treat extreme heat days as a trigger for extra caution, not just an outdoor-activity problem.”

Many of the diseases that saw an uptick in heat had to do with kidneys and the renal system. The skin issues are known by doctors but not often seen in non-medical literature, Kho said.

With the marijuana mental health issues, Kho said doctors have long known that when a body is “under physiologic stress, some medications will have greater effects.” That's why, he said, when it gets hot “maybe people need to be a little more careful if they’re going to be using certain things.”

Yet cardiovascular problems, which are commonly connected to heat in other studies, don't show up in this research as spiking during extra hot days. That's probably because people suffering cardiovascular issues often have other problems at the same time, such as kidney or fluid issues, that determine how their records are coded, Kho said.

Dehydration or “changes in fluid status can then contribute to cardiovascular disease as the heart works harder to pump more concentrated blood to the skin in order to support sweat-related ways to cool the body down,” Canada's Howard said.

Kho said the study had him thinking back to the nights when he worked the emergency room: “When it’s hot out, it’s going to be a busy night. That’s just how it goes.”

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La Red de Sobrevivientes de Abusos Eclesiásticos manifestó su oposición a la visita papal que tendrá lugar en noviembre y afirmó que no tiene “ninguna intención” de reunirse con el pontífice en un comunicado difundido la tarde del martes.

El grupo agregó que todas las promesas realizadas por la iglesia y “la mencionada ‘Tolerancia Cero’ a los abusos” que planteó el anterior papa, el argentino Jorge Bergoglio, “son el verdadero humo blanco del Vaticano: una verdadera cortina de humo para seguir encubriendo y ocultando”.

Además indicó que a fines de 2025 envió a la Comisión Pontificia para la Protección de Menores un informe con un listado de supuestos abusadores y denuncias sobre la falta de acciones concretas de la Iglesia para reparar los daños causados. Señaló que no obtuvo respuesta y que por ello “es lógico pensar que no hay un verdadero interés en tratar el tema y que continúan con el negacionismo ante los abusos”.

Al ser consultado por The Associated Press sobre el comunicado de la Red, un referente de la Conferencia Episcopal Argentina —que pidió no ser identificado porque porque no se refiere públicamente a estas temáticas— se limitó a responder el miércoles que “respetamos todas las opiniones”.

En su visita a España en junio el papa León XIV pidió a la jerarquía católica que brinde reparación a las víctimas de abusos sexuales cometidos por miembros del clero y que aborde la crisis con transparencia.

León XIV recibirá el jueves en el Vaticano a las máximas autoridades del obispado argentino para pulir los detalles de la visita que realizará al país entre el 8 y el 11 de noviembre en el marco de su primer viaje a Latinoamérica que incluirá también a Uruguay y Perú.

Falta de castigos ejemplares, entre las críticas

La Red de Sobrevivientes, que agrupa a víctimas y cuenta con asesores legales y acompañantes psicológicos, exigió que "los delincuentes por pederastia de la Iglesia católica no tengan los privilegios que ostentan impunemente”.

Una de las críticas recurrentes de las víctimas argentinas al Vaticano es la falta de severos castigos eclesiásticos para los sacerdotes con condenas firmes por abuso como Julio Grassi, quien se hizo muy popular en la década de 1990 por administrar hogares para menores sin recursos.

La Corte Suprema argentina ratificó en 2017 la condena a 15 años de prisión en su contra por el abuso de un menor, pero hasta ahora el Vaticano no ha informado públicamente si ha dispuesto su expulsión o dimisión del estado clerical. Varios medios de prensa argentinos divulgaron que Grassi sigue dando misa a reclusos de la cárcel adonde está confinado en la provincia de Buenos Aires.

Los críticos también cuestionan la falta de transparencia del Vaticano sobre el resultado de los procesos que sigue a sacerdotes e integrantes de la alta jerarquía eclesiástica condenados por la justicia penal.

En su comunicado, el grupo argentino destacó la adhesión de pares de Europa y del continente americano como la Red de Sobrevivientes de Chile y la Red de Sobrevivientes de Abuso Sexual Clerical de Colombia.

Yes, and it's no accident. In a collision of dog lovers, sports and ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian president was seen on video Tuesday as never before — cuddling and cooing over a floppy, 3-month-old American pit bull terrier, handed to him by U.S. former boxer Terence Crawford.

The cute and fluffy scene in Zelenskyy's office in Kyiv was the latest volley in a deadly serious battle of visuals that runs in parallel to Ukraine's fight against Russia's brutal four-year invasion.

Crawford, a longtime supporter of Ukraine and a devotee of the American pit bull terrier, came forward and handed a reddish-yellow puppy to Zelenskyy.

And for a few minutes in Kyiv, cultures, death and geopolitics yielded to the power of sweetness and puppy love, as well as the symbolism of resilience and protection.

A happy, floppy puppy belies a more serious backdrop

It's a truism of the political world: If you want a friend, get a dog. Zelenskyy, weighed down by war and scandal, seemed to have found both in the light-eyed puppy that melted into his chest.

The president smiled and cooed something into the dog's fur. He cradled her as he was told the pup's name is Freya — after Zelenskyy's pet project, Freyja, Ukraine's proposed missile defense system with European allies.

He was further informed that Freya's grandfather survived the devastating Russian siege of Bucha in 2022. Zelenskyy cuddled the pup close as they posed for photos. She appeared to relax, letting two white-tipped paws dangle from Zelenskyy's arms.

“The president said he would accept” Freya, said Vadym Danylchenko, adviser to the minister of youth and sports in Ukraine, who helped organize the visit.

Politically and culturally, it might have been problematic to refuse. Animals have become a symbol of the nation's forbearance during the four-year war. One mural in a Kyiv park immortalizes a Jack Russell terrier named Patrone who is renowned for assisting mine-clearing teams in the northern Chernihiv district and became a mascot for Ukraine’s emergency services. Zelenskyy awarded him a state medal. UNICEF recognized the pup as the first “Goodwill AmbassaDOG.”

Another mural depicts volunteer fighter Oleksii Movchan, holding a gray-and-white cat. He and three fellow soldiers rescued 11 civilians and the cat in the eastern Donetsk region shortly before being killed by Russian shelling in 2022.

Stories abound of others going to great lengths to rescue Ukraine's animals during the Russian invasion, including one Ukrainian woman who worked to save hundreds from the war by shipping some to safer western Ukraine and others overseas.

The politics of nations hovers

Then there's the fraught matter of American support for Ukraine. Zelenskyy was famously dressed down by U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance last year in the Oval Office, though the leaders have appeared to have mended fences since then. But in Zelenskyy's office on Tuesday, an American sports hero was handing him an American dog breed. Zelenskyy embraced the love.

Freya is the granddaughter of Athos — a dog who survived the Russian brutality in Bucha and was found on the street where Ukrainian forces destroyed a large Russian convoy, Danylchenko told The Associated Press in an interview.

Through rescuers, Athos made his way to Crawford's friend Francisco Lopez, a professional breeder and longtime Ukraine supporter in America. Athos' daughter had been left behind in Ukraine. Lopez flew an unrelated male dog to Ukraine to mate with Athos' daughter. She gave birth to Freya.

The puppy's name has a particular resonance in Ukraine. European nations are developing the antiballistic missile defense system with Ukraine amid shortages, particularly of American-made Patriot interceptors. Patriot interceptors are in shorter supply as the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran continues to rage, and Trump last month appeared to back away from a recent commitment to give Ukraine a license to produce them.

“Terence really wanted to give the president this particular female puppy,” said Danylchenko, who said he wasn't initially supportive of giving the president a gift laden with such responsibility.

“They named her Freya. Obviously, from the perspective of our country's future, this was important,” he added. “This little girl is a symbol of the fact that her grandfather survived and was a direct witness to the events in Bucha. So it was very symbolic for them.”

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According to Fort Lauderdale police, an officer located a vehicle at approximately 11:30 a.m. that had just been involved in a “felony incident” in Pompano Beach.

Police said the vehicle had previously fled from BSO deputies.

A Fort Lauderdale officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver refused to pull over, prompting officers to initiate a pursuit, according to FLPD.

BSO deputies and the agency’s Aviation Unit later joined the pursuit.

Authorities said the chase came to an end in the 1600 block of West Sunrise Boulevard after Fort Lauderdale police deployed a grappler, a device designed to help officers stop fleeing vehicles.

Police said three men “immediately bailed out of the vehicle” and ran from the scene.

All three were taken into custody a short time later, according to FLPD.

They were identified Tuesday as Claudin Butler, 45; Antonio Retcho, 35; and DeWantres McCray, 42.

Authorities have not released details about the felony incident in Pompano Beach that preceded the pursuit.

BSO is taking the lead on the investigation.

Gogel, whose best finish on the PGA Tour Champions this year was a runner-up in the Senior British Open, will be eligible to return on Feb. 22, 2027.

Gogel, 55, called it an honest mistake.

“In 2024 and 2025, I unknowingly violated the PGA Tour policy by placing small, recreational wagers on golf,” Gogel said in a statement provided by the tour. “I want to be clear that these wagers were not placed on regular PGA Tour events, PGA Tour Champions events or any tournament in which I participated.”

The tour did not disclose details of his violation, though his statement would indicate the wagers involved major championships.

