La jueza del Tribunal de Distrito de EE.UU. Jacqueline Becerra condenó a Yusiel Lopez Insua a 18 meses de prisión. Lopez Insua se declaró culpable de homicidio involuntario marítimo como parte de un acuerdo con la fiscalía en julio.

Lopez Insua era el capitán de un remolcador de 25 pies que empujaba una barcaza de 108 pies. El 28 de julio de 2025, la barcaza chocó contra un velero y causó la muerte de Mila Yankelevich, de 7 años; Arielle Buchman, de 10, y Erin Ko, de 13.

Los fiscales acusaron a Lopez Insua de usar su teléfono para hacer compras en línea mientras trabajaba y lo imputaron en marzo. Habían recomendado una pena de 12 meses y un día de prisión, seguida de seis meses de arresto domiciliario.

Lopez Insua “no designó a un vigía y estuvo usando el celular mientras la embarcación navegaba. Admitió que su incumplimiento criminal de las normas básicas de seguridad marítima causó este choque mortal”. Así lo dijo el fiscal federal del Distrito Sur de Florida, Jason A. Reding Quiñones, en un comunicado en julio.

En el velero también iban un monitor de campamento de 19 años de la Miami Youth Sailing Foundation y dos niñas del campamento, que sobrevivieron. El choque hundió el velero bajo el casco de la barcaza. Una de las niñas que sobrevivió fue hospitalizada.

El Servicio de Investigaciones de la Guardia Costera de EE.UU. trabajó en el caso. El abogado Walter A. Reynoso representó a Lopez Insua. La jueza Becerra le ordenó entregarse en un plazo de 60 días.

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A recent American Heart Association report warned that one-third of U.S. Hispanic adults report no moderate or vigorous physical activity.

That is the highest rate among all U.S. racial and ethnic groups. Clara Assael was born in Venezuela and lives in Broward County. She plans to be the exception.

“Exercise for me it’s more than the way I look. Exercise for me is about my health and a quality of life. I want to have a strong heart. I want to have energy. And most of all, I want to continue doing the things I love the most as I get older,” said Assael, an exercise trainer.

Dr. Sandra Chaparro, the director of advanced heart failure at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, said the main risk factors are obesity, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, lack of exercise, and lack of sleep.

“In the Hispanic culture, usually we tend to have poor diets, poor access to healthcare, and poor management of the risk factors,” Chaparro said. “All those things contribute to earlier presentation of cardiovascular disease.

Other findings in the American Heart Association report included that 44% of Hispanic adults have high blood pressure. The highest prevalence is among Puerto Ricans and Cubans.

Exercise is just one part of the puzzle. Chaparro said 80% of heart disease risk factors are all about life-style choices. The only things that can’t change are family history and age. Assael encourages everyone to exercise.

“Exercise gives you so much energy,” Assael said. It releases your endorphins. It changes mood. It helps you with stress."

More facts from the American Heart Association:

• Hispanic people represent nearly 1 in 5 of the U.S. population and are the nation’s largest ethnic minority group, yet many continue to face barriers to achieving heart health and accessing high quality healthcare
• Nearly 46% of Hispanic adults have obesity, with the highest rates reported among Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage groups.
• Hispanic adults are diagnosed with heart failure about 8 to 9 years younger than white adults.
• Hispanic adults, on average, experience a first stroke about 6 to 8 years younger — 67 years old compared to 73 to 75 years old among white adults.
• Type 2 diabetes affects 15.5% of Hispanic adults, nearly twice the prevalence among white adults. Prevalence is highest among Mexican and Puerto Rican individuals.
• Dietary quality remains a challenge. Fewer than 2% of Hispanic adults meet recommended sodium intake goals, and fewer than 10% meet recommendations for healthy fats. Increased intake of ultraprocessed foods and sugar sweetened beverages is more commonly observed among U.S.-born Hispanic adults.
• Approximately one-third of Hispanic adults report getting less than seven hours of sleep per night, a factor linked to obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. Short sleep duration was most prevalent among individuals of Puerto Rican background.
• About 41% of all Hispanic adults and 66% of older Hispanic adults have low or limited health literacy compared with 9% of white adults. This significantly impacts how they understand medical information and work within healthcare systems to get care.
• Approximately 20% of Hispanic adults remained uninsured in 2023, compared with 6.4% of white adults and 9.8% of Black adults. This creates significant challenges for prevention and treatment.
• Cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent among Hispanic adults and often emerge at younger ages and occur more frequently among Hispanic adults compared with white adults.
• Hispanic people remain underrepresented overall in the research that guides prevention and treatment strategies. More detailed data collection and reporting across Hispanic heritage backgrounds will be essential to better understand community-specific risks, strengths and healthcare needs

U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Becerra sentenced Yusiel Lopez Insua to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of seaman’s manslaughter as part of a plea agreement in July.

Yusiel Lopez Insua was the captain of a 25-foot tugboat that was pushing a 108-foot barge that struck a sailboat on July 28, 2025, and killed 7-year-old Mila Yankelevich, 10-year-old Arielle Buchman, and 13-year-old Erin Ko.

Prosecutors, who accused Lopez Insua of using his phone to shop online while working and charged him in March, had recommended 12 months and one day in prison, followed by six months of house arrest.

Lopez Insua ”failed to assign a lookout and engaged in cellphone activity while underway. He admitted that his criminal failure to follow basic maritime safety rules caused this deadly collision,” U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement in July.

A 19-year-old Miami Youth Sailing Foundation camp counselor and two campers who were in the sailboat survived the crash, which submerged the sailboat beneath the barge’s hull. One of the girls who survived was hospitalized.

During the sentencing hearing, Becerra compared Lopez Insua’s negligence to driving down Interstate 95 with a blindfold on.

The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service worked on the case. Attorney Walter A. Reynoso represented Lopez Insua, whom Becerra ordered to surrender in 60 days.

“He is sick with grief and will hold his intense guilt and remorse for the rest of his life,” Reynoso said after the sentencing hearing.

Alberto Sierra’s mother took the stand.

Through a Spanish-language interpreter, Mercedes Pedraza shared with the jury what her son told her after his arrest in the 2012 triple homicide.

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“Mommy, everything is going to be OK. Don’t worry,” Pedraza recalled her son saying. “I gave him a kiss and that was it.”

Sierra, 42, has already confessed to brutally killing Gladys Machado, 29, and her two little girls, 6-year-old Julia Padrino and 3-year-old Daniela Padrino.

Asked whether she would be there for Alberto if he were sentenced to life in prison without parole, Pedraza said, “Sure, but he is my son, and I am not justifying what he did. I am not making up any excuses, but he is my son.”

His defense team, seeking a life sentence, wants the jury to consider aspects of its client’s background, including his struggles with Type 1 diabetes.

“Yes, I do remember he had another hospitalization regarding diabetes,” Pedraza said.

The defense also wants jurors to consider what it says was a life-changing car accident when Sierra was a minor that affected his brain.

“He was more uneasy than he used to be,” Pedraza said.

On cross-examination, lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin pointed out that Sierra learned English after the accident.

The state, which is seeking the death penalty, raised other points on cross-examination that it wants the jury to consider.

After questioning, Pedraza testified that her son hadn’t done well in school prior to the accident.

Pedraza also testified that she knew her son smoked marijuana.

Sierra teared up as his mother said she could not excuse his actions but that he was her son, showing the most emotion he has displayed in the courtroom to date.

Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.

The statement made no mention of treatment going forward, and the Vatican said doctors were not currently speaking of chemotherapy or other therapies pending the results of other tests. The Vatican press office noted the medical statement spoke of the “radical” removal of the lobe as an indication that doctors removed all suspect tissue in hopes of removing any lingering traces of the cancer.

Leo’s lymph nodes also would have been removed and tested, to determine if the cancer had spread, and there was no word yet on those test results.

“Adenocarcinoma is the most common (type of lung cancer), also with the most favorable prognosis,” said Dr. Stephen Liu, a lung cancer expert at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. “While we know the diagnosis we now need to know the stage.”

“We now need to know how big it is, how many spots in the lung are involved. Is it just one nodule, or more than one, and the lymph nodes, are they cancerous?” Liu said.

If the cancer has spread, more tests will be needed to determine what kind of therapy to pursue, he said. Options include chemotherapy, a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy or targeted therapy, which involves oral pills for specific cancers.

The Vatican says the surgery was successful

The 71-year-old was in the operating room for about three hours, the Vatican statement said. The surgery itself lasted approximately 90 minutes.

“The surgery was successful, and there were no complications,” the statement said, adding that the pope later returned to his room.

The right lung is divided into three sections or lobes while the left has two. After one lobe is removed, the remainder of the lung can gradually compensate, especially in otherwise healthy and physically active people.

Leo had walked into Rome’s Gemelli hospital through the main entrance earlier in the day and waved to dozens of well-wishers who had gathered to greet him. The Vatican said the surgery would be performed by a team led by Gemelli’s chief thoracic surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora.

The American pontiff has offered a rare level of transparency about the first publicly disclosed major health problem of his 17-month papacy. He revealed the discovery of the localized nodule during his Sunday noon prayer and announced that he would have it removed.

Oncologists said prior to the operation that even if the nodule turned out to be cancerous, Leo’s prognosis would be “excellent” since it would have been removed at an early stage.

The Vatican on Monday canceled all Leo’s audiences through Oct. 20.

While Gemelli has a specific papal apartment that past popes have used, complete with a private chapel on the 10th floor, Leo will actually be staying in a nearby room since the papal apartment is undergoing renovations, according to the Vatican press office.

Recovery could allow November travel to South America

There was no word on whether Leo would be able to keep his planned trip to South America next month.

Oncologists often advise patients not to fly for three weeks after surgery — which would give the pope just the interval needed to make his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, depending on his recovery.

The current itinerary for the trip is ambitious and the longest of his papacy to date, calling for Leo to clock just over 31,000 kilometers (19,000 miles) on a dozen flights and two helicopter rides, and a significant altitude change in Peru.

“He has decided to undergo surgery soon in order to not change his plans for future overseas trips, so there is no need to worry, as it is not an emergency,” said Tokyo Cardinal Kikuchi Tsutomu, who saw Leo on Monday.

A lung nodule is a small abnormal area measuring less than 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) that sometimes appears on a CT scan of the chest or abdomen. Often, the scans are done to investigate trauma or a lung infection, unrelated to a lung cancer screening. A nodule can be benign or malignant, and oftentimes surgical removal is recommended both to establish whether it is cancer and to treat a malignancy while it is still localized.

Pope was hospitalized for typhoid fever in 1985

This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming.

As a young missionary priest, he came down with typhoid fever in 1985, soon after arriving in Chulucanas, Peru. The illness and hospitalization were a cathartic moment for him to decide to stay in the poverty and discomfort of Peru after living in relative comfort in Rome — a decision that ultimately paved the way to his papacy, according to an interview Leo gave to Elise Ann Allen in 2025 for “Pope Leo XIV: The Biography.”