Gogel, who grew up in Kansas, was best known on the PGA Tour for shooting 40 on the back nine in 2000 when Tiger Woods overcame a seven-shot deficit in the final seven holes at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his sixth straight victory.

Gogel atoned for that two years later by winning at Pebble Beach, his lone PGA Tour title. He worked briefly for Golf Channel and CBS, returning to competition when he turned 50 and became eligible for the PGA Tour Champions.

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Perdue currently runs the Florida Department of Transportation. For now, it appears Perdue will lead both FDOT and FDEM.

He also most recently took up the fight to get rid of rainbow crosswalks across the state.

Perdue is taking over for Kevin Guthrie. DeSantis did not say whether Guthrie resigned on his own or if he was asked to leave after being named Lt. Gov. Jay Collins’ running mate.

Perdue said today that Florida is a leader in emergency response, and he will continue working to keep it that way.

“There’s been a lot of questions, are you still doing transportation, well you heard from the governor ― yes we have a very well-oiled machine, and a lot of great people at FDOT,“ he said. ”We are going to continue that operation, and the good news is FDOT and the Division of Emergency Management have been working shoulder-to-shoulder for years responding to natural disasters and those other things that pop up like wildfires, so we are well-prepared and we are going to continue to serve.”

The reason they hosted the news conference at FIU is because DeSantis also announced a new program there that will train the next generation of emergency management workers for the state.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the crash was reported just before 2:30 a.m. in the area of Northwest 36^th Street and Lee Drive.

Deputies said Miami Springs police officers responded to the scene and discovered the driver, Reginald Devon Faulks, 47, was heading west on Northwest 36^th Street, approaching Lee Drive, when the vehicle “traveled toward the right shoulder, entered the sidewalk, and struck a business storefront.”

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews also responded and transported Faulks to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, deputies said.

MDSO officials confirmed that detectives from their Traffic Homicide Bureau have assumed the investigation.

The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.

Perdue dirige actualmente el Departamento de Transporte de Florida. Por ahora, parece que Perdue estará al frente tanto del FDOT como de la FDEM.

También asumió recientemente la lucha para eliminar los cruces peatonales con los colores del arcoíris en todo el estado.

Perdue sustituye a Kevin Guthrie. DeSantis no dijo si Guthrie renunció por decisión propia o si se le pidió que dejara el cargo después de ser nombrado compañero de fórmula del vicegobernador Jay Collins.

Perdue dijo hoy que Florida es líder en respuesta a emergencias y que continuará trabajando para que siga siendo así.

“Ha habido muchas preguntas: ¿todavía está a cargo de transporte? Bueno, ya escucharon al gobernador, sí, tenemos una maquinaria muy bien aceitada y mucha gente excelente en el FDOT”, dijo. “Vamos a continuar con esa operación, y la buena noticia es que el FDOT y la División de Manejo de Emergencias han estado trabajando hombro a hombro durante años respondiendo a desastres naturales y a esas otras situaciones que surgen, como incendios forestales, por lo que estamos bien preparados y vamos a continuar sirviendo”.

La razón por la que realizaron la conferencia de prensa en FIU es porque DeSantis también anunció allí un nuevo programa que capacitará a la próxima generación de trabajadores de manejo de emergencias del estado.

Torrasha Monique Smith fue arrestada previamente en enero de 2024 por operar un centro de vida asistida sin licencia para recuperación posoperatoria, ubicado en 18132 NW 91st Court, en el condado Miami-Dade, y nuevamente en junio de 2025 por abrir otro centro en 21480 SW 132nd Court.

En enero, los agentes dijeron que recibieron una denuncia anónima sobre una casa ilegal de recuperación para pacientes posoperatorios que era operada por Smith.

Los investigadores descubrieron que se encontraba en la misma ubicación de 132nd Court que los agentes habían encontrado anteriormente, y determinaron que Smith nunca cesó sus operaciones a pesar de su arresto previo.

Según una orden de arresto, los pacientes dijeron a los agentes que habían pagado a Dream Body Retreat a través de Zelle por los servicios, y los investigadores determinaron que Smith era la única propietaria de Dream Body Retreat.

Además, uno de los pacientes dijo a los agentes que había utilizado el centro anteriormente en junio de 2025, después del arresto de Smith en mayo de ese año, cuando se le ordenó cerrar el centro, según documentos oficiales.

Las autoridades dijeron que finalmente descubrieron que Smith operó el centro durante 274 días después de recibir una Notificación de Actividad sin Licencia el 30 de abril de 2025 y, durante ese tiempo, aceptó pagos por Zelle que superaron los $200,000 USD.

Según los investigadores, Smith cesó las operaciones en el centro en algún momento de febrero, pero continuó reservando citas y recibiendo depósitos “sin ninguna intención de prestar los servicios”.

Durante los meses siguientes, se presentaron múltiples reportes policiales en el condado Miami-Dade por parte de pacientes que habían pagado depósitos a Dream Body Retreat, solo para descubrir que el negocio había cerrado y luego no pudieron comunicarse con Smith cuando intentaron obtener reembolsos.

Finalmente, se emitió una orden de arresto contra Smith el 20 de julio después de que un abogado que la representaba dijera a las autoridades que no podía informarles cuándo se entregaría.

Según un formulario de arresto, Smith fue detenida el martes en la cárcel del condado Harris en Houston.

Los funcionarios no indicaron por qué fue arrestada en Texas ni cómo fue localizada, pero desde entonces fue trasladada de regreso al sur de Florida.

Smith enfrenta tres cargos de hurto mayor, un cargo de fraude organizado por $50,000 USD o más y 274 cargos por no cesar las operaciones de un centro de vida asistida.

Hasta la tarde del miércoles, permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight. Documentos oficiales indican que Smith ya se encontraba en libertad bajo fianza por un delito grave al momento de su arresto, por cargos derivados de la eliminación ilegal de desechos biomédicos peligrosos.

En el caso más reciente, Liudmila Perez-Labrada fue arrestada el martes por un cargo de falsificación de productos valorados en $20,000 USD o más.

Según un reporte de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, Crime Stoppers recibió una denuncia en febrero de que se almacenaban y vendían artículos falsificados en una casa ubicada en la cuadra 3100 de Northwest 81st Terrace.

Un detective asignado al caso revisó entonces una página de Instagram llamada “Elegance and Glamour”, que Perez-Labrada presuntamente utilizaba para vender artículos falsificados, a pesar de que ya había sido arrestada en julio de 2025 por el mismo delito, dijeron las autoridades.

Según el reporte, un investigador privado compró un bolso Louis Vuitton Pochette Eva falsificado de la página de Instagram por $211 USD utilizando Zelle.

Después de que el bolso fue entregado, fue enviado al gerente sénior de “cumplimiento penal de Louis Vuitton”, quien confirmó que el bolso era falsificado, señala el reporte.

Los detectives dijeron que la versión auténtica del bolso se vende por $1,460 USD.

Durante los siguientes meses, los detectives dijeron que el investigador privado compró otros artículos de lujo falsificados a Perez-Labrada, entre ellos un bolso Gucci, una blusa Alo y un traje de baño Louis Vuitton.

Según la orden, se obtuvo una orden de registro para la casa de Perez-Labrada el 21 de julio y los detectives la ejecutaron al día siguiente.

Los detectives dijeron que una “clienta” de Perez-Labrada se encontraba en la casa cuando llegaron y admitió que estaba allí para comprar artículos falsificados que había visto en la página de Instagram de Perez-Labrada.

Según el reporte, los detectives recuperaron una gran cantidad de artículos falsificados dentro de la casa con los nombres de marcas como Celine, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Gucci, Nike, New Balance y otras. Los artículos recuperados incluían desde gafas de sol hasta joyas, ropa y bolsos, dijeron las autoridades.

Los agentes dijeron que Perez-Labrada también admitió tener una unidad de almacenamiento y un registro del lugar reveló más productos falsificados.

Según el reporte, Perez-Labrada no fue arrestada el día en que se ejecutó la orden de registro porque acababa de someterse a una cirugía mayor.

Sin embargo, los detectives dijeron que le informaron que regresarían para arrestarla posteriormente y cumplieron esa promesa el lunes.

Según el reporte, si la mercancía incautada hubiera sido auténtica, su valor total habría sido de aproximadamente $1.7 millones USD.

Hasta la tarde del miércoles, Perez-Labrada permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight. Los registros de la cárcel en internet indicaban que su fianza estaba “por determinar”.

And oil is only the beginning.

Canada also supplies aluminum, potash to U.S. farms and parts for an auto industry built on both sides of the border.

“WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” Trump posted this week, repeating his long-running claim.

Yet Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum while acknowledging this week that the United States badly needs the metal.

“This country desperately needs aluminum,” Trump said. “We don’t have it. We get it all from Canada for the most part, and we need it badly.”

The contradiction underscores how deeply the two economies remain intertwined — and how much could be at stake if Trump’s trade war reaches more of the energy, materials and supply chains that the U.S. still relies on Canada to provide.

Canada fuels American industry

Canada is the second-largest U.S. trading partner after Mexico, and energy is at the heart of that relationship.

The two countries exchanged about $872 billion in goods and services last year. Canadian crude imports equal nearly 20% of total U.S. petroleum consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, part of the Department of Energy.

Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University, said Trump’s claim that the U.S. doesn't need Canada is “absolutely false,” citing U.S. reliance on Canadian oil and natural gas and deeply integrated industries such as autos.

Much of Canada’s crude flows to Midwest refineries built to process its heavy oil into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Energy also explains much of the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which Trump frequently cites as evidence of an unfair relationship.

The White House this week portrayed the relationship in starkly negative terms, saying Canada had taken roughly $50 billion a year from the U.S. over the past decade. Much of that gap reflects U.S. purchases of Canadian energy, which helps power the U.S. economy. And Canada's heavy crude typically trades at a discount to U.S. benchmark oil, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Energy more than accounted for last year’s $48.3 billion goods deficit. Without energy, the U.S. would have run a trade surplus.

After trade talks collapsed last Friday, the U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. The measures cover only about 5% of Canadian exports to the U.S. and exclude energy.

Canadian politicians debate using energy exports as leverage

For now, using oil as a weapon in trade negotiations remains a remote possibility. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith strongly rejected using oil as leverage, saying she could not think of “a more disastrous policy decision” than cutting off or taxing Alberta crude exports to the U.S. because it could devastate Canada’s economy.

But former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Canada should not rule out export taxes on oil, fuel or potash if Trump escalates further.

Such retaliation “would affect Republicans who drive F-150s and lay fertilizer on their farm fields,” Kenney said.

“They should be mindful that if they really want to escalate, it will not end well for the American economy two months before midterm elections,” he said.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford cited Canadian commodities as leverage, accusing Trump of “putting out fake news” about the U.S. not needing Canada. He called potash used by U.S. farmers “one of the most powerful tools we have” and said Washington would have to turn to suppliers such as Russia if Canada redirected shipments.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe rejected that approach, saying his province “cannot and will not support” export tariffs on resources. He said Saskatchewan is on track to supply about half the world’s potash and warned that taxing exports could cost Canadian jobs, raise fertilizer prices and push U.S. buyers toward suppliers such as Belarus.

“This would be a tremendously flawed policy on behalf of Canadians,” Moe said.

Moe has backed a more targeted retaliation, saying Saskatchewan — one of only two provinces that had not removed existing U.S. alcohol from store shelves — will impose a 50% reciprocal charge on U.S. alcohol, starting on Sept. 8.

Kenney stopped short of advocating an export tax on oil, and Béland said such a move would probably be “a very divisive issue politically in provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan.”

That underscores the limits of Canada’s leverage: measures aimed at hurting U.S. industries could also hurt Canadian producers and strain political unity at home.

From pickup trucks to farm fields

Canada has long been the dominant foreign source of aluminum for the U.S. Smelting the metal requires enormous amounts of electricity, giving hydro-rich Canada a major advantage.

Prime Minister Mark Carney told a New York business audience in May that Canadian aluminum exports to the U.S. are “the energy equivalent of 10 Hoover dams.”

American farmers are even more dependent on Canada for potash, a fertilizer essential to crops such as corn and soybeans. More than 80% of U.S. potash imports come from Canada.

Even Trump’s ambassador has disputed the idea that the U.S. needs nothing from its neighbor.

“America has a tremendous amount of things where we have a need,” Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said in June. Pointing to Canadian fertilizer supplies, he added: “We need potash.”

Then there are cars.

Canada and the U.S. have built an integrated auto industry in which parts can cross the border up to six times before final assembly, according to the Canadian government.

Trump said Monday that his administration would impose 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks and auto parts starting Jan. 1, 2027 — after the November midterm elections.

That means a tariff aimed at Canada can land in Michigan or Ohio. Tax Canadian aluminum and an American automaker may pay more for metal. Tax Canadian parts and the cost of assembling an American vehicle can rise.

AI needs power. Canada has it

Artificial intelligence is driving a surge in electricity demand. Canada supplied 85% of U.S. electricity imports in 2023, according to the Canada Energy Regulator, and Carney says the country needs to double the capacity of its electricity grid by 2050 through major hydroelectric and nuclear projects.

Carney said Canada could help the U.S. "meet exploding demand to power AI."

Police in Upper Pottsgrove Township, northwest of Philadelphia, responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a 911 call about a possible break-in attempt, according to the Montgomery County district attorney's office. The office said in a statement that police found Glenwood Pysher IV at the rear of the home and ultimately shot and killed him.

Pysher's father, Glen Pysher, said his son and his friends had visited several bars earlier in the evening and were splitting up to spend the night in two homes when his son took a wrong turn in the woods. Based on what he has been told by his son's friends, Pysher believes his son mistakenly tried to enter what he thought was his friend's house. His son wasn't carrying any weapons, just a phone and backpack containing clothing and a few beers, he said.

“He tried to open the doorknob and obviously startled the homeowner,” he said. “From what we understand, he announced, ‘Hey! Open the door!’ because he thought he was at his friend's house.”

Pysher then sat down on the back porch and contacted his friends, who realized he was in the wrong place and set out to find him. But minutes later, they saw police and emergency vehicles and figured their friend would be arrested for public drunkenness. Instead, he was shot.

“At 12:32 a.m. my son was on a FaceTime call with his friends that were coming to get him,” he said. “We were told that my son was shot at 12:35 a.m. So what kind of encounter could have ensued? What kind of communication could that officer have given him?”

A Montgomery County Department of Public Safety dispatch record shows police were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. and arrived at 12:34 a.m. Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Chief Al Werner declined to release any information, including the names of any officers involved, until the investigation is complete. The Montgomery County Detective Bureau is investigating the shooting, the district attorney’s office said.

The shooting by police checking a report of a possible break-in is sharply distinguished from several other cases in which residents have shot people who mistakenly showed up at their homes.

Pysher was about to begin his senior year at Saint Elizabeth University in New Jersey, where he planned to play baseball. His goal was to become a high school history teacher and coach after graduation.

His father described him as a kindhearted, loving kid who could be a “knucklehead” but enjoyed helping others. Since the shooting, former teammates, coaches and others have been texting his father to share their memories of him.

“One young man in particular texted me and said, ‘I was going through a lot of really difficult things in my life. I was going the wrong way. And your son is the one who helped me put my life on track,’" the father said. “He will be sadly missed in his community.”

Pysher said police have given the family almost no information. On Wednesday, he called asking whether he could retrieve his son's favorite pair of black shoes to bury him in and was told that could be arranged.

“Then I got a call back saying they have to think about it,” he said. “They don't know if they can give them to me.” ____

Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire, and Brumback from Atlanta.

The record ended China’s five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year in Beijing, in which more than 2,000 humanoid robots competed in Olympics-style events including soccer, boxing and running.

The winning robot finished the 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, breaking a record for the second straight day. A robot ran 8.86 seconds Tuesday, after another clocked 9.39 seconds four days earlier — all at the Games.

For comparison, the men’s 100-meter world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009.

Several robot runners, including the champion, crashed into a padded barrier after crossing the finish line. Sparks flew from some of the robots as staff rushed over with fire extinguishers and sprayed those machines lying on the ground. Almost all the robot runners were eventually carried away on stretchers.

Experts acknowledged the progress humanoid robots have made on the track, where conditions are relatively predictable, but said the real challenge is navigating the complexities of the real world.

“True progress will be measured in warehouses and factories where humanoids do work autonomously for hours and generate real economic value," said Jonathan Hurst, a professor of robotics in Oregon State University.

Robots also competed in real-world tasks, including housework, hotel services and emergency response.

All three records were set by the same humanoid robot model, Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics, also known as X-Humanoid. The company was founded in Beijing in 2023.

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This story has been corrected to show that the record set on Wednesday is 8.64 seconds, not 8.84 seconds.

Judge Lewis J. Liman explained in a written decision in Manhattan why Lively was not entitled to the full amount that her lawyers claim was spent after Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios LLC, filed their own claims in response to her December 2024 lawsuit.

Acknowledging Lively and Baldoni had “waged fierce battle against each other in court,” the judge denied Lively the bulk of legal fees she sought, citing the limits of a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits.

The law meant to protect sex abuse survivors from legal actions designed to intimidate and silence victims could only be construed to let her be reimbursed for what she paid lawyers to defend against defamation claims rather than all claims Baldoni made against her, Liman wrote.

Thus, the judge ruled, Lively is entitled to $363,245 in attorneys' fees and $44,206 in costs.

Lawyers on both sides claimed victory for their clients.

Attorney Bryan Freedman, representing Baldoni, called the ruling a “significant victory for my clients” that will leave Lively with less than 5% of what she requested in legal fees.

He said in a statement that it also "sends a clear message that, no matter how powerful you may be, the courtroom is not a place to take advantage of the law for your own personal gain.”

Attorneys Esra Hudson and Michael Gottlieb, representing Lively, said in a statement that Liman's decision was “historic” because it was the first time under the California law that money was awarded. They said it showed “there are real consequences of bringing retaliatory lawsuits.”

The lawyers added that Lively had “lifted the curtain for other victims, and set the precedent for others to come forward and expose similar conduct.”

In her lawsuit, Lively asserted that she had been subjected to sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

Baldoni, who directed the dark romantic drama and starred in it with Lively, denied harassing her or orchestrating a smear campaign. He claimed the complaints about his behavior were made up by Lively as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie.

Weeks after Lively sued, Baldoni and Wayfarer asserted claims in a countersuit against Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, of civil extortion, defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of good faith and fair dealing and economic interference.