According to the book, Leo said he prayed to God to let him die rather than suffer the “horrible” pain of the fever. “I was hooked up to an IV, and I said, ‘If this is your sense of humor, Lord, I think you could do a little better.’

“Obviously, I survived; I recovered, but it turned out to be a very significant moment for me, because it was like, ’Well, you’ve already dealt with the illness; you already see what the needs are here — the order, the Augustinians, the church are telling you, ‘We need you here; go for it.’ I never looked back.”

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Barry reported from Milan. Associated Press writer Lauran Neergaard in Washington contributed to this report.

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Un informe reciente de la Asociación Americana del Corazón advirtió que un tercio de los adultos hispanos en EE.UU. no hace ninguna actividad física moderada ni intensa.

Es la tasa más alta entre todos los grupos raciales y étnicos del país. Clara Assael nació en Venezuela y vive en el condado de Broward. Ella quiere ser la excepción.

“Para mí, el ejercicio es más que verme bien. Es mi salud y mi calidad de vida. Quiero tener un corazón fuerte, quiero tener energía y, sobre todo, quiero seguir haciendo lo que más me gusta a medida que envejezco”, dijo Assael, que es entrenadora física.

La Dra. Sandra Chaparro, directora de insuficiencia cardíaca avanzada del Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, dijo que los principales factores de riesgo son la obesidad, la hipertensión, la diabetes, el tabaquismo, la falta de ejercicio y la falta de sueño.

“En la cultura hispana, por lo general, tenemos una mala alimentación, poco acceso a la atención médica y un mal control de los factores de riesgo”, dijo Chaparro. “Todo eso hace que las enfermedades cardiovasculares aparezcan más temprano”.

Según el informe de la Asociación Americana del Corazón, el 44% de los adultos hispanos tiene la presión arterial alta. La mayor prevalencia se da entre los puertorriqueños y los cubanos.

El ejercicio es solo una pieza del rompecabezas. Según Chaparro, el 80% de los factores de riesgo de enfermedades del corazón dependen del estilo de vida. Lo único que no se puede cambiar son los antecedentes familiares y la edad. Assael anima a todo el mundo a hacer ejercicio.

“El ejercicio te da muchísima energía”, dijo Assael. “Libera endorfinas, te cambia el ánimo y te ayuda con el estrés”.

Otros datos de la Asociación Americana del Corazón:

• Los hispanos representan casi 1 de cada 5 habitantes de EE.UU. y son la minoría étnica más grande del país. Aun así, muchos siguen enfrentando obstáculos para tener una buena salud cardiovascular y acceder a atención médica de calidad.
• Casi el 46% de los adultos hispanos tiene obesidad. Las tasas más altas se registran entre las personas de origen puertorriqueño y dominicano.
• A los adultos hispanos se les diagnostica insuficiencia cardíaca entre 8 y 9 años antes que a los adultos blancos.
• En promedio, los adultos hispanos sufren su primer derrame cerebral entre 6 y 8 años antes: a los 67 años, frente a los 73 a 75 años en los adultos blancos.
• La diabetes tipo 2 afecta al 15.5% de los adultos hispanos, casi el doble que entre los adultos blancos. La prevalencia es mayor entre las personas de origen mexicano y puertorriqueño.
• La calidad de la alimentación sigue siendo un reto. Menos del 2% de los adultos hispanos cumple con las metas recomendadas de consumo de sodio, y menos del 10% cumple con las recomendaciones de grasas saludables. El mayor consumo de alimentos ultraprocesados y bebidas azucaradas se observa con más frecuencia entre los adultos hispanos nacidos en EE.UU.
• Alrededor de un tercio de los adultos hispanos duerme menos de siete horas por noche, un factor relacionado con la obesidad, la diabetes y la presión arterial alta. Dormir poco es más común entre las personas de origen puertorriqueño.
• Cerca del 41% de todos los adultos hispanos y el 66% de los hispanos de mayor edad tienen un nivel bajo o limitado de conocimientos sobre salud, frente al 9% de los adultos blancos. Esto afecta mucho su capacidad para entender la información médica y para moverse dentro del sistema de salud y recibir atención.
• Alrededor del 20% de los adultos hispanos seguía sin seguro médico en 2023, frente al 6.4% de los adultos blancos y el 9.8% de los adultos negros. Esto dificulta mucho la prevención y el tratamiento.
• Los factores de riesgo cardiovascular son muy comunes entre los adultos hispanos. Suelen aparecer a edades más tempranas y con más frecuencia que en los adultos blancos.
• Los hispanos siguen teniendo poca representación en las investigaciones que orientan las estrategias de prevención y tratamiento. Será esencial recopilar y reportar datos más detallados según los distintos orígenes hispanos. Así se podrán entender mejor los riesgos, las fortalezas y las necesidades de salud de cada comunidad.

La madre de Alberto Sierra subió al estrado.

Mediante un intérprete de español, Mercedes Pedraza le contó al jurado lo que su hijo le dijo tras ser arrestado por el triple homicidio de 2012.

“Mami, todo va a estar bien. No te preocupes”, recordó Pedraza que le dijo su hijo. “Le di un beso y eso fue todo”.

Sierra, de 42 años, ya confesó haber matado brutalmente a Gladys Machado, de 29 años, y a sus dos pequeñas hijas, Julia Padrino, de 6 años, y Daniela Padrino, de 3.

Le preguntaron si estaría al lado de Alberto si lo condenaran a cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad condicional. Pedraza respondió: “Claro, porque es mi hijo. Y no estoy justificando lo que hizo. No estoy buscando excusas, pero es mi hijo”.

Su equipo de defensa busca una condena a cadena perpetua. Quiere que el jurado tome en cuenta aspectos de la vida de su cliente, como sus problemas con la diabetes tipo 1.

“Sí, recuerdo que tuvo otra hospitalización por la diabetes”, dijo Pedraza.

La defensa también quiere que el jurado considere un accidente automovilístico que, según los abogados, le cambió la vida a Sierra cuando era menor de edad y le afectó el cerebro.

“Estaba más inquieto que antes”, dijo Pedraza.

Durante el contrainterrogatorio, la fiscal principal, Abbe Rifkin, señaló que Sierra aprendió inglés después del accidente.

La fiscalía, que pide la pena de muerte, planteó en el contrainterrogatorio otros puntos que quiere que el jurado tome en cuenta.

Al ser interrogada, Pedraza declaró que a su hijo no le iba bien en la escuela antes del accidente.

Pedraza también declaró que sabía que su hijo fumaba marihuana.

Sierra lloró cuando su madre dijo que no podía justificar lo que hizo, pero que era su hijo. Es la mayor emoción que ha mostrado en la sala hasta ahora.

Local 10 News’ Jeff Derderian spoke with Leslie Rimboeck, a survivor of sexual assault.

Rimboeck said she was a victim of domestic and sexual assault by her ex, who she says slammed her in the face with her own cellphone, an act that was captured on video.

“There are days I stayed in bed, I couldn’t get out of bed,” she said.

Prosecutors in New York are investigating allegations of gang rape at Cornell University after an initial investigation two years ago by school officials resulted in no charges being filed.

Local 10 News has uncovered that colleges and universities are required to report certain crimes to the U.S. Department of Education, including rape and fondling.

Think of it as a school’s ugly secret.

It’s certainly not numbers they promote in any brochure.

Local 10 News reviewed the most recent federally reported data under what’s called the Clery Act for colleges and universities in South Florida.

The data is from 2024 and showed there were 25 reported rapes between the University of Miami, Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern University.

The University of Miami documented seven rapes and five cases of fondling, FIU had nine reported rapes and six cases of fondling, FAU reported three rapes and six cases of fondling, and NSU reported six rapes and five cases of fondling.

“That number, when you said it, gave me chills,” said Rimboeck. “There’s no doubt it my mind the number is way more.”

Rimboeck said the shame and embarrassment is real, and defense lawyers who try to “dirty you up” makes it extremely hard for women to come forward.

“At the time, you feel shame, you feel like it’s your fault, and you feel fear,” she said.

Jewish Community Services in Miami Beach have helped many women, including Rimboeck, a mother of two, and had a message for young women in school: don’t stay silent.

“It’s very hard for them to make sense of how things unfolded, why they are the victim,” said Jewish Community Services Program Manager Dana Hahn. “It’s very hard, and also that they may be blamed.”

Rimboeck hopes young women at schools in South Florida do speak out like she did.

Local 10 News reached out to the four aforementioned South Florida schools.

FAU and UM said they offer to help the victim report the crime to authorities if they wish. The other two schools did not respond as of the time of this story’s publication.

President Donald Trump’s administration had said earlier Tuesday it had asked Guilfoyle to leave her post after she faced severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

That revelation came in response to a question to freshly minted White House press secretary Katie Zacharia at her first media briefing Tuesday morning. Zacharia said Guilfoyle “has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.”

“She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading,” Trump said just after Guilfoyle’s resignation, which was posted on her X account. He said he had not spoken to her but “she will not be there.”

Guilfoyle’s departure comes after its possibility was previewed to The Associated Press over the weekend and Trump registered his unhappiness on Monday at reports about her alleged conduct. Those comments came a day after the AP, citing a senior U.S. official, reported that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct.

Guilfoyle denies the accusations and cites her ‘decades of public service’

In a series of stories dating to late last month, The Wall Street Journal has reported questionable conduct by Guilfoyle, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the Republican administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

Guilfoyle addressed the accusations directly in her resignation post on X, saying, “These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”

“I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional,” she said. “I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”

In a statement released late Sunday, Guilfoyle’s lawyers denied that she had done anything wrong and claimed that the money she was seeking from a Trump donor was payment for services — public appearances and speaking engagements that predate her ambassadorial nomination — that had not been paid.

The lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, also rejected allegations of impropriety related to Guilfoyle’s travel on private planes, saying that before every such trip she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations.”

They did not immediately return calls Tuesday.

The allegations began surfacing weeks ago

After defending Guilfoyle following the first report, Rubio declined to comment publicly on the growing allegations. Last week, Rubio said: “Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.”

But after another report appeared later, Rubio — speaking Thursday before leaving Athens — berated journalists for asking about the allegations. He said that he didn’t know if they were true and that he would not respond if he could not confirm them.

“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” Rubio said at the foot of his plane as Guilfoyle, who was there to see him depart, looked on.

A second U.S. official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said the State Department’s inspector general was looking into the allegations, which first began surfacing in the Journal late last month and have since multiplied.

The second official could not say if a formal IG probe had begun. Inspectors general often conduct informal inquiries into complaints against staffers, and many times those inquiries do not result in a full-on investigation, which can result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. The State Department has declined to comment on a potential IG investigation.

There was no immediate response to Zacharia’s statement from the Greek government or Cabinet members.

Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, Greek opposition parties had called on the Foreign Ministry to summon Guilfoyle to respond to the allegations made against her. “This, most importantly, is an issue of national dignity,” Sia Anagnostopoulou, a former deputy foreign minister, said in parliament Friday. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis responded that Guilfoyle had been treated “the same way as every other ambassador” and argued that an official summons had not been necessary.