In June 2025, Liman tossed out the countersuit Baldoni and Wayfarer had filed and nearly a year later rejected Lively's sexual harassment claims on the grounds that she was an independent contractor rather than an employee when she worked on the film.

In early May, two weeks before a scheduled trial, Lively and Baldoni reached a settlement, saying in a joint statement that Lively’s concerns “deserved to be heard” and that they ”remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments.”

“It Ends With Us,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel about a relationship devolving into domestic violence, was released in August 2024 and exceeded box office expectations despite criticism that it glorified abuse. Lively and Baldoni’s fractious falling out took attention away from the film, overshadowing its message and success.

Lively said in her lawsuit that during filming, Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her appearance, violated physical boundaries while filming a love scene, and pushed for nudity — against Lively’s wishes — during a scene in which her character was giving birth.

Baldoni denied doing anything outside the realm of the normal creative process of making a movie.

Lively appeared in the 2005 film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and the TV series “Gossip Girl” from 2007 to 2012 before starring in films including “The Town” and “The Shallows.”

Baldoni starred in the TV comedy “Jane the Virgin,” directed the 2019 film “Five Feet Apart” and wrote “Man Enough,” a book challenging traditional notions of masculinity.

It also was the third-most watched regular-season game ever and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. That is behind only the June 21-22, 1997 opening weekend games that featured the New York Liberty-Los Angeles Sparks (5.04 million) and Charlotte Sting-Phoenix Mercury (3.59 million), also both on NBC.

Caitlin Clark and the Fever continue to be the league's top draw. They also have set all-time viewing records this season for games on CBS, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video.

Against the Sky, Clark made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 37 points in the Fever's 113-90 victory. Teammate Kelsey Mitchell added 30.

That game was the first meeting since Chicago's DiJonai Carrington fouled Indiana's Sophie Cunningham on a breakaway in the Fever’s 90-86 victory on Aug. 8. Carrington was ejected for the Flagrant 2 foul.

There were no such incidents between the two in the rematch.

But there was controversy. Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom attended as a spectator and was ejected in the third quarter after he and the Sky's Natasha Cloud exchanged words. Freedom has since been banned from Sky home games.

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That makes eight tournaments announced for the Championship Series, the only two surprises being the new Sompo Championship and the Greensboro, North Carolina, event that has changed sponsorship and now is the GO by Raymond James.

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday that seven — now eight, with the Truist announcement Wednesday — of the 15 tournaments on the Championship Series have been announced. That doesn't include the four majors, The Players Championship and the postseason.

He said an additional three have been identified, and those will be disclosed shortly. There will be plenty of assumptions of current signature events, such as the AT&T Pebble Beach, the RBC Heritage and the Genesis Invitational.

The Genesis Invitational is the only player-hosted event — Tiger Woods — not yet announced. Part of that is due to the future of Riviera Country Club, which just finished a U.S. Women's Open in June, has the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2031 U.S. Open. The private club might want a breather. Discussions are ongoing.

“Of the remaining four regular-season events, we are currently in active discussions with 14 prospective partners,” Rolapp said. “Given that level of demand and interest, we expect to be making final decisions soon.”

He said he expects to announce the full 2028 Championship Series schedule on Feb. 22 at a special television show from PGA Tour headquarters.

Jim Furyk goes all in with Golf Channel

Jim Furyk is no longer just dipping his toes into the television world. The 2003 U.S. Open champion and two-time Ryder Cup captain has been named Golf Channel's lead analyst for PGA Tour events and the major championships.

Furyk agreed to a multiyear deal that takes him into the revamped 2028 schedule of Championship Series events. Golf Channel next year has full coverage of The American Express to start the season, and weekday coverage of the rest of the PGA Tour events (along with the U.S. and British Opens).

“I’m thrilled to expand my role with USA Sports and Golf Channel to call the action at men’s majors and the biggest PGA Tour events for years to come,” Furyk said. “I have really enjoyed my time in the booth and look forward to continuing to develop in the role.”

The announcement would seem to end speculation about Furyk joining the NBC booth because Golf Channel and NBC are now separately owned.

PGA Tour releases full 2027 schedule

The PGA Tour on Wednesday put out its full schedule for 2027, the last one before it changes to what amounts to a two-tour system.

It looks to be similar to this year, with a few tweaks. The Dallas-area tournaments are no longer in consecutive weeks in May. The CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas will end in the first weekend of May, followed by the Valspar Championship in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area. That will lead into the Truist Championship, the PGA Championship and then Colonial will be the last week in May.

The Valspar previously was in March. That was been moved to clear the way for the Cadillac Championship in Miami to return to the Florida swing in March.

Also, the new Sompo Championship to be held in Napa, California, will be the last week in July and take the spot of the Rocket Classic in Detroit.

Pebble Beach again will have two events — the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and the U.S. Open in June. The British Open returns to St. Andrews and the PGA Championship is at its new headquarters in Frisco, Texas.

That means the Dallas-Fort Worth area will have three tournaments in five weeks — The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship and Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial — with the PGA Championship and Colonial going back-to-back.

Colonial is about 50 miles southwest of Frisco.

Woodland still hearing about his tee shot

Gary Woodland is the feel-good story at East Lake simply by making it to the Tour Championship while trying to cope with the effects of his brain surgery three years ago.

That doesn't spare him from getting plenty of grief from last week at the BMW Championship.

He was on the bubble of being in the top 30, playing well in the final round at Bellerive, when he topped a tee shot into a creek about 100 yards in front of him on the ninth hole, leading to a double bogey. He was rock-solid the rest of the way, shot 69 and tied for fourth to advance.

Now about that tee shot?

He heard about it from Xander Schauffele on the putting green at East Lake on Monday. At the Payne Stewart Award ceremony Tuesday night, former award winner Brandt Snedeker was being interviewed on stage when he was asked if Woodland — one of Snedeker's assistant captains for the Presidents Cup next month — would be considered a captain's pick if he played well this week.

Snedeker paused during his answer, smiled and everyone knew what was coming. He mentioned the topped tee shot.

“I’ve hit some good shots this year, and I haven’t got as much attention as that shot has,” Woodland said.

Woodland even heard it from his father. They plan to play together again in December at the PNC Championship in Florida.

“When I turned my phone on after the round, it wasn’t, ‘Congrats’ or ‘Good playing.’ It was: ‘Hey, get that shot out of the way. I can’t afford to have that in the scramble,’” Woodland said.

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Los militares desarrollaban operaciones en la zona rural del convulso municipio de Buenos Aires cuando fueron atacados "mediante el lanzamiento de artefactos explosivos” desde un dron, indicó el reporte.

El ejército lamentó en un comunicado la muerte del soldado Alejandro López Quintero a causa de las heridas, pese a recibir los primeros auxilios de los enfermeros de combate.

La acción bélica fue atribuida preliminarmente por el ejército a integrantes de la estructura Jaime Martínez, que forma parte del “Estado Mayor Central”, la más numerosa de las disidencias que no se acogieron al acuerdo de paz firmado hace una década entre el Estado y las FARC.

Los ataques con explosivos lanzados desde drones acondicionados artesanalmente han cambiado la dinámica del conflicto armado interno en Colombia, afectando tanto a militares como a civiles, especialmente en el suroeste del país.

Al menos 21 personas fallecieron y 145 resultaron heridas por ataques con uso de drones entre enero y mayo, un aumento del 146% con respecto al mismo periodo del año anterior, dijo el lunes la estatal Defensoría del Pueblo.

Presidente promete enfrentar a “terroristas”

El conservador Abelardo de la Espriella, quien asumió a inicios de agosto la presidencia, ha prometido reforzar las operaciones militares en contra de los grupos armados ilegales y cerró la puerta a las negociaciones de paz impulsadas por su antecesor Gustavo Petro (2022-2026).

“En mi gobierno está absolutamente prohibido disfrazar con eufemismos la naturaleza de quienes aterrorizan al pueblo a punta de pistola y dinamita. Son terroristas y así lo vamos a tratar. Aquí no hay espacio para el diálogo”, dijo De la Espriella el miércoles durante la ceremonia de juramentación de la nueva cúpula militar.

El mandatario, quien se apoda “El Tigre”, reiteró que los ilegales tienen la opción de someterse ante la justicia o “recibirán su merecido en el campo de batalla... los terroristas sabrán lo duro que muerde el Tigre y su fuerza pública".

Horas más tarde, firmó la extradición hacia Estados Unidos por delitos relacionados con el narcotráfico y el lavado de activos de los cabecilas de las disidencias de las FARC Willington Henao Gutiérrez, alias “Mocho Olmedo”, y Geovany Andrés Rojas, alias “Araña”, así como Carmen Evelio Castillo Carrillo, alias “Muñeca”, de la estructura criminal Los Pachenca, que opera en el norte del país.

De la Espriella revirtió la suspensión de la extradición que los beneficiaba por su participación en los diálogos de paz con gobierno anterior, asegurando que no encontraron aportes verificables a los procesos.

“Colombia honra sus compromisos y fortalece su cooperación internacional con Estados Unidos y demás países democráticos en la lucha contra el crimen trasnacional”, dijo el presidente.

Recalcó su intención de construir grandes cárceles de máxima seguridad, al estilo de El Salvador, para recluir a los “terroristas”, con el apoyo del sector privado. Dijo que, entre tanto, ordenó reforzar la seguridad en las cárceles existentes.