Hours earlier, Guilfoyle had posted photos of her meeting this week with the Spanish ambassador to Athens as well as birthday wishes for Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, accompanied by Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night,” from the 2023 soundtrack of the movie “Barbie.”

Greece has taken on an increasingly important and influential role because of its geographic location in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly on energy issues as the war with Iran has spiked global oil prices. Besides the vast number of Greek-registered oil tankers that regularly ply the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, Greece is well positioned to be a pipeline conduit for liquefied natural gas imports into the Balkans and beyond.

As the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Guilfoyle had put an emphasis on energy issues, although her close association with executives in that sector was part of what got her into trouble.

Democrats call for an investigation

The top two Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as the ranking member on the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., have already called for an investigation into Guilfoyle.

Since late September, the Journal has detailed numerous accounts of questionable conduct by Guilfoyle. Its first report said that she had told guests at a reception that the United States could undermine the Greek government if it chose to, promoted the business interests of one particular Greek construction and energy company and allowed its lobbyist into private diplomatic meetings.

While Rubio was in Athens, the Journal reported — citing text messages — that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor and supporter to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.

The Journal then reported that Guilfoyle had been enraged about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives.

Another report, from the British tabloid The Daily Mail, said that Guilfoyle had alienated staff at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and had pushed the bounds of behavior appropriate for the top representative of the U.S. government to Greece.

Guilfoyle is a former Fox News Channel host and California prosecutor who was married to Democrat Gavin Newsom when he was San Francisco’s mayor, before he became California’s governor. She later was engaged to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr.

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AP journalists Derek Gatopoulos in Athens and Darlene Superville at the White House contributed.

Former Mayor Dana Goldman is trying to unseat the current mayor, Larisa Svechin.

“I’d like to say that I am the voice for change,” said Goldman, who served as mayor between 2021 and 2022.

She claims sidewalks are deteriorating and parks on the north end of the city need to be improved.

“Our streets are in deplorable condition, our sidewalks, maintenance and repair, the bathrooms,” said Goldman.

Svechin says the city is changing aging cobblestone blocks to cement.

“We’re on Collins Avenue, FDOT comes in anytime they want to do work, and they literally destroy the sidewalk and don’t tell us anything,” said Svechin. “So we’re not in control of everything, but where we can control it and where we can solve for it, we absolutely do.”

Svechin said the city is upgrading its parks and replacing old playgrounds with new facilities.

“We just recently opened a brand-new sports park with tennis courts and basketball courts, literally brand new,” she said.

Both candidates agreed that there is too much traffic, and they have the same idea to fix it.

They want to do away with timed traffic cameras and utilize AI based on actual road demand.

“I believe with AI and new technology, and the adoption of the county with signalization, we can improve that,” said Goldman.

Added Svechin: “I’m already working with barrier island mayors, together with Golden Beach, us, Bal Harbour, Surfside and Miami Beach, to get all of our signals corrected.”

Both candidates also acknowledged South Florida’s affordability problem.

Svechin said Sunny Isles Beach has the lowest millage tax rate in Miami-Dade County.

“There’s plans to continue our low tax rate, potentially decrease it even more,” said Svechin.

Goldman says parking rates are too high, with some parts of the city charging non-residents $10 an hour to park their vehicles.

“I’m promising we’re going to lower it,” said Goldman.

Svechin said the rates are lower for the city’s residents for a reason.

“Our residents pay the lowest parking rate, which is $3 per hour,” she said. “The parking rates that are more expensive are for non-residents, and the purpose of this is to allow our residents to be able to enjoy the city which they pay for.”

A third candidate on the Sunny Isles Beach mayoral ballot, Robert Spence III, did not respond to an interview request for this story.

“There’s only one party that has been consistent from the beginning until today about what happened,” Vaccaro’s attorney, Paul Schwiep, told jurors.

Vaccaro filed for divorce in 2025 and later amended her complaint to seek damages, alleging battery, assault, domestic violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. They were married for 18 months before the filing.

“In this courtroom, they don’t care how many touchdowns you have,” Schwiep said. “We respectfully request you find for Lakeeta on each count for liability and award her damages that are fair and just.”

Hill’s attorneys disputed the allegations, arguing that Vaccaro had not presented sufficient evidence to support her claims.

“The law requires the greater weight of the evidence, not the greater number of allegations,” Hill’s attorney, Michael Gottlieb, told jurors.

Gottlieb also argued that Vaccaro’s financial expectations had not been met, saying, “Her ambition to take his money wasn’t met, so she files this action.”

Vaccaro alleged that she hid in a bathroom during the incident and that Hill grabbed her and forcibly tried to remove her wedding ring. Before the judge could rule on the motion, Vaccaro’s legal team voluntarily withdrew count four.

Dr. Patricia Zapf, a clinical forensic psychologist who testified via Zoom, was the final witness in the trial.

Hill’s estranged wife, Lakeeta Vaccaro, has accused him of abusing her during their 18-month marriage.

Zapf said she interviewed Vaccaro, reviewed information about the couple’s marriage and background, examined police reports and depositions from both Vaccaro and Hill, and conducted psychological testing.

Asked whether Vaccaro suffered from a psychological diagnosis or disorder as a result of her allegations against Hill, Zapf testified: “My opinion is that Mrs. Hill does not meet requirements for diagnostic criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD or any other mental illness. She does not meet diagnostic criteria. I have not diagnosed her with any mental disorder.”

Earlier Tuesday, Hill’s attorneys renewed their request for a directed verdict on a claim related to an alleged incident at Hill’s home in Southwest Ranches.

Vaccaro alleged that she hid in a bathroom during the incident and that Hill grabbed her and forcibly tried to remove her wedding ring.

Hill’s attorneys argued that Vaccaro had not presented sufficient evidence to support the claim. Before the judge could rule on the motion, Vaccaro’s legal team voluntarily withdrew count four.

Vaccaro filed for divorce in 2025 and later amended her complaint to seek damages, alleging abuse during the marriage.

Hill testified last week that he did not abuse his wife. He said he put his hands on her only once, claiming he was restraining her because she was being aggressive toward him.

If jurors find Hill liable, they will also have to determine whether damages should be awarded and, if so, how much. Vaccaro’s attorney suggested damages of approximately $1 million per count, while leaving the final determination to the jury.

As deliberations continue, the outcome will determine whether Hill is held financially liable for any of the claims raised in the lawsuit.

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The vote gives the county the authority to take any necessary legal action to go inside the Broward Sheriff’s Office headquarters and examine the sheriff’s budget to see how he is spending taxpayer dollars.

“Everything stops if they just open their books and say, ‘Here’s what we’re spending our money on.’ It’s that simple, folks,” Broward Mayor Mark Bogen said.

The emergency meeting was led by Bogen on Tuesday morning.

The vote gives the county attorney the authority to sue the sheriff if negotiations go nowhere.

The board wants a closer look at the sheriff’s $870 million budget and exactly how the agency is spending taxpayer dollars.

The mayor says the county has a legal right to see the budget.

“We have a sheriff who refuses to disclose things, fights our requests, locks his doors, hides in his office making videos,” Bogen said.

On Monday, the mayor and commissioners were blocked from going inside BSO’s officer the to see its training facility, which the county auditor says cost more than twice what was expected, ballooning from $34 million to $73 million, which was already shown in audit in 2024.

“We sent many emails to the command staff saying we would like to view the gym and they don’t respond,” Bogen said. “They don’t respond.”

Right afterward, during a news conference, Tony claimed it was a distraction as statewide prosecutors sent subpoenas to all commissioners last month while investigating the county’s study about possibly removing BSO from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

“It has been nothing more than a disguise to distract from what is actually taking place: an unprecedented criminal investigation,” Tony told reporters.

Tony went a step further on Tuesday, showing Local 10 News reporter Janine Stanwood the training facility.

“So this is a little uncommon, Janine, for me to show anyone what our toilets look like,” Tony said.

One commissioner claimed the facility has “gilded toilets.”

“And there you are, no gold,” Tony told Stanwood.

He showed Local 10 News the facility’s cold plunge, gym and sauna, as well as two massage tables for physical therapy.

All of it, Tony said, is “getting our people back into the field faster.”

Tony responded to criticism about placing his name on the logos on curtains and other places within the facility.

He said commissioners have turned it into “some scandalous approach about branding.”

Stanwood asked, “People might look at those weight plates and they say, ‘Why do you need to put Broward County Sheriff?’”

“Pride,” Tony, who said the branding was a nominal cost, said. “Organizational pride. Keep fighting. Let’s go.”

He said of commissioners’ request to tour the facility, “Over the span of two years since we’ve opened, there has been not one formal email request from any of those commissioners.”

Stanwood asked Tony, “So why not just say to the county ‘Here, look at the books. You don’t have to put in a FOIA because the taxpayers should be able to see what’s going on?’”

Costs, he said, are “already in the books. It’s in their audit report. I have tried everything possible to negotiate in good faith, present data and factual figures and it has fallen on deaf ears.”

“But why won’t you go to a commission meeting?” Stanwood asked.

“Because attending commission meetings, at this point in time, has become nothing more than theater,” Tony responded.

Tony has claimed the battle is a distraction as statewide prosecutors sent subpoenas to all commissioners last month while investigating the county’s study about possibly removing BSO from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

“It has been nothing more than a disguise to distract from what is actually taking place: an unprecedented criminal investigation,” Tony told reporters at a news conference on Monday.

He later called Tuesday’s vote an “assault” on his independence as a constitutional officer.

Local 10 News has reached out to state investigators.

During Tuesday’s commission meeting, Bogen said he has not heard of any criminal probe and asked the county attorney to confirm that.

“Counsel, are you aware of any of us or any of the staff here (who are) under a criminal investigation?” Bogen said.

“Um, mayor, I’m not aware of any criminal investigation,” the county attorney replied.

Commissioner Lamar Fisher is also proposing taking the 911 system away from the sheriff.

There is a meeting next Tuesday when that proposal will come up.

If approved, he says the transition will happen immediately.

It was the vision of Jim Moran, the founder of JM Family Enterprises, who died in 2007. More than $800,000 has been donated in honor of more than 200 honorees.

On Tuesday night, the ceremony, sponsored by JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors, and JM Lexus, is at The Parker in Fort Lauderdale.

Here is the list of four honorees and a promising student who will receive a scholarship to Florida State University:

Darius V. Daughtry is the Arts & Culture honoree.

Gordon Eric Knowles is the Business & Entrepreneurship honoree.

Kirk Brown is the Community Service honoree.

Tameka Bradley is the Education honoree.

Samuel Touze is the 2026 Jerome Edmund Gray Youth Achiever.

Wednesday will offer sunshine, scattered clouds and east-northeast winds, sustained 5 to 15 mph. Humidity levels will start to increase. An isolated shower or two is not completely out of the question.

Alexandra Baraga, 29, of Shoreview, Minnesota, entered a no-contest plea in the case.

The judge accepted the agreement, sentencing her to four years in prison and six years of probation.

When the crash happened in April of 2024 near mile marker 87 in Islamorada, investigators said Baraga, then 26, was driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.31% when she hit MCSO Deputy Julian Garcia, also 26, at full speed while he was conducting a traffic stop.

That’s nearly four times the legal limit of 0.08%.

Doctors were forced to amputate Garcia’s leg as a result of the crash.

Video from the scene shows him pinned between two cars.

“I didn’t want, just because I lost a leg, that I can’t live no more,” said Garcia, who refused to let the crash define him.

The young deputy went through extensive rehab and eventually returned to law enforcement.

“People need to realize that distracting driving or driving under the influence, it cannot just affect the person that you hit, but they’re family members and friends,” said Garcia. “It’s obviously changed my life now. I wear a prosthetic above the knee. I can still do things, but I have to find ways to adapt to make it easier for me.”

Deputy Landon Gardner was there when the crash happened.

“You can’t even put it into words really,” he said. “He was back to work in less than, I want to say a year and a half, maybe two years, after losing his leg.”

Garcia credits Gardner and other first responders with helping to save his life.

“This is a very demanding job,” said Gardner. “And to be able to recover from losing your leg, and get back to being a law enforcement officer, it’s just insane to even think about it.”

The Korn Ferry report that was made public Tuesday — a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press — contains a list of six strengths and seven weaknesses which Flores' attorneys say show the league still uses racial stereotypes in hiring and is unlawfully retaliating against the coach for his lawsuit against the league alleging racial discrimination.

The report, which was first published by Front Office Sports, was prepared in connection with the Las Vegas Raiders' coaching vacancy in 2024. Flores is now the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.

"The recently unsealed documents demonstrate two unfortunate, but unsurprising, realities,” attorney Michael J. Willemin wrote in a statement. “First, that Mr. Flores’ decision to hold the league and its teams accountable for systemic race discrimination has been met with unlawful retaliation. Second, discrimination continues to play a significant role in the hiring process for NFL Head Coaches, as evidenced by the fact that the candidate profile prepared for the Raiders leans heavily on racial stereotypes. We and Mr. Flores are committed to eradicating the institutional racism and retaliation that permeates the league, its teams and their partners.”

The NFL didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

One of the strengths listed says Flores is a “polished and a good presenter despite growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn (same as Mike Tyson). He was able to build a strong friendship with a billionaire’s son which gave him opportunities to socialize and learn how to build relationships with white-collar and upper-class individuals.”

Brownsville is a predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhood in Brooklyn.

One of the negatives says Flores “can fool you with his polish upwards. Has little people skills, lacks self-awareness and can sometimes exhibit erratic behavior. (Former Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's) statements have opened the narrative that Brian was “pessimistic and adversarial” and his style “shattered his confidence.”

Other negatives listed included that Flores' “personality is unpredictable” and that he “once threatened violence to his GM and made irrational demands during an ownership meeting.”

The report goes on to say that a long-term senior executive said Flores "may have changed since, but he was the worst hiring decision we've ever made.”

The final negative was that the ongoing litigation related to the coach's discrimination case against the NFL could cause a distraction.

Flores, who is Black, sued the league and three teams in February 2022, alleging the league was “rife with racism” regarding its hiring practices when it comes to Black coaches. Flores had recently been fired from his head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins.

He was later joined in the lawsuit by fellow Black coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton.

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Melody Bryant, also known as James Cody Bryant, of Bellingham, Washington, was charged this month with conspiring to murder people in a foreign country. Investigators said she provided assistance to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people and wounded 27 in the mountain community of Tumbler Ridge in February.

Bryant declined to report Van Rootselaar's plans, agreed to distribute a livestream of the attack, provided money and shared advice on how to delete online messages to keep the plot a secret, according to a criminal complaint filed this month in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

At a detention hearing Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler said she did not believe there were any conditions — such as internet restrictions — that could ensure the safety of the community if Bryant were to be released pending trial.

Bryant has not entered a plea, and her public defender, Greg Murphy, said in court he has not yet been provided with evidence needed to evaluate the government's case against her.

Murphy argued for her release pending trial, noting that federal agents first interviewed Bryant just days after the attack and allowed her to remain free in the ensuing seven months.

Even after filing the complaint against her on Oct. 2, the government waited for four days to take her into custody, Murphy noted.

“There is no evidence that suggests any new danger to the communty in the last seven months since the government first interviewed her,” Murphy said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg told the judge that the criminal charge carried a presumption that Bryant would be detained.

“The defendant was, over the course of months, in daily communication with someone who was planning a mass murder event in British Columbia,” Greenberg said. “Bryant chose not to intervene.”

Authorities say Van Rootselaar killed her mother and stepbrother at home before attacking a nearby secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, killing five children ages 12 and 13 as well as an educational assistant. Van Rootselaar was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian Rockies is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of Vancouver, British Columbia, near the provincial border with Alberta. The provincial government website lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as having 175 students from Grades 7 to 12.

The families of victims are suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI in U.S. federal court, seeking to hold the ChatGPT maker responsible for failing to alert police to the shooter’s alarming interactions with the chatbot.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the leading House Republican super PAC, canceled spending in four races from the Midwest to the East Coast and increased its investment in 16 other races from Texas to Pennsylvania.

Meanwhile, Democrats' House campaign committee is eyeing openings in Republican-held districts and hoping to raise millions of dollars in the next week to fuel a late round of advertising that they say could net at least a half dozen more seats.

The shifting money in the final three weeks of midterm campaigns points to an increasingly defensive posture by Republicans, who have already trimmed their expectations in U.S. Senate races, and new aggression from Democrats, who are trying to capitalize on President Donald Trump's weak approval ratings.

“A lot of seats are in the competitive range, and only really two are — maybe three — are possible Republican pickups," said David McIntosh, president of the conservative Club For Growth, noting voter dissatisfaction with the economy and Republican dissatisfaction with Congress' inability to pass Trump's SAVE Act regarding voter registration. "It looked like Republicans were weak, and so you’ve seen a lot of drop-off in enthusiasm.”

“You can tell now where people are competing based on where they’re putting the money,” said Stu Sandler, a Republican strategist working on House and statewide races this year.

Republicans cut back in front-line districts

The Congressional Leadership Fund is no longer spending on advertising in Iowa's 1st District, where three-term Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending her seat against Democrat Christina Bohannan, according to two Republican campaign officials familiar with the group's plans.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to share private strategy conversations.

Bohannan is running for her third time against Miller-Meeks. Last time, the race was decided by only 799 votes, making it the second-closest in the country. It's an eastern Iowa district where congressional cuts to Medicaid have been linked to hospital service closures and high diesel prices have been a challenge for farmers.

Likewise, the officials said the group won't keep spending in New Jersey's 7th District, where second-term Republican Rep. Tom Kean is facing off against Democrat Rebecca Bennett. Kean has been under scrutiny for his four-month absence from Congress, which he left unexplained until disclosing a mental health crisis upon his return. Kean, who won by 5.4 percentage points two years ago, has also faced questions over his support for Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war.

These races, as well as one in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area and one in east-central Michigan, have accounted for $13.3 million in Congressional Leadership Fund spending, more than 12% of its total through Oct. 13.

The group is reinforcing its spending in a series of districts where Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris by narrow margins in 2024.

Sandler said his party needs to turn out voters who usually participate in presidential elections but often stay home in the midterms.

“One thing you can’t say is that they’ve been under-resourced,” he said. “Republican resources are at a high. They’ve never been this well-funded in the midterm.”

Democrats try to scrounge up more money

As House Republicans have retrenched, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee believes at least a dozen more races could be within striking distance. However, they need more money to take advantage.

The committee launched a $17 million fundraising drive, with a deadline of Oct. 22, to pump advertising onto the air in districts that were once seen as out of reach.

“It’s not that we need the money to win in the districts where we have been running to get to 218 seats,” said Courtney Rice, the committee’s communication director. “We’re talking about the next level.”

One is Ohio's 10th, a Dayton-area district represented by 12-term Republican Rep. Mike Turner. Democrats see Turner as beatable despite the former Dayton mayor's durability and 18 percentage-point victory two years ago. Trump carried the district by six percentage points in 2024.

Turner didn't begin advertising until late September, according to AdImpact, later than most competitive House incumbents, and the National Republican Congressional Committee started spending there this week.

If the Democratic committee reaches its goal, it would also start spending in the Miami area, suburban St. Louis, Missouri and the Little Rock, Arkansas, area. They would be able to buy ads in coordination with the campaigns at the lower rate available to candidates, due to a June Supreme Court decision, squeezing more ad time from those dollars.

Nebraska sees surge of spending

Senate Republicans are pouring millions more into Nebraska to protect Sen. Pete Ricketts, the latest sign of how dramatically their spending priorities have shifted from battleground states toward defending seats they once expected to hold comfortably.

Ricketts is facing a challenge from independent Dan Osborn, who is backed by Democrats. Trump won Nebraska by more than 20 percentage points in 2024.

The Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate GOP leadership, said Tuesday it was behind a $15 million investment in the state.

Other groups are also pumping money into the race, with the cryptocurrency-backed super PAC Fairshake launching a $7 million advertising campaign, according to AdImpact data.

The group has also increased its investment in Ohio’s Senate race, bringing its total spending there to $45 million in support of Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who is up against Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown.

The Nebraska investment follows new spending by the Senate Leadership Fund in Kansas and South Carolina, two other states Trump won by double digits in 2024. All three were absent from the group’s initial $342 million advertising plan in April, which has since been reshaped as Republicans pulled back from Georgia and North Carolina, two states that were central to their original strategy.

Democrats are also shifting their resources. The Senate Democrats’ main spending arm said Tuesday it was pulling its advertising last week from Georgia, where Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has built a substantial fundraising advantage over Republican Rep. Mike Collins, and focusing instead on Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Alaska and Ohio.

The shifting investments come as both parties make their final spending decisions in the battle for Senate control, with Democrats pointing to their candidates and the political environment as potential counterweights to Republican money.

In a letter to fellow senators Tuesday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the battle for control of the chamber “comes down to one defining question.”

“Will the unprecedented tsunami of Republican money defeat the massive Democratic advantage in candidates, policies, and political climate?” Schumer asked.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened early Monday morning outside the Pearl Dadeland Apartments at 7440 N. Kendall Drive.

An arrest report states that an MDSO deputy responded to the area just after 3:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a gunshot. A bystander flagged down the deputy “and reported that a group of individuals had been involved in an altercation but left the area minutes before deputies arrived.”

At about the same time, South Miami police reported that the victim arrived at Baptist Health South Miami Hospital with a gunshot wound, deputies said.

The victim would tell deputies that he delivered food to a woman living at the building about an hour before and “engaged in a brief conversation with (her) and took a liking to her,” according to the report.

Deputies said he returned at around 3:25 a.m. “in an attempt to see the (woman) again and possibly obtain her phone number,” but was unsuccessful.