En un balance sobre su gobierno, De la Espriella detalló que han muerto en operaciones militares 21 cabecillas de grupos ilegales, más de 530 han sido capturados y 13 toneladas de cocaína han sido incautadas.

Los grupos armados ilegales con los que aún lidia Colombia se disputan en territorios estratégicos el control de economías ilegales como el narcotráfico y la minería ilegal, con las que financian su accionar.

El general Francis L. Donovan, comandante del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos, arribó el miércoles a Colombia para reunirse con la nueva cúpula militar y “discutir esfuerzos conjuntos para combatir a los narcoterroristas”, informó la institución.

De la Espriella adhirió a Colombia al Escudo de las Américas, una iniciativa del gobierno estadounidense con aliados latinoamericanos mediante la cual buscan luchar contra el narcotráfico.

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The suspect was identified in an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department as Louis Charles Munoz.

The report states that officers were dispatched at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to the Taco Bell at 785 E. Ninth St. after receiving a report of a man hitting the restaurant’s kiosks with a sharp metal object.

Police said they spoke with the manager, who stated that Munoz had ordered a meal and sat at a table inside the restaurant. She said he stared at her and other employees while he ate.

They said when the manager asked whether something was wrong, Munoz, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report, told her he had been “living here for three years and that things happen in life.”

Police said Munoz then got up, pulled out the metal object and smashed one large television menu and two electronic ordering kiosks. The damaged items were valued at approximately $2,500, the report states.

Munoz then told the manager to call police as he fled the restaurant, according to the report.

Police said they canvassed the area and found Munoz on the roof of 765 E. 9th St., where he barricaded himself.

After multiple attempts to negotiate with Munoz, police said he eventually surrendered the metal object by throwing it off the roof. They said he then turned himself in and climbed down using a Hialeah Fire Rescue ladder truck that was at the scene.

Police said Munoz was then taken into custody without incident.

According to the report, Munoz spontaneously told officers he broke the screens because he wanted to “receive help.”

Jail records show he is facing one count of armed criminal mischief involving property damage of $1,000 or more.

As of Wednesday, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

El sospechoso fue identificado en un reporte de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah como Louis Charles Munoz.

El reporte señala que los oficiales fueron enviados alrededor de las 11 a.m. del martes al Taco Bell ubicado en 785 E. Ninth St., después de recibir un reporte de un hombre que golpeaba los quioscos del restaurante con un objeto metálico afilado.

La policía dijo que habló con la gerente, quien afirmó que Munoz había ordenado una comida y se había sentado en una mesa dentro del restaurante. Dijo que él la miraba fijamente a ella y a otros empleados mientras comía.

Dijeron que cuando la gerente le preguntó si algo estaba mal, Munoz, quien figura como una persona sin hogar en su reporte de arresto, le dijo que había estado “viviendo aquí durante tres años y que en la vida pasan cosas”.

La policía dijo que Munoz luego se levantó, sacó el objeto metálico y destrozó un gran menú de televisión y dos quioscos electrónicos de pedidos. Los artículos dañados estaban valorados en aproximadamente $2,500 USD, señala el reporte.

Munoz luego le dijo a la gerente que llamara a la policía mientras huía del restaurante, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que recorrió el área y encontró a Munoz en el techo de 765 E. Ninth St., donde se atrincheró.

Después de varios intentos de negociar con Munoz, la policía dijo que finalmente entregó el objeto metálico arrojándolo desde el techo. Dijeron que luego se entregó y bajó utilizando un camión con escalera de Bomberos y Rescate de Hialeah que se encontraba en la escena.

La policía dijo que Munoz fue detenido sin incidentes.

Según el reporte, Munoz dijo espontáneamente a los oficiales que rompió las pantallas porque quería “recibir ayuda”.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de daños criminales con un arma que involucra daños a la propiedad por $1,000 USD o más.

Hasta el miércoles, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Según un reporte de arresto, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7:30 a.m. del sábado cerca de la intersección de Southwest 87th Avenue y 184th Street.

El reporte indica que Raimiero Rios conducía una SUV negra hacia el sur por Southwest 87th Avenue cuando comenzó a tocar la bocina a dos ciclistas que también se dirigían hacia el sur.

Rios luego desvió la SUV hacia los ciclistas, obligando a uno de ellos a salirse de la carretera, según el reporte.

Los agentes indicaron que Rios luego atropelló al segundo ciclista con la SUV.

Después de la colisión, Rios sacó un arma y disparó en dirección al ciclista, según el reporte.

El incidente fue captado en video.

Los agentes que respondieron al lugar indicaron que encontraron un agujero de bala en el suelo. No se reportaron heridos.

El reporte indica que Rios fue trasladado a la estación del Distrito Municipal de Cutler Bay de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade para ser interrogado, donde invocó sus derechos Miranda.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada con arma de fuego, un cargo de agresión física agravada con arma mortal y un cargo por disparar un arma de fuego desde un vehículo.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el accidente fue reportado poco antes de las 2:30 a.m. en el área de Northwest 36th Street y Lee Drive.

Los agentes dijeron que oficiales de la policía de Miami Springs respondieron a la escena y descubrieron que el conductor se dirigía hacia el oeste por Northwest 36th Street, acercándose a Lee Drive, cuando el vehículo “se desplazó hacia el arcén derecho, ingresó a la acera y chocó contra el frente de un negocio”.

Equipos de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade también respondieron y transportaron al conductor al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Jackson Memorial Hospital, donde fue declarado muerto, dijeron los agentes.

Funcionarios de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade confirmaron que detectives de su Oficina de Homicidios de Tránsito asumieron la investigación.

Las circunstancias que llevaron al accidente continúan bajo investigación. La identidad del conductor aún no ha sido divulgada.

Here's a look at some other notable corporate settlements.

BP and the Deepwater Horizon disaster

Oil giant BP agreed to pay $20 billion for the Deepwater Horizon disaster that became the worst offshore spill in the nation’s history.

The settlement, first announced in 2016, included $5.5 billion in civil Clean Water Act penalties and billions more to cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments. The money is to be paid out over roughly 16 years.

Enron and its massive accounting scandal

Enron, once the nation’s seventh-largest company, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001, after years of accounting tricks could no longer hide billions of dollars in debt or make failing ventures appear profitable. The energy company’s collapse put more than 5,000 people out of work and wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions.

Twenty-four Enron executives, including former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, were convicted for their roles in the fraud.

A class-action lawsuit led to the recovery of more than $7 billion in funds.

WorldCom hid falling profits in one of the worst cases of accounting fraud

WorldCom Inc. collapsed and went into bankruptcy in 2002 following revelations of an $11 billion accounting fraud that included pressure from top executives on subordinates to inflate numbers to make the company seem more profitable. The collapse caused losses to stockholders, including those who had invested through retirement plans.

In 2005, the company agreed to pay shareholders about $750 million in cash and stock, while major banks and accounting firms settled for about $6 billion.

WorldCom's former CEO, Bernie Ebbers was convicted in New York in 2005 on securities fraud and other charges and received a 25-year sentence. He died in 2020, just over a month after his early release from prison.

After its collapse, WorldCom reemerged under a new name, MCI. It was taken over by Verizon and relocated its operations to Ashburn, Virginia.

JPMorgan, Bank of America and the housing bets that shook the world

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $13 billion in a landmark settlement in 2013. The firm acknowledged that it misled investors about the quality of risky mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.

The agreement also included settlements with New York, California and other states.

JPMorgan was among the major banks that sold securities that plunged in value when the housing market collapsed in 2006 and 2007. Those losses triggered a financial crisis that pushed the economy into the worst recession since the 1930s.

A year later, Bank of America reached a $16.65 billion settlement with the government over the same issue. Its deal called for the bank, the second-largest in the U.S., to pay a $5 billion cash penalty, another $4.6 billion in remediation payments and provide about $7 billion in relief to struggling homeowners.

Johnson & Johnson and the marathon legal fight over talc

Johnson & Johnson agreed in July to pay $5.5 billion after fighting lawsuits for almost two decades over talc products that plaintiffs claimed had caused ovarian cancer.

The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade, said that the settlement is conditioned on at least 95% of remaining claimants participating.

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge denied a $9 billion settlement proposed by company subsidiary Red River Talc last year that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history.

Johnson & Johnson decided not to appeal that ruling and instead fight on in court.

As part of the proposed settlement, Johnson & Johnson will make an initial payment of no more than $3 billion next year. It has no additional payments due until 2028.

Su nombre está grabado en el Paseo de la Fama de la ciudad, ubicado justo afuera del Salón de la Fama de la Música Country.

No hace mucho, el salón inauguró una nueva exhibición que muestra su extraordinaria carrera.

También se vio a admiradores en Dollywood, llegando y rindiéndole homenaje de diferentes maneras.

A solo unas cuadras se encuentra el Songteller Hotel, uno de los proyectos más recientes de Parton que aún está en construcción.

Afuera había flores y una nota que decía: “Espero que la vida te trate bien”.

Parton fue una leyenda en el escenario, la pantalla y la comunidad.

Fue una joven del este de Tennessee que vivió una vida que dejó un impacto duradero en todo el mundo.

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According to an arrest report, the incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Southwest 87th Avenue and 184th Street.

The report states Raimiero Rios was driving a black SUV south on Southwest 87th Avenue when he began honking at two cyclists who were also traveling south.

Rios then swerved the SUV toward the cyclists, forcing one of them off the roadway, according to the report.

Deputies said Rios then struck the second cyclist with the SUV.

After the collision, Rios pulled out a gun and fired a round in the direction of the cyclist, according to the report.

The incident was captured on video.

Grant Cordery is an avid cyclist who runs a bike shop in Deerfield Beach.

Cordery is friends with members of the cycling group that was involved in the incident.

“It’s disgusting in my opinion, and I think I speak for all cyclists that we just want to be treated with the same respect,” he said. “A vehicle is definitely a weapon. I think there just needs to be more patience in the world and more respect in the world, for sure.”

Deputies who responded to the scene said they found a bullet hole in the ground. No injuries were reported.

Residents in the area told Local 10’s Roy Ramos that the area where the incident occurred is popular with riders.

“I saw two cyclists sitting on the grass with their bikes lying beside them, and I saw two police officers,” said Kathy Javach, who was driving in the area at the time of the incident.

Witnesses said Rios took off before deputies arrived but later turned himself in.

Jail records show he is facing one count each of aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

He posted a $15,000 bond and was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center early Wednesday. He declined to comment to Local 10 News and covered his face as he left the jail.

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KISS Country 99.9’s morning show featuring TC and Dina B provided a hearty mix of smiles and tears as they paid tribute to Parton.

For four hours, they didn’t just play her songs, they remembered her.

They said it’s the least they could do for a woman who has done so much for so many others.

“Every time you saw Dolly Parton, she was just this light, and I feel that if you know country music or if you don’t know country music, you know dolly parton,” said Dina B.

TC and Dina B have both spent more than a decade in radio, seeing songs and stars come and go, but Parton is one who withstood the test of time.

“Dolly introduced a whole new sound of country,” said TC. “It was a sound that you listened to music these days and it’s not all coming from the heart. Everything she wrote came from the heart. Everything she wrote is something you can connect to or some way or another.”

At Hollywood’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, butterflies lit up the sky as fans stopped by to pay their respects.

“She was an inspiration, an inspiration for everyone,” said fan Susan Salicco. “I honestly thought she’d live forever.”

One of Parton’s fans who visited the Hard Rock on Wednesday was Joan Pendergrass, widow of famed vocalist Teddy Pendergrass.

“She has given back so much,” said Pendergrass. “She has given so much of herself. What a beautiful, petite (woman), but so large at heart.”

You don’t have to go to Nashville to see Parton’s legacy.

Back in 1998, Parton joined Bob Hope to film a Christmas special at PortMiami, and further back in 1982, both Parton and Burt Reynolds made their way through South Florida crowds for a movie premiere.

El programa matutino de KISS Country 99.9, con TC y Dina B, ofreció una emotiva mezcla de sonrisas y lágrimas mientras rendían homenaje a Parton.

Durante cuatro horas, no solo tocaron sus canciones, también la recordaron.

Dijeron que era lo menos que podían hacer por una mujer que hizo tanto por tantas otras personas.

“Cada vez que veías a Dolly Parton, ella era simplemente esta luz, y siento que si conoces la música country o si no conoces la música country, conoces a Dolly Parton”, dijo Dina B.

TC y Dina B han trabajado en la radio durante más de una década, viendo canciones y estrellas ir y venir, pero Parton es una de las que resistió el paso del tiempo.

“Dolly introdujo un sonido completamente nuevo en la música country”, dijo TC. “Era un sonido que, cuando escuchas música en estos días, no todo viene del corazón. Todo lo que ella escribió venía del corazón. Todo lo que escribió es algo con lo que puedes identificarte de una forma u otra”.

En el Hard Rock Hotel & Casino de Hollywood, mariposas iluminaron el cielo mientras los admiradores se detenían para rendirle homenaje.

“Fue una inspiración, una inspiración para todos”, dijo la admiradora Susan Salicco. “Sinceramente pensé que viviría para siempre”.

Una de las admiradoras de Parton que visitó el Hard Rock el miércoles fue Joan Pendergrass, viuda del famoso cantante Teddy Pendergrass.

“Ella ha retribuido tanto”, dijo Pendergrass. “Ha dado tanto de sí misma. Qué mujer tan hermosa y pequeña, pero con un corazón tan grande”.

No hay que ir a Nashville para ver el legado de Parton.

En 1998, Parton se unió a Bob Hope para grabar un especial de Navidad en PortMiami, y anteriormente, en 1982, tanto Parton como Burt Reynolds se abrieron paso entre multitudes del sur de Florida para el estreno de una película.

The sanctioning body released its 2027 schedule Wednesday. The slate begins at Daytona International Speedway and wraps up back in the Sunshine State at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Among the highlights: a return to San Diego for the Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parks series. NASCAR and the Department of Defense unveiled a multi-year plan to host events beyond Coronado. In 2028, they intend to take the military-base street race to a different U.S. military installation.

The exhibition Clash will be held at Daytona the weekend before the Daytona 500. NASCAR’s All-Star race will be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway. And the season-ending NASCAR championship weekend will return to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the second straight year.

Homestead hosted NASCAR’s championship weekend from 2002-2019 before welcoming the season finale back in 2026. The venue is currently undergoing a $20 million capital investment project that will transform the track and enhance race-day experiences for fans, partners and industry stakeholders.

Also noteworthy: Dover Motor Speedway returns to a Cup Series points-race date May 16 after hosting the All-Star race; the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway will serve as the final regular-season race in the Cup Series, setting the field for the Chase; and Pocono Raceway will feature all three national series during its race weekend in June.

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The ruling Wednesday by a judge in the state's capital city marks another setback in Democrats' national attempts to counter a Republican redistricting movement pushed by President Donald Trump ahead of this year's elections. The judge ruled that the amendment cannot appear on the November ballot, but he paused the effect of that ruling to allow for an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

Democrats already control seven of Maryland's eight congressional seats. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore called lawmakers into a special session in August with a goal of making it easier to claim that final seat.

An amendment referred to the ballot by lawmakers seeks to sidestep a court ruling that struck down a previous Democratic redistricting plan in 2022. It would declare that a constitutional requirement for districts to be compact and take into account “natural boundaries” applies only to state legislative districts, not congressional ones.

That would allow Democratic state lawmakers to draw congressional districts that cross the Chesapeake Bay, reshaping a district east of the bay that is held by Republican Rep. Andy Harris, chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

Judge says legislature did not follow the laws it enacted

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert Thompson ruled that lawmakers violated their own deadlines for ballot measures. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed a law signed by Moore that set a July 1 deadline for the secretary of state to certify summaries of all statewide ballot questions to the Maryland State Board of Elections.

The state attorney general's office argued that deadline didn't apply to the redistricting amendment because lawmakers wrote their own ballot summary for it, using their constitutional authority. The judge disagreed, instead siding with arguments by the conservative Oversight Project and Republican state lawmakers who sued.

Thompson also ruled that lawmakers used “intentionally misleading” wording in the ballot question by stating that it merely “clarifies” the constitution's redistricting standards. And Thompson said the amendment violates a single-issue requirement in the constitution by also including a provision that would give the state Supreme Court original jurisdiction in lawsuits over congressional redistricting.

“The court has no choice but to enjoin the board of elections from including ballot Question 3 on the general election ballot for November 3, 2026,” Thompson wrote.

Redistricting dispute heads to the Maryland Supreme Court

Shortly after the ruling, the state filed a notice of appeal to the Maryland Supreme Court.

Maryland House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk, a Democrat, expressed hope of eventually prevailing.

“We remain confident in the authority of the General Assembly and believe Maryland voters should have the final say,” she said in a statement.

Redistricting opponents acknowledged the fight was not over.

But “today's decision is a major step in our battle against Maryland’s lawless attempt at redistricting. Complete and total vindication!” Oversight Project Strategic Counsel Marshall Yates said in a statement.

Maryland is the latest state to join a national redistricting fight

Earlier this year, the Virginia Supreme Court also invalidated a redistricting ballot measure because of procedural violations by state lawmakers. In that case, voters had already approved an amendment in April authorizing mid-decade redistricting when the court ruled that lawmakers last year had waited too long to take an initial step necessary to qualify it for the ballot.

Virginia and Maryland both were seeking to follow the path of California, where voters approved a Democratic-backed amendment authorizing mid-decade redistricting. Democrats hope to gain as many as five congressional seats from California's redrawn districts, plus an additional seat from new districts in Utah.

But Republicans hope to win as many as 16 additional seats from new U.S. House districts enacted in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.

Redistricting typically happens near the beginning of each decade, after new census data is released. But a mid-decade redistricting battle broke out after Trump urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts in hopes that it might help Republicans hold onto a slim House majority in this year’s midterm elections.

Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him in a wheelchair, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz. No cause was disclosed.

Known for his arch humor, a puttylike face and gift with voices, Curry earned three Tony nominations — for “Spamalot,” “My Favorite Year” and “Amadeus” — and a Primetime Emmy nod in 1994.

“I like playing the more curious corners of the human mind and human behavior, partly because they’re a tad more interesting,” Curry told The Associated Press in 1993.