As the man was going back to his car, deputies said the woman’s boyfriend, Khuslen Saruultuya, pulled up in a Chevrolet Corvette.

Deputies said Saruultuya ordered the victim “to lie on the ground” as he pointed a handgun at him.

“The victim complied and laid flat on the ground (and Saruultuya) fired one round, which grazed the victim on his right buttock,” the report states. “While the victim remained on the ground, (Saruultuya) struck him on the back of the head with the buttstock of the handgun, causing a two-inch open wound.”

According to the report, Saruultuya then ordered the man to stand and pointed the gun at his head, telling him, “I am going to kill you.”

The report states that Saruultuya’s girlfriend, witnessing the incident, pleaded with him, yelling, “Babe, please stop!”

The victim told deputies that Saruultuya “chased” him around the Corvette, still pointing the gun at him, as the woman “attempted to hold (Saruultuya) back.”

Authorities said they were able to trace the Corvette’s license plate back to Saruultuya and, after the victim picked him out of a photo lineup, went to his unit at the nearby Palmer Dadeland Apartments to take him into custody.

Deputies said during a “cursory sweep” of his unit at the building, located at 8217 SW 72nd Ave., they found a trove of illegal drugs, including Xanax, Adderall, oxycodone, amphetamines, ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana.

They said Saruultuya also had 16 pills of the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis and two bags of the party drug tusi, also known as “pink cocaine.”

“Those are my prescriptions,” Saruultuya said in court on Tuesday, before Judge Mindy Glazer admonished him to not speak about the facts of the case.

Besides attempted murder, the Mongolia-born Saruultuya is now facing a host of other charges, including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and nine felony drug trafficking charges, according to jail records.

As of Tuesday evening, he was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

In a statement, an Uber spokesperson called the allegations “concerning” and said the platform is “continuing to investigate.”

According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, one in seven crashes in Florida involves driver distraction — anything that takes a driver’s eyes, hands or attention away from the road.

More than 300 people died in distracted-driving crashes in Florida last year, according to the state.

One of those deaths occurred in August in Miramar, where a 4-month-old girl died after a crash.

Police said the mother was driving when the baby began crying. As the mother reached back to give her a bottle, her foot pressed on the accelerator, and the vehicle crashed into a tree.

Dr. Claudia Vicencio of Memorial Healthcare System said parents may be dealing with exhaustion and stress when a child begins crying in the car, making it difficult to resist the urge to intervene.

“I think about how that parent probably is on very little sleep, and now you’re in the car and the baby’s crying and every instinct is soothe the baby,” Vicencio said.

Children also may act out because they recognize that their parents cannot give them their full attention while driving, she said.

“I think sometimes it’s like they don’t have our attention,” Vicencio added. “They know that at that moment, we are not looking at them, we can’t look at them, and so that they might escalate trying to get more attention.”

Experts say planning ahead and recognizing signs of stress can help parents manage these situations without taking their attention off the road.

Vicencio recommends acknowledging the emotion before reacting.

“I love to say name it to tame it, and so you know, recognizing, I’m feeling really anxious about being in the car with the baby, and then you can come up with a plan,” she said.

Parents can also talk with their children before getting into the car and find ways to make the ride more comfortable, including adjusting the music to suit their needs.

“So maybe it’s like the soothing music, or maybe it’s having no music,” Vicencio said.

If a child becomes too upset or the driver feels overwhelmed, experts recommend finding a safe place to pull over before addressing the situation.

Officer Brittany Vezina with the Davie Police Department said drivers remain responsible for their vehicles and everyone inside, regardless of what is happening in the back seat.

“When you are driving, period, whether you have somebody in the car or not, you are responsible for that car<’ Vezina said. But then you put your kids in the backseat, and now you’re responsible for what you do with that car and the kids that are in the backseat, and those are your kids, and you want to get from point A to point B as safely as you can.”

Vezina said arriving late is preferable to risking a crash by trying to handle a child’s needs while the vehicle is moving.

“And if that means that you’re a little bit late or you have to pull over so that you can address what’s going on in the back do it,” she said.

Drivers should not treat a red light as an opportunity to turn around or tend to children, Vezina said.

“The red light is not a break time because you don’t want to accidentally lift your foot off of the brake pedal (and) roll into the car in front of you,” she said.

Vezina also stressed the importance of ensuring children remain properly secured in their car seats throughout the trip.

“Unfortunately, if that child is not in a car seat, they become a missile,” she said.

For parents experiencing persistent stress or anxiety, Vicencio recommends seeking professional support if coping strategies are not helping. Parents can speak with their doctor, obstetrician-gynecologist or their child’s pediatrician.

The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline offers free, confidential support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling or texting 1-833-852-6262.

People experiencing a mental health crisis or suicidal thoughts can also call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Additional postpartum mental health resources are available through Postpartum Support International and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Maternal Mental Health Hotline.

According to authorities, deputies with the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol troopers located a black Chevrolet pickup truck on Tuesday afternoon being driven by the suspect in a strongarm robbery that occurred Monday night in Lake Worth.

Troopers said a chase ensued, which ended when the driver in the truck crashed in an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County along Jog Road between Woolbright Road and Grand Isle Drive.

That led to a standoff between the man behind the wheel of the truck and first responders.

According to PBSO, deputies attempted to bring the suspect into custody using non-lethal tactics, but ultimately the suspect was fatally shot at the scene.

“During this whole time, he was yelling at the officers, ‘You’re gonna have to kill me,’” said PBSO Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. “But they did try less-than-lethal (measures) three times, but it had no effect on him at all.”

Following the standoff, authorities said the suspect received life-saving treatment from first responders.

Authorities said the suspect, who has not been publicly identified, had a lengthy criminal history that included carjacking, assault, drug possession and sales, kidnapping, trespassing, disorderly conduct and hit-and-run with severe damage.

An initial report from the Florida Highway Patrol indicated the suspect was driving a stolen vehicle. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has since corrected to say the suspect was driving his own vehicle. This story and headline have been edited to reflect the new information.

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Graphic video obtained by Local 10 News shows the moment the man was struck by a vehicle near Northwest Seventh Avenue and 27th Street shortly before 6 a.m.

According to the Miami Police Department, officers were flagged down regarding a pedestrian who had been struck by a driver in a vehicle.

Police said the victim was crossing the street with an electric scooter while a woman nearby was pulling a bicycle when the crash occurred.

“The victim in this case was crossing the street hauling a scooter, an electric scooter, as he was crossing the street with a female that was also pulling a bicycle,” according to MPD spokesperson Mike Vega.

Miami Fire Rescue medics responded to the scene and transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Authorities said the driver is expected to survive but likely suffered multiple broken bones.

Police said the pedestrian was unresponsive but breathing when emergency crews arrived. His identity has not been released at this time.

Police said the pedestrian was crossing the street improperly. However, authorities said the driver could now face a felony charge for leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injuries.

“We always say if you don’t have a driver’s license, if you don’t have registration or insurance, you remain on the scene, you face the consequences for that,” Vega said. “But by leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries, now you’re facing a felony charge.”

“We’re looking for a sedan or SUV, black or dark, colored, that should have extensive damage to the front windshield,” Vega added.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Miami Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

The nation’s highest court on Tuesday denied a request from Andrew D. Parker, an attorney who represented Lake in the lawsuit, to review a lower-court decision over the legal costs arising from the unsuccessful litigation.

The lawsuit by Lake and state lawmaker Mark Finchem sought to ban electronic tabulation devices. It was dismissed by a judge who found Lake and Finchem lacked standing to sue and that their lawsuit was filed too close to the election.

In 2022, Lake lost the governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs and Finchem was defeated in the secretary of state’s race by Democrat Andrian Fontes. Both Republicans had promoted the narrative that the 2020 election was marred by fraud.

Maricopa County had sought sanctions against Lake, Finchem and their lawyers, alleging they broke a court rule by making unfounded allegations and by not conducting the necessary research before filing the lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge John Tuchi later concluded the lawsuit’s claims lacked an adequate basis in fact, that the standard inquiry attorneys must make before pressing litigation hadn’t been done and that the lawyers acted recklessly in seeking a court order based on frivolous claims.

The requirement to pay the legal fees applies to the lawyers who pressed the lawsuit, not to Lake and Finchem.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected appeals over the lawsuit’s dismissal and the awarding of the legal fees.

The Associated Press left phone and email messages Tuesday for Parker, whose firm is based in Minneapolis.

Earlier this year, Parker asked the Supreme Court to throw out the requirement to pay Maricopa County’s legal fees in the case, arguing such sanctions would deter attorneys from bringing aggressive or novel legal claims.

Maricopa County said lawyers for Lake and Finchem had disregarded a letter that identified false allegations they had made in their lawsuit and relied on some of those claims in a later court filing. The county’s attorneys said those who brought the lawsuit failed to present evidence to support their allegations and falsely alleged that Arizona didn’t use paper ballots and that its electronic voting systems hadn’t been subjected to expert analysis.

The employee, identified as a 35-year-old Saudi national named Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested Friday, a week after the ChatGPT maker discovered an audio recording device hidden in the conference room, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco.

The complaint did not identify the company, but the company confirmed in a separate statement that it had discovered a “sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices," reported the finding to the FBI and fired the employee.

“We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work,” an OpenAI spokesperson said.

“At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data. The employee was terminated,” the statement said.

The complaint does not detail what Alfozan might have wanted to do with any captured communications.

Alfozan made his first court appearance Tuesday on a charge of using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

The recording device was found September 30 concealed in toilet paper and inserted into a USB port on the back of a television in the conference room, according to the complaint.

Though the conference room where the recording device was found did not have a camera at the time it was installed, closed-circuit television footage inside the company's offices revealed that Alfozan was near the conference room on a half-dozen occasions last month despite not having any authority to access the space, the complaint says.

The company subsequently added a camera to the room that last week captured Alfozan entering and checking behind the television where the recording device was installed, according to the FBI.

The complaint also he also used a productivity tool to make multiple inquiries about the company's building addresses, meeting rooms, meeting-room capacities and calendars.

Before his arrest last week, the complaint says, Alfozan left an unattended bag in a different room in the building that included his wallet, identification and another recording device.

Algunas personas, como Jacqueline Tapia, se persignaron cuando observaron la estatua hiperrealista de 1.75 metros de altura de Robert Prevost.

“Apenas me enteré de su cirugía me puse a orar y quiero que salga bien", dijo Tapia a The Associated Press. “Si debe postergar su viaje un poquito lo seguiremos esperando”, añadió.

“Tiene rostro de persona calmada, sus ojitos dan tranquilidad, pensé que era el papa en persona”, indicó la vendedora de helados Alicia Caso, de 25 años, quien en su niñez vivió en un convento de monjas. Caso comentó que todos quieren que León venga a Perú, pero que "más importante es su salud y que se recupere".