Curry burst onto the scene as the Transylvanian Frank-N-Furter in the sci-fi, cross-dressing rock musical “The Rocky Horror Show,” which premiered in 1973 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He went with it to Broadway and then starred in the 1975 cult-classic movie alongside Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon.

The show was ahead of its time in terms of its representation of LGBTQ+ characters and has entered the pop culture lexicon for its many iconic and memorable scenes, including the song “The Time Warp,” which has been covered by handfuls of artists, and the often-quoted phrase, “Dammit, Janet!” The show was twice revived on Broadway, most recently in 2026 with Luke Evans playing Frank-N-Furter.

“He was a force, a bright fierce flame, an exquisite charm and that rich vocal tone,” Evans wrote on Instagram. “I hope, wherever you are, you'd approve of one more Frank having the time of his life in those heels.”

Tim Curry's take on Frank-N-Furter

Curry's Frank-N-Furter had a posh British accent, but that almost wasn’t the case. He said he tried German and American accents but pivoted after he heard a British woman on a bus talking with her friend.

“I met a woman on a bus who said, ‘Do you have a house in town or a house in the country’ and I thought, ‘That’s the voice!’” he told LA Magazine in 2015.

For many years after the film’s premiere, the British-born actor declined to discuss it. He didn’t participate in activities promoting the film, which morphed into an interactive event at midnight shows. But he later warmed again to the project and embraced it at public events. Asked by LA Magazine how he viewed “Rocky Horror,” he responded: “With a sort of bemused tolerance. It’s neither a blessing nor a curse. I was lucky to get it.”

Curry’s Broadway career included starring in Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties” in 1975-76, playing Mozart opposite Ian McKellen’s Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” and King Arthur in the 2005 production of “Spamalot.” The New York Times said his “stalwart, plummy-voiced Arthur wears a smile as inflexible as armor.” He also played Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol,” at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2001.

His screen credits included starring as the child-killing monster in the 1990 miniseries version of Stephen King’s horror novel “It,” as a medical officer in “The Hunt for Red October” in 1990 and the double-dealing Cardinal Richelieu in 1993’s “The Three Musketeers” with Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Chris O’Donnell.

“Tim Curry was someone I cared deeply about, he was someone I loved working with and I am so lucky to have these memories,” Sutherland said in a statement.

In his 2025 memoir, “Vagabond,” Curry warned readers that while there were scraps of his nature in his characters, he was none of them. “The distinctions between who I really am and who I've pretended to be as an actor have proven to be a source of great disappointment to some audiences. It has not caused me much personal distress beyond the periodic necessity to deter stalkers,” he wrote.

Tim Curry's life and career began in England

Born in Cheshire, England, Curry was the son of a Navy chaplain and a school secretary. He was 12 when his father died and his mother subsequently went to work. Young Tim learned to cook his own breakfast, resulting in a lifelong passion for cooking, and sharpened his humor muscles.

“My father was a Methodist chaplain in the Navy, and we moved pretty much every 18 months,” he said. “So I had to make my mark in new schools and new playgrounds pretty quickly. And a sense of humor is the best way to do that. I was always a kind of mimic, one of those awful, relentless children, I should think.”

Acting did not occur to him until his middle teens, when he attended a school for the sons of Methodist ministers.

“I was lucky that it was a liberal kind of school; many of them in England are rather Dickensian,” he recalled to the AP. “There was a lot of theater, and I sang, too; I had been singing in church from the age of 7. I had enormous opportunities to express myself in that way. I just got hooked, really.”

His training continued in 1965 when he entered the University of Birmingham, at that time one of three English universities with a drama department. “I took an academic course, which I largely ignored, I’m afraid, and just acted all the time,” he said.

He then went down to London and talked his way into his first job, “Hair,” in the West End. Curry went on to the more formalized theater of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, where he was enlisted for “The Rocky Horror Show.”

Tim Curry's other roles

He went on to futilely try to stop Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister from taking advantage of New York’s swanky Plaza Hotel in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” Curry also was Wadsworth, the unhinged butler with a secret past, in the quotable “Clue.” He played a wealthy philanthropist in 1995's “Congo” and a baddie opposite Carol Burnett in the movie “Annie.”

“Nobody could play lovable villains better than he could,” Burnett wrote on Instagram. “He was a dear friend. I was blessed to know him.”

In later years, Curry lent his baritone voice to many voice-acting roles in children’s TV series, including “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Wild Thornberrys” and “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.”

He won a Daytime Emmy in 1991 for voicing Captain Hook in “Peter Pan and the Pirates” and earned a Grammy nomination in 2002 for the audiobook of the first “Lemony Snicket” novel, “A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

After a yearslong break from live-action roles, Curry played a plague doctor-masked man in a wheelchair in 2024's “Stream,” something the film's director Michael Leavy called a dream come true.

Curry, who never married and had no children, was deeply private about his personal life. But he wrote in his memoir that he was convinced to tell his story thanks to so many moving encounters with fans.

“The notion that my experiences might resonate helps me persevere — if they strike a chord with only one teenager, alone with a book in his room, as I so often was; or that young woman reading this on an interminably long bus ride; or that older queen, hopefully still in his fishnets, who saw ‘Rocky Horror’ upstairs at the Royal Court; or that middle-aged mother who organizes ‘Clue’ watching parties and refuses entry to anybody out of costume; or that buttoned-up bank clerk who relishes musicals; or that woman who kicked me out of the Waverly for being myself,” he wrote.

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This story has been corrected to show that the original stage version was titled “The Rocky Horror Show.” It has also been updated to correct that Curry’s publicist erroneously reported the date of his death as Wednesday, not Tuesday.

Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England.

For more than a century, countless have found it in the bedside drawers of American hotel and motel rooms. It has become a symbol of America’s roadside culture and Protestant tradition. It’s mentioned in lyrics, films, Broadway shows.

“The Gideon Bible is a peculiarly and amazingly American object,” says Lori Anne Ferrell, author of “The Bible and the People.”

It began with Gideons International, an organization of evangelical business and professional men founded in 1899.

One of its members, working on a railroad expansion project, gets off the train in the town of Superior in western Montana, and checks into a hotel. He asks the owner if he can place a Bible at the front desk. She responds with a more ambitious proposal: Place a Bible in each of the hotel rooms.

The group says that it has distributed more than 2.5 billion Bibles worldwide since that day in 1908. It was the year that Ford Motor Co. began manufacturing the Model T, the first low-priced car that introduced motoring to the masses.

“All of a sudden, we have the road culture, the interstate culture, we have motels, and we have, for the first time, people leaving home,” Ferrell says. “There’s a story about America with the Gideon Bible that you can’t tell with any other Bible because it’s distributed everywhere, and it represents the movement of people across the country.”

Gideon Bibles have been distributed in prisons, military bases, hospitals, even the White House. In a 1971 ceremony, the group presented its 100 millionth Bible to President Richard Nixon.

“It’s an expression of biblicism — the idea that the Bible it’s from God to you. And it’s all you need … and that biblicism is a deep element in American culture,” says Timothy K. Beal, author of “Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith.”

Over the years, its distribution in schools faced challenges. Its presence diminished as the number of U.S. hotels that offer religious materials in their rooms dropped.

Still, it remains the religious book that quietly seeks to provide comfort in the most secular of settings — and that, even with the advent of the TV and Wi-Fi, sits in motel nightstands across America and endures.

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Más del 33% de Puerto Rico está en condiciones de sequía extrema y otro 30% bajo una sequía severa. Julio fue el mes más árido para la capital, San Juan, en más de 120 años de registros, y el segundo más caluroso.

La gobernadora Jenniffer González informó que hace más de dos semanas solicitó formalmente la declaratoria al Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos.

“Desde el primer momento dejamos clara la necesidad de nuestros agricultores”, expresó.

La declaración abarca 26 de los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico, incluidos Cabo Rojo, Ponce, Yauco, Aibonito y Lares.

La declaratoria permite que los agricultores de esas regiones accedan a préstamos de emergencia.

“Este es un paso importante”, señaló el secretario de Agricultura de Puerto Rico, Irving Rodríguez. “Exhortamos a todos los productores afectados por la sequía a documentar sus pérdidas”.

Naia Seda es una de las agricultoras que no ven la hora de solicitar ayuda financiera. Tiene una finca de seis hectáreas (15 acres) en la que cultiva aguacates, plátanos, limones y yuca.

No ha llovido desde abril. A su granja, que opera desde 2009, la atraviesan grietas de varios metros de profundidad.

“Yo nunca había visto algo así en mi finca”, puntualizó.

Lamentó cómo sus cultivos se han ido marchitando y las frutas caen al suelo antes de madurar debido al implacable calor.

El canal de riego del que dependen su finca y otras 300 en el municipio de Lajas, en el suroccidente de la isla, solía suministrar agua según se solicitaba. Seda recibía ese suministro tres veces por semana. En junio, los funcionarios limitaron el suministro a una vez por semana.

Las persistentes condiciones secas han obligado a muchos agricultores a detener la producción desde mayo, indicó Fello Pérez, proveedor de asistencia técnica en Puerto Rico para RAFI, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Carolina del Norte que atiende a agricultores pequeños y medianos en el sureste de Estados Unidos, Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos.

Pérez comentó en una entrevista telefónica que los agricultores puertorriqueños que trabajan con hidroponía y los que cultivan hortalizas son algunos de los más afectados.