Varios peruanos dudaban si el papa vendría a Sudamérica luego que el domingo Prevost anunció que sería sometido a una operación para extirparse un nódulo pulmonar. “Si Dios quiere que se postergue su viaje no tengo problemas", dijo Rogelio Vargas, de 80 años, quien miraba la estatua junto a su perro llamado Chester.

Además de la estatua de estilo hiperrealista se han construido otras dos en Perú inspiradas en el papa estadounidense que también tiene la nacionalidad peruana: una está en la ciudad de Chiclayo donde Prevost fue obispo entre 2014-2023 y otra será colocada a fines de octubre en la ciudad portuaria de Callao.

El creador de la estatua hiperrealista es el peruano Walter Huamán quien en dos décadas ha creado más de un centenar de esculturas de diversos personajes, entre ellos Sylvester Stallone, Diego Armando Maradona y otros de la historia local.

Huamán indicó que revisó cientos de fotos de diferentes perfiles de Prevost para poder elaborar la escultura que le ha demorado casi medio año, incluyendo detalles como los zapatos talla 42, el anillo dorado que lleva en el anular derecho e incluso los pequeños lunares de sus manos.

El artista indicó que usó silicona de grado médico en el rostro y las manos de la estatua de Prevost. “Los seres humanos no tenemos un rostro homogeneo, tenemos características, cicatrices, lunares”, comentó.

León XIV, de 71 años, visitará Sudamérica por primera vez en noviembre, en una gira que incluye Uruguay, Argentina y finaliza en Perú.

The league announced the punishment on Tuesday. Chicago visits Atlanta on Sunday and hosts New England on Oct. 22.

The loss of Sweat is a big blow for the Bears as they look to bounce back from Sunday's 31-7 loss at Green Bay. He has two of the team's 12 sacks through five games.

Fellow defensive lineman Shemar Turner replaced Sweat on Chicago's roster. The 23-year-old Turner, a second-round selection in last year's draft, opened the season on the physically unable to perform list while he continued his recovery from a torn ACL.

The 6-foot-6 Sweat was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2019 draft. He played for the team for four-plus seasons before he was traded to Chicago on Oct. 31, 2023.

Sweat has 23 1/2 sacks in 47 games with the Bears, including 10 last season. He has 59 sacks in 114 games overall.

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The Cadillac Escalade was on the southbound lanes of East Country Club Drive, between Yacht Club Way and the William Lehman Causeway ramp.

Aventura police officers also responded to the two-vehicle crash at about 10:45 a.m.

Fire rescue personnel reported taking the person injured to a trauma center.

Local 10 News Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez and Assignment Editor Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

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El Insituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC), a cargo del reporte oficial, indicó el martes que los aumentos de los precios Estacionales (2,9%), como verduras, y de los precios Regulados (2,3%) —tarifas de gas, electricidad, salud privada— motorizaron el alza del costo de vida respecto al 1,7% registrado en agosto, la más baja en los últimos 14 meses.

En septiembre la variación interanual fue de 33,4% y acumula en el año 23,6%.

Con recortes y disciplina fiscal, Milei llevó la inflación del 300% cuando asumió en 2023 al 31,5% en 2025. Para este año, el mandatario ultraliberal había prometido una inflación mensual de un dígito a partir de agosto.

Sin embargo, la desaceleración de los precios no fue lineal en gran medida como consecuencia de factores externos, como la guerra en Medio Oriente, que impactaron en el costo de los combustibles y la energía.

“El tema de Ormuz no es trivial”, dijo Milei en una entrevista el lunes antes de conocerse el dato de inflación, en referencia al estrecho que es epicentro de la tensión entre Estados Unidos e Irán. “O sea, a usted le sube el precio a la energía, se le contrae la oferta. Al contraerse la oferta, con la misma cantidad de dinero que usted tiene, ¿qué le pasa? Y le sube el nivel de precios”.

Si bien Milei definió como “transitoria” esta dinámica inflacionaria, los analistas proyectan que al menos hasta marzo del año próximo la inflación mensual osilará entre 1,6% y 1,8%.

Jordahl was 30 when she started working for the city. Her last post was as the coordinator of the Urban Area Security Initiative special projects with the department’s division of emergency management.

Jordahl, a University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center patient, died on March 4, 2020. She was 48. Her husband, Joseph R. Fernandez, then Broward’s fire chief and now Key Biscayne’s fire chief, survived her.

Joseph “Jo” Zahralban, then Miami Fire Chief, honored her nearly two decades of service during Breast Cancer Awareness Month for years after the debut of the 2021 rescue truck decorated by Brazilian-American artist Romero Britto.

Chief Robert Hevia continued the tradition. On Tuesday, the pink rescue truck rolled into the WPLG-Local 10 News studios in Hallandale Beach with Jordahl’s message about being proactive with self-exams and mammograms.

The tribute in memory of Jordahl hits home for the Local 10 newsroom’s family. Local 10 News reporter Janine Stanwood and Local10.com digital journalist Andrea Torres have both shared about their experience with the disease.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Local 10 News health specialist Kristi Krueger is featuring patients and their doctors during her weekly episodes of Proactively Pink.

Related Proactively Pink stories

• Watch the episode with Nell Trimble, a registered nurse diagnosed with lobular breast cancer
• Watch the episode with Amanda Marchant, a mother of four diagnosed after her first mammogram at 40

Some of Stanwood’s stories

• ‘The power of women’: Janine Stanwood on marking Breast Cancer Awareness with Artfull Angels
• Local 10’s Janine Stanwood shares her breast cancer survival story

The new policy, which goes into effect Wednesday, reduces from 30 to 10 the number of days refugees have to challenge the revocation of their status. It is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restrict and transform a program that has served for decades as a pathway for refugees.

The goal of the new policy, according to the document, is to “mitigate potential risks” associated with people who were admitted as refugees but were not eligible for refugee status.

The policy does not say exactly how many people could be affected, but it specifically refers to refugees admitted during President Joe Biden’s administration, when it says there was an “alarming erosion of the integrity” of the refugee program. Refugee advocates dispute that claim.

The Trump administration is already reviewing the cases of at least 185,000 refugees admitted during the Biden administration who still have pending green card applications.

Welcoming refugees has been a matter of bipartisan consensus in the United States since Congress passed the Refugee Act with overwhelming support in 1980. That law made refugee applications some of the most rigorously scrutinized within the immigration system.

Advocates and refugee resettlement groups condemn the new policy

Some maintain refugees will not have enough time to defend their status under the new policy.

“These families did everything asked of them,” said Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of Global Refuge. “They submitted to interviews, background checks and years of waiting abroad, only setting foot on U.S. soil once government officials approved their applications.”

Now, she said, "the Homeland Security Department wants to revisit those decisions on a 10-day clock, a notice period wholly insufficient to find a lawyer, translate documents or get records out of a country they were forced to flee.”

HIAS, a major refugee aid group, warned that refugees who have fled violence, persecution and displacement will be at risk of being deported to the countries where they could face harm, persecution and torture.

“They are trying to upend the core principle that refugee resettlement represents permanent protection,” said HIAS vice president Naomi Steinberg.

Church World Service (CWS) said refugees will have “no meaningful opportunity” to respond or appeal before their status is terminated.

“This is a policy designed to facilitate the uprooting and expulsion of members of our communities who fled persecution and were promised safety,” Danilo Zak, director of policy at CWS said.

Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The State Department referred questions to DHS.

The refugee program has been transformed

The Trump administration has drastically altered the refugee program and transformed it into a mechanism for resettling white South Africans in the country.

In September, the government announced plans to limit the total number of refugees admitted to the country in 2027 to 17,500, the majority of whom are white South Africans.

During his first administration, Trump slashed the number of refugees approved every year. The Biden administration built it back and set a goal of admitting 125,000 refugees during the final year of his term.

Upon returning to the White House for his second term, Trump immediately suspended the refugee program, stranding people around the world who had been slated to come to the U.S. Later the administration reopened the program and limited it mostly to white South Africans.

The difference between a refugee and an asylee

Refugees are individuals who applied for their status while outside the U.S., often while living in a refugee camp or a transit country. They undergo screening and processing abroad and are approved for and granted refugee status before arriving in the U.S. Once in the U.S. they can request the green card.

A refugee differs from an asylee, although both are individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries.

An asylum seeker submits a request upon arriving at the U.S. border or after already being within U.S. territory. The process can take several years. An asylee is someone who has already been granted asylum while residing in the United States.

“(Cannes director) Thierry Frémaux was like, ‘I love this movie. Who are you?’” says Ambrossi, laughing.

But five months later, there are few in global cinema who aren’t now familiar with Ambrossi and Calvo. The directing pair, known in Spain as Los Javis, have taken the movie world by storm with an audacious queer epic that’s brought them to the center of the Oscar race.

“La Bola Negra,” which Netflix will release in select theaters Friday, is about the interconnected lives of three gay men across a history that spans the early 20th century, the Spanish Civil War and the modern day. “La Bola Negra” tells a story of generational pain and queer legacy with a grand, lyrical melancholy.

After a rapturous response in Cannes, Calvo and Ambrossi were almost instantly catapulted onto the global stage. They shared the festival’s award for best director with Pawel Pawlikowski (“Fatherland”). Netflix emerged victorious in a bidding war. Now, the streamer is giving “La Bola Negra” a 46-day exclusive run in cinemas, the longest ever for the company.

Expectations are high. “La Bola Negra” — a $15 million Spanish film — is expected to challenge “The Odyssey” for best picture.

For Ambrossi, 42, and Calvo, 35, it’s been a head-spinning rise. They went almost straight from a darkened editing suite to the bright lights of the Cannes premiere. Since then, with the help of some therapy, they’ve gotten used to the dramatic shift in their lives. In an interview last month, the pair warmly greeted a reporter and soon fell into considering why “La Bola Negra” has struck such a nerve.

“I hear a lot, ‘It was so poetic.’ Maybe audiences aren’t used to that because movies are supposed to be liked by everyone at the same time,” Ambrossi says. “People are asking themselves: Why was I crying?”

“Every generation needs that big movie that speaks to their desires, their warmth,” says Calvo. “People really connect to that feeling of: Don’t lose your life, just live. Just make the decision you want to make. We only have now.”

From reality TV to international auteurs

Beginning with the sound of a mournful trumpet, “La Bola Negra” (“The Black Ball” in English) opens with the story of Sebastián (played by the Spanish singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente in his screen debut), a musician who, after the bombing of his village, joins the Nationalist army. There, he becomes infatuated with an imprisoned freedom fighter named Rafael (Miguel Bernardeau) recuperating in a military hospital.

But that story is only the spine of a movie that reaches both into the past and into the future. Rafael’s relationship with the (real) poet Federico García Lorca involves their private struggle as gay men in a strictly heterosexual military world — a struggle that includes the preservation of a work about gay identity, dignity and survival begun by Lorca before his assassination by Nationalist forces in 1936.

“It’s a way of honoring our grandparents and our LGBTQ elders,” Calvo says. “They fought for us. They died for us. We were crying on the set every day.”

“We have forgotten them,” adds Ambrossi. “It was not that long ago. My grandmother is 90. It was yesterday, and we have forgotten that.”

Ambrossi and Calvo are far more glamorous than most filmmakers. They both began as actors. Their dark curls and expressive eyes suggest they belong in front of the camera rather than behind it. In Spain, they are celebrities.

They have been judges on the Spanish edition of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” They have been game-show panelists and award-show hosts. And Ambrossi and Calvo's films and TV series have won them a wide range of fans, including Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, both of whom co-star in “La Bola Negra.” Pedro Almodovar, the master Spanish filmmaker, is a producer on the film.

Resolving to remain a tandem after an almost-split

Calvo and Ambrossi were a couple for years until making “La Bola Negra,” an ironic development for a deeply emotional movie about love.

“Every project is a road to the unknown and we know we’re going to be different at the end of the road,” says Calvo. “We faced desire, love and all these complex feelings.”

As they completed the film, the pair split romantically, and decided to go their separate ways professionally. But by the time Ambrossi and Calvo reached Cannes, they reversed course.

“We have been working together forever,” Ambrossi says. “I don’t know what it is to be a director if he’s not there. It’s going to stay that way. We love to work together.”

“It’s natural to wonder what’s next,” says Calvo, nodding. “But we won best director, the two of us. Très chic. It’s like: Yes, we are unstoppable together.”

“La Bola Negra” has already been a box-office smash in Spain, setting records for an independent film. In September, it won the Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award, confirming its Oscar status. “La Bola Negra” will soon reach American audiences, and Oscar voters. If the film continues to garner such an emotional response from moviegoers, it could even lead Netflix to the streamer's first best-picture win.

“Netflix understood perfectly that we did a movie for theaters," says Ambrossi. “Even with the round borders of the 35 mm, it is made for that. But they understood and we understood that it’s a movie with a powerful message, and being with Netflix, it’s going to go directly to the people. It’s a movie that could really change consciousness.”

A common compliment “La Bola Negra” receives is that its historical sweep and stylish telling suggest a movie with a much heftier budget. But for Los Javis, this is part of the power of being a duo.

“Being two really helps you,” Ambrossi says. “You can do more with less. He can be rehearsing and I can be thinking about the next day with production design.”

He smiles. “It makes us big.”

The fines on America’s second-biggest bank amount to the third-largest in the department’s history.

“When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire U.S. financial system to significant illicit finance risks,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Today’s actions send a clear message that even the biggest financial institutions are not above the law.”

Treasury said Bank of America also reached an $11.6 million settlement with the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over “apparent violations of numerous sanctions programs, including on Iran, Russia, narcotics, and global terrorism."

In a statement, Treasury said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed the $1.2 billion penalty for Bank of America's "failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese Money Laundering Networks and illicit finance along the southwest border.''

The penalty includes $750 million that will go to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the largest fine ever imposed by that federal bank regulatory agency.

Treasury said that Bank of America "admits that it willfully violated'' the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act, which requires banks to help the government detect and prevent money laundering.

“Financial crime compliance is serious, and we are responsible for getting it right,’’ Bank of America said in a statement. “We worked with regulators to reach these penalty resolutions stemming from violations cited in the previously reported 2024 (Comptroller of the Currency) Consent Order and FinCEN’s investigation.

“ We have invested billions of dollars in technology and dedicated thousands of employees to combat financial crime, and our team is far along with and committed to completing the work required to address the issues raised by our regulators.’’

The latest action is the third-largest penalty ever issued by the Treasury Department, behind a roughly $4 billion settlement in 2023 with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and an approximately $3 billion settlement with Canada-based TD Bank the following year. Both those historic actions happened as part of the Biden administration’s focus on anti-money laundering and efforts to promote compliance with the then-emerging virtual currency industry.

Months later, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, was sentenced to four months in prison over charges that he looking the other way as criminals used his platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.

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AP Business Writer Alex Veiga in Los Angeles contributed to this story.

HBO announced Tuesday that creator and star Lena Dunham and nearly all of the core cast will return for a limited five-episode run a decade after its finale.

Dunham, now 40, will again play her aspiring writer and sort-of alter-ego Hannah, along with Allison Williams as Marnie, Jemima Kirke as Jessa, Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna and Andrew Rannells as Elijah.

Judd Apatow will return as executive producer. The announcement makes no mention of Adam Driver returning.

The show will begin production in 2027, 10 years after the finale of the series that ran for six seasons from 2012-2017 and was nominated for 19 Emmys, winning two.

“We always said we would only return to GIRLS if there was a specific story we were burning to tell,” Dunham said in a statement. “I’ve missed these characters, but for a long time I couldn’t quite picture them in the present day. Then, right around my fortieth birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it’s pretty hard to get them to stop.”

The revival is among the first production announcements made by HBO since its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery was taken over by Skydance-owned Paramount.

The show was both a touchstone and a lightning rod for its depiction of a group of millennial young women in New York, with its vocal haters often louder than its many devotees. Affection for it has seen a major surge in the decade since, especially among younger viewers, who see it as aspirational as well as endlessly quotable and meme-able.

In one of its most repeated lines, Hannah, while asking her parents to keep supporting her, tells them “I think that I may be the voice of my generation. Or at least a voice of a generation.”

Dunham has kept making film and television, directing the 2022 movie “Catherine Called Birdy” and co-creating the TV series “Camping” and “Too Much,” but none of it has had nearly the cultural impact of “Girls.” Her screen appearances have been mostly limited to small guest roles.

Williams has had several memorable movie roles especially in horror films including “Get Out” and two “M3GAN” movies.

But while the show was all about the lives of young women, the biggest star it spawned was Driver, who went on to star in a “Star Wars” trilogy and has been nominated for two Oscars.

Hurricane Simon continued moving slowly off Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain to Nayarit and Sinaloa states, where authorities remained on alert for rising rivers and flooding. Over the weekend, the hurricane brought heavy rain to the southern state of Guerrero, killing one person.

But the worst damage was reported farther north, in the coastal city of Ensenada, Baja California, where flooding caused by Rachel’s remnants killed at least five people.

The victims included a 13-year-old girl whose body was found Sunday, two women ages 30 and 35 and a 4-year-old boy whose bodies were recovered Monday, and an unidentified person found near a stream Tuesday, the state prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press.

Five others remained missing in Baja California, including three in Ensenada and a father and son who went fishing Saturday in San Felipe, on the Gulf of California, and never returned.

About 300 military personnel, police and rescue workers searched along Ensenada’s El Pipila stream Tuesday, while the Mexican Navy continued looking for the missing fishermen, state civil protection authorities said.

Floodwaters swept away vehicles, damaged homes and cut off access to some communities.

Johana Nuriulu, a resident of Ensenada’s Buena Vista community, said the flooding began overnight, shortly after heavy rain knocked out electricity.

“We heard a loud noise that sounded like ocean waves, but very intense,” she said. When she stepped outside, she discovered a nearby stream had overflowed.

“The water was sweeping everything away; it took a cabin ... animals, everything.”

Elsewhere near Ensenada, Mexican soldiers used helicopters to rescue 32 people, including 13 minors, from Rancho Genesis, a camp for orphans staffed by missionaries.

The army said 22 of those rescued were foreign nationals. Baja California Security Secretary Gen. Laureano Carrillo said they included Americans and Germans.

Hurricane Simon moves along Pacific coast

Simon was moving parallel to Mexico’s Pacific coast Tuesday, threatening more rainfall in Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.

The hurricane was centered about 180 kilometers (110 miles) west of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph (90 mph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was moving west at 4 kph (2 mph).

In southern Guerrero state, Simon’s heavy rains toppled trees and utility poles, blocked roads and flooded homes in coastal communities, including the resort city of Acapulco, Gov. Evelyn Salgado said.

A 71-year-old person died when a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo, the state capital, she said.

Authorities also took preventive measures in the port city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, ahead of the storm, national Civil Protection Coordinator Laura Velázquez said Monday.

Meanwhile, conditions were improving in the tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where residents began resuming normal activities as the rain subsided.

State authorities ordered schools to reopen Tuesday, while operations at Puerto Vallarta’s airport gradually resumed.

Tuesday, Tropical Storm Trudy formed in the Pacific Ocean and is forecast to become a major hurricane in the next few days, the hurricane center in Miami said. It was about 490 miles (790 km) south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph).

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Silva Rey reported from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Associated Press writer Fabiola Sánchez contributed from Mexico City.

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Simón continuaba el martes desplazándose lentamente por el Pacífico mexicano como huracán categoría 1 provocando lluvias en los estados de Nayarit y Sinaloa, donde las autoridades mexicanas se mantienen en alerta ante el riesgo de la crecida de ríos e inundaciones. El fin de semana, el huracán ocasionó intensas precipitaciones en el estado sureño de Guerrero, donde falleció una persona.

Pero fue más al norte, en la ciudad costera de Ensenada, estado de Baja California, donde los remanentes de la tormenta Rachel ocasionaron más daños por la crecida de ríos e inundaciones.

Al menos cinco personas murieron: una niña de 13 años cuyo cuerpo se encontró el domingo; dos mujeres de 35 y 30 años y un niño de 4 años cuyos cadáveres fueron hallados el lunes, y otro cuerpo fue localizado el martes cerca de un arroyo, pero aún se desconoce su identidad, indicó a The Associated Press la fiscalía estatal.

Muerte y desolación dejó Rachel a su paso

El martes seguían desaparecidas cinco personas en Baja California, tres de ellas en Ensenada y dos más en San Felipe, una localidad en el lado del mar de Cortés de donde un padre y un hijo salieron a pescar el sábado y no volvieron.

A inicios de la jornada unos 300 elementos de las fuerzas militares, policiales y de los cuerpos de rescate iniciaron una operación de búsqueda a lo largo del arroyo El Pípila de Ensenada para tratar de localizar a las personas que permanecen desaparecidas en esa región, informó Protección Civil estatal. Asimismo, la Armada mexicana mantiene la búsqueda de las dos personas que desaparecieron en la comunidad de San Felipe.

Las inundaciones arrastraron vehículos, causaron daños en viviendas y dejaron áreas incomunicadas.

Johana Nuriulu, una vecina de la comunidad Buena Vista, en Ensenada, dijo que las inundaciones comenzaron por la noche, poco después de que el aguacero cortara la electricidad. “Escuchamos un fuerte ruido que se escuchaba como olas del mar pero bien fuerte”.

Nuriulu contó que salió a la calle y descubrió que un arroyo cercano se había desbordado. “El agua se estaba llevando todo, se llevó una cabaña... animales, todo”.

En otra zona cercana a Ensenada, el Ejército mexicano utilizó helicópteros para rescatar a 32 personas, 13 de ellas menores, de un lugar conocido como Rancho Génesis. El lugar, según su página web, es un campamento para huérfanos donde trabajan misioneros.

Según el comunicado del Ejército, 22 de los rescatados eran extranjeros. El secretario de Seguridad de Baja California, el general Laureano Carrillo, dijo que había alemanes y estadounidenses.