Quienes cultivan frutas como café, cacao y distintos tipos de plátanos, han visto cómo caen verdes por falta de agua.

“La cosecha se adelantó”, dijo.

Quienes crían animales también se han visto afectados porque no han podido alimentar al ganado. En un intento por obtener dinero, pusieron a la venta toros jóvenes a precios de remate, pero nadie compraba debido a la sequía, explicó Pérez.

Los agricultores han perdido dinero desde mayo; uno de ellos incluso se vio obligado a retomar su trabajo como mecánico para llegar a fin de mes, agregó.

La gobernadora de Puerto Rico había declarado un estado de emergencia a finales de julio debido a las persistentes condiciones secas y activó a la Guardia Nacional para transportar, distribuir y purificar agua.

A principios de agosto anunció medidas de racionamiento de agua en ciertos vecindarios de San Juan y otras seis ciudades. Más de 180.000 clientes están sin agua hasta por 48 horas seguidas como parte de una rotación.

Grandes camiones distribuyen agua en esas zonas, con prioridad para hospitales y residencias de personas mayores.

Los meteorólogos afirman que la sequía en curso es el resultado de un ciclo natural de calentamiento conocido como El Niño, que también ha afectado a las vecinas Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos. El gobierno de Estados Unidos declaró un desastre por sequía a principios de este mes para Santo Tomás, San Juan y Santa Cruz, que están bajo sequía extrema.

Más allá de las condiciones secas, Puerto Rico también enfrenta una falta de agua atribuida al deterioro de la infraestructura.

Miles de puertorriqueños ya experimentaban escasez de agua y cambios en la presión de la misma desde hace un año.

La falta de agua no relacionada con la sequía llevó al alcalde de San Juan, Miguel Romero, a demandar a la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de la isla a finales de mayo, y la gobernadora reconoció que la infraestructura de la agencia ha carecido de inversión y mantenimiento durante décadas.

Puerto Rico implementó previamente medidas de racionamiento de agua en 2020 y en 2015, cuando unos 400.000 clientes del servicio público recibían agua solo cada tercer día.

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The incident occurred on Thursday, Aug. 6 outside of Sedano’s Supermarket, located at 950 E. Fourth Ave. in Hialeah.

According to the Hialeah Police Department, the suspect, Carlos Alvarez, loaned the victim $4,000 several days prior in order for him to purchase a vehicle.

Then on Aug. 6, police said Alvarez called the victim and asked for them to meet outside the supermarket.

According to authorities, the two conversed at first, but at one point, the victim began a video call with his girlfriend. During the call, police said Alvarez returned to his car and retrieved a gun, then went back to the victim and struck him in the face with it.

As the victim tired to get away, Alvarez fired two shots at the victim, according to an arrest report.

The report states that after the shooting occurred, Alvarez fled the scene and called the victim, who had retreated into the supermarket, telling him not to call the police.

Authorities said the victim waited a brief time before leaving the supermarket, at which time Alvarez returned and exited his vehicle, approached the victim and began punching him before again fleeing the scene.

Police said neither Alvarez or the victim were still there when officers arrived. It wasn’t until a week later on Aug. 13 that the victim reported the incident at the Hialeah Police Department’s main station, located at 5555 E. Eighth Ave.

Investigators obtained surveillance video from the area of the incident that corroborated the victim’s sworn statement, according to an arrest report.

Police said Alvarez was located at his home on Tuesday by members of HPD’s Major Crimes Unit and taken into custody.

Jail records show he is now facing charges of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

As of Wednesday morning, Alvarez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with bond listed as “to be set.”

El incidente ocurrió el jueves 6 de agosto afuera del supermercado Sedano’s, ubicado en 950 E. Fourth Ave. en Hialeah.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, el sospechoso, Carlos Alvarez, le prestó $4,000 USD a la víctima varios días antes para que pudiera comprar un vehículo.

Luego, el 6 de agosto, la policía dijo que Alvarez llamó a la víctima y le pidió que se reunieran afuera del supermercado.

Según las autoridades, ambos conversaron al principio, pero en un momento dado, la víctima inició una videollamada con su novia. Durante la llamada, la policía dijo que Alvarez regresó a su vehículo y sacó un arma, luego volvió con la víctima y la golpeó en el rostro con ella.

Mientras la víctima intentaba escapar, Alvarez le disparó dos veces, según un reporte de arresto.

El reporte señala que después de la balacera, Alvarez huyó de la escena y llamó a la víctima, quien se había refugiado dentro del supermercado, diciéndole que no llamara a la policía.

Las autoridades dijeron que la víctima esperó brevemente antes de salir del supermercado, momento en el que Alvarez regresó, salió de su vehículo, se acercó a la víctima y comenzó a golpearla con los puños antes de huir nuevamente de la escena.

La policía dijo que ni Alvarez ni la víctima seguían en el lugar cuando llegaron los oficiales. No fue hasta una semana después, el 13 de agosto, que la víctima reportó el incidente en la estación principal del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, ubicada en 5555 E. Eighth Ave.

Los investigadores obtuvieron videos de vigilancia del área donde ocurrió el incidente que corroboraron la declaración jurada de la víctima, según un reporte de arresto.

La policía dijo que Alvarez fue localizado en su casa el martes por miembros de la Unidad de Delitos Mayores del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah y fue detenido.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que ahora enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato en segundo grado con un arma mortal y agresión agravada con un arma mortal.

Hasta la mañana del miércoles, Alvarez permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, con la fianza indicada como “por determinar”.

FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It's an approach that previously eluded drugmakers for decades.

The daily pills will be sold by Revolution Medicines under the brand name Rasonque. A one-month supply would cost approximately $39,800, the company announced.

Patients taking the drug nearly doubled their survival time, with fewer severe side effects, in a study that randomly assigned them to receive the experimental treatment or more chemotherapy. The company-funded study enrolled 500 patients whose metastatic, or spreading, cancer had quit responding to prior treatment.

Patients getting the new treatment lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients. Side effects included skin rash, mouth sores, diarrhea and other digestive issues.

“This is one of the most anticipated approvals I can think of,” said Dr. Andrew Coveler of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. “This medicine is not a cure but a significant improvement.”

Pancreatic cancer is among the most deadly forms in large part because it is hard to detect before it starts spreading to other organs. The American Cancer Society estimates about 67,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the United States this year and more than 52,000 people will die from the disease. The five-year overall survival rate is 13%.

The drug garnered public attention earlier this year when former Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., described on CBS' “60 Minutes” how he has had less pain while taking it. A surge in public interest led the FDA to allow “expanded access,” before the drug’s official approval, for patients who met certain criteria.

FDA regulators noted on Wednesday that they approved the drug more than six months ahead of their target date.

"It is our fundamental duty to deliver more cures and meaningful treatments to patients as quickly as possible,” the FDA's acting commissioner, Kyle Diamantas, said in a statement.

Unlike with other cancers that have benefited from a variety of chemotherapy alternatives, pancreatic cancer has been harder to tackle.

The new drug targets mutations in the RAS gene family that normally regulates cell growth. What are known as KRAS mutations are especially critical in fueling pancreatic cancer. But a structure that made it hard for drugs to stick to the mutated proteins meant this cancer driver was long considered “undruggable.”

Doctors who treat pancreatic cancer hope the drug may usher in more new options for other forms of cancer, with scores of experimental drugs in development.

“I think this has opened doors for many other companies,” said Dr. Pashtoon Kasi of City of Hope Orange County, a California-based cancer center. “Downstream I think there are going to be a lot more trials looking at this approach in other tumor types.”

Revolution Medicines’ drug uses what’s essentially a molecular glue to bind with multiple KRAS subtypes. The Redwood City, California-based drugmaker is studying its technology for several other forms of cancer, including lung cancer.

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Yunior Orlando Fonseca-Jorge, 31, of Miami, was arrested on a third-degree grand theft charge in connection with the July 25 theft, according to a Miami Police Department arrest report.

Police said the investigation began July 27, after the victim contacted officers about a laptop that was supposed to have been delivered to her apartment on Brickell Key Drive two days earlier.

An officer responded to the building and obtained surveillance video from the property.

According to the arrest report, the footage showed Fonseca-Jorge arriving at the building at approximately 12:45 p.m. on July 25 and placing the package inside the mailroom.

Investigators said he then took a photograph of the package before picking it back up, returning to his vehicle and driving away with it.

Investigators determined the delivery had been made through Roadie, a delivery service. Police said Roadie provided information associated with the account used to make the delivery, which helped investigators identify Fonseca-Jorge as the suspect.

When a detective initially spoke with Fonseca-Jorge, police said he remembered making the delivery but claimed he had left the package in the mailroom.

After the detective told him surveillance video showed him leaving with the package, Fonseca-Jorge said he “must have lost” it, according to the report.

Another Miami police officer who had previous experience with Fonseca-Jorge later identified him from the surveillance footage, investigators said.

During a recorded interview with detectives after being taken into custody Tuesday, Fonseca-Jorge was shown the surveillance footage and identified himself as the person seen in the video, according to the arrest report.

Police said he also acknowledged remembering the incident and admitted taking the package with him when he left the property.

Fonseca-Jorge was then transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center for processing.

As of Wednesday morning, Fonseca-Jorge remained at TGK on a $2,500 bond.