El avance del huracán Simón

El huracán Simón avanzaba el martes en paralelo a la costa del Pacífico mexicano frente a los estados de Jalisco, Nayarit y Sinaloa.

Para el martes el centro de huracán se localizaba 180 kilómetros (90 millas) al oeste de Cabo Corrientes, en el estado occidental de Jalisco, con vientos sostenidos de 150 kilómetros por hora (90 millas por hora) y desplazándose hacia el oeste 4 kilómetros por hora (2 millas por hora), según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos en Miami (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés).

El huracán derribó árboles y postes eléctricos, bloqueó carreteras e inundó viviendas en las localidades costeras del estado de Guerrero, incluido el importante puerto marítimo de Acapulco, según dijo la gobernadora, Evelyn Salgado, en una rueda de prensa. Una persona de 71 años falleció tras el derrumbe de un muro en Chilpancingo, la capital del estado, agregó Salgado.

Las autoridades iniciaron operaciones preventivas ante el avance del huracán, especialmente en la ciudad portuaria de Mazatlán, en Sinaloa, indicó el lunes la coordinadora nacional de Protección Civil, Laura Velázquez, en la conferencia presidencial matutina.

El cese de las lluvias en la ciudad turística de Puerto Vallarta, en Jalisco, llevó a sus habitantes a retomar progresivamente las actividades normales. Las autoridades estatales ordenaron el martes la reapertura de las escuelas de Jalisco y la reanudación progresiva de operaciones en el aeropuerto de Puerto Vallarta.

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Silva Rey reportó desde Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. La periodista de The Associated Press, Fabiola Sánchez, contribuyó a este reporte desde la Ciudad de México.

Jail records show Giovanny Alonso is facing one count of second-degree grand theft involving property valued at more than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

Investigators say Alonso had worked as a site supervisor for a Miami-Dade County roofing company since 2011. Company owners told investigators the business exclusively performs roofing work and does not provide window installation, stucco or painting services.

Investigators allege that in May 2022, Alonso placed an unauthorized order totaling $15,437 with ABC Supply, a company vendor, for hurricane-impact doors and windows intended for his personal residence.

The materials were delivered to Alonso’s home in June 2023, where he allegedly directed employees to unload them “and place them in his backyard without the owners’ knowledge or approval,” according to his arrest report.

In October 2023, Alonso also allegedly instructed office staff by email to obtain a City of Hialeah building permit for the replacement of doors and windows at his residence, the report states. The permit was paid for by the company and listed Alonso as both the property owner and job qualifier, according to investigators.

Investigators said they also identified $16,000 in payments made to JRG Painting between Feb. 9 and March 15, 2024. The invoices referenced stucco repairs, but company ownership told investigators the payments were fraudulent and unrelated to any authorized project, his arrest report states.

According to the report, Alonso classified the purchases and payments as expenses tied to an existing condominium roofing contract in Broward County, even though they were unrelated to that job or any other legitimate company project.

During Alonso’s separation from the company, ownership also discovered an additional $2,210 in unauthorized charges from Baro II Hardware for a barbecue grill, a griddle and a residential pressure washer, investigators said.

They said the total unauthorized spending identified in the investigation was approximately $33,647.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Alonso was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was set at $7,500.

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Nixon, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to host a “community conversation” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Sweetwater.

Nixon, 42, who defeated Alexander Vindman in the Democratic primary, is challenging the Republican incumbent, Sen. Ashley Moody, in the general election on Nov. 3.

The event’s guests at Mi Pueblo, a Colombian restaurant at 10910 West Flagler St., include Evelyn DeJesus, of the American Federation of Teachers; Karla Hernandez Mats, the former president of United Teachers of Dade; and immigration advocates Cristina Jimenez and Greisa Martinez.

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Police in the western city of Cologne responded after the incident overnight Saturday to Sunday in which the robot's suspected 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion were said to have filmed the alleged assault.

They were said to have streamed the incident and commentated on it online.

Cologne police spokesman Christoph Bermel said the two male teenagers have not been charged but are considered suspects, and investigators were examining whether the robot's movements were preprogrammed or controlled in real time.

Police were unfamiliar with this type of incident, he said.

“We have not been aware of this phenomenon so far," Bermel told The Associated Press, saying it was "new territory for us.”

Emergency teams that were dispatched to the scene near a fast-food restaurant found the robot in the trunk of a vehicle, Cologne police said in a statement on Monday. The robot and the two young men's mobile phones were confiscated.

North Rhine Westphalia Police Cologne, on Facebook, posted an image of the red-and-gold robot lying on the ground.

The robot, said to be 120 cm (about 3 ft 11 inches) tall, was dressed in a white tank top, black sweatpants and wearing a gold chain and sunglasses. It also had what appears to be a fake mustache.

Videos circulated on the internet show two young men escorting the robot toward a group of women, bumping into one and hugging others, on a lively nighttime street.

One of the men repeatedly shouts at the robot and pulls it backward after it makes sexual gestures, prompting laughter among people in the area.

On the police's Facebook account on Tuesday, officers criticized inappropriate comments and warned that sharing or joking about such incidents can worsen the impact on any victim.

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According to an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department, Joe Luis Suarez-Pozo, 51, of Miami, was taken into custody Monday following an investigation into the woman’s allegations.

Police said the investigation began July 2, when the woman reported the alleged assault to detectives at a Hialeah police substation.

According to the report, the woman told investigators that her daughter had previously arranged an Uber ride to Boca Raton so she could care for her granddaughter.

Suarez-Pozo was the driver assigned to the trip, authorities said.

According to the report, the two struck up a conversation during the ride and exchanged phone numbers so the woman could contact him for future transportation needs.

Several days later, Suarez-Pozo allegedly called the woman and told her he was near her home and asked whether she wanted to go out for coffee.

The woman agreed because she had previously spoken with him and believed he was a “good person,” according to the report.

Woman says driver assaulted her inside vehicle

According to the report, instead of taking the woman for coffee, Suarez-Pozo drove to Victor Wilde Park in Hialeah, where he parked the vehicle.

The woman told investigators that while she was sitting in the front passenger seat, Suarez-Pozo suddenly climbed on top of her and began touching and kissing her face, mouth and neck.

She said she pushed him away and questioned his actions.

According to the arrest report, Suarez-Pozo then grabbed the woman’s hand and forced her to touch his genitals.

Frightened, the woman got out of the vehicle in an attempt to escape, police said.

However, she told investigators that Suarez-Pozo followed her, confronted her outside the car and forced her into the back seat.

The woman alleged that he then raped her before driving her back home.

Suspect arrested months after alleged assault

On Monday, officers with the Hialeah Police Department’s Community Response Team located Suarez-Pozo along East 53rd Street in Hialeah.

He was taken into custody and transported to police headquarters for questioning.

According to the arrest report, investigators interviewed Suarez-Pozo after advising him of his Miranda rights.

Police said his statements corroborated the woman’s account, leading to his arrest.

Suarez-Pozo was subsequently transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he was booked on a sexual battery charge.

As of Tuesday morning, he remained at TGK. Online jail records listed his bond as “to bet set.”

An Uber spokesperson released a statement to Local 10 News Tuesday, saying Suarez-Pozo has been removed from the platform.

“While this did not occur on an Uber trip, we are sickened by this report and have banned the driver from the platform,” the statement read. “Uber is deeply committed to safety, and we stand ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation however we can.”

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Surveillance video shows the white BMW used to kidnap the Facebook Marketplace buyer on Oct. 9 in Doral, according to Doral Police Chief Matthew Castillo.

The victim reported he had purchased an iPhone from the seller on Sept. 18, so he had agreed to meet again to buy more phones with $4,000 in cash, according to police.

“The passenger in the rear seat pointed a firearm at our victim and told him to come inside the car,” Castillo said, also adding that Doral residents can meet at the police station’s lobby for exchanges.

Detectives identified the driver and passenger of the BMW as Lazaro Núñez, also known as Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, and Darian Morejon, also known as Darian Morejon-Rodriguez.

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“He tried to escape the vehicle twice and was actually strangled,” Castillo said about the victim.

The victim reported throwing a bag with the $4,000 in cash out the window at Northwest 78th Avenue and 66th Street and fleeing while his kidnappers prioritized grabbing the cash, according to police.

“Our victim was trying to keep up ways to survive,” Castillo said.

Nunez-Martinez, 31, of Miami Gardens, sent a message to the victim, according to police.

“Don’t you dare do anything because we will look for you, we know where you live,” Nunez-Martinez wrote, according to the police report. “We will close the business here, and we will forget everything.”

Miami-Dade corrections booked Nunez-Martinez on Oct. 11 at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Nunez-Martinez faced five charges: Armed robbery, attempted armed kidnapping with aggravated battery, third-degree armed grand theft, tampering with a witness or victim, and battery. A judge denied him bond and ordered him to stay away from the victim.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Tanya Brinkley was set to preside over Nunez-Martinez’s case.

Detectives arrested Morejon-Rodriguez, 39, during a traffic stop on Monday in Hallandale Beach, according to police.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Morejon-Rodriguez early Tuesday morning at TGKCC, where he remained on a hold by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Miami-Dade inmate records. A bond court judge also ordered him to stay away from the victim.

Morejon-Rodriguez faced four felony charges: Armed robbery, attempted armed kidnapping with aggravated battery, third-degree armed grand theft, and tampering with a witness or victim.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Carlos Gamez was set to preside over Morejon-Rodriguez’s case.

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Officials said a good Samaritan spotted the man and reported the sighting over a Marine emergency radio channel used by boaters to call for help.

They said Marine units from Miami and Fort Lauderdale responded alongside the Coast Guard. Crews located the man, provided emergency assistance and arranged for a medical evaluation.

Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics evaluated and medically cleared the man before he was transferred to the USCG cutter Melvin Bell for further processing.

Coast Guard officials have not disclosed the man’s age or identity.

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According to deputies, Prince-Charm Allison was last seen Oct. 4 in the 1300 block of Northeast 110^th Terrace. He was wearing a blue shirt and red shorts.

Deputies described Allison as a Black male, who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair.

Authorities said the teen has not made contact with family or friends since his disappearance and may be in need of services.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Deputy A. Madrigal at 305-715-3300 or email u307222@mdpd.net. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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The announcement follows a series of shootings and growing concerns about large gatherings, fights and other incidents that city leaders say are putting businesses, residents and visitors at risk.

“Himmarshee is open for business, but it is not and never will be open for lawlessness,” Fort Lauderdale Police Chief William Schultz said during a news conference Tuesday morning.

The entertainment district, located west of Las Olas Boulevard near Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest Second Street, is known for its bars, restaurants and nightlife.

But city officials say the area has experienced an increase in public safety problems, particularly during late-night hours.

Police promise increased enforcement

Schultz said visitors can expect a significant increase in law enforcement activity during the district’s busiest hours.

“You will see a dramatic surge in police presence during peak nighttime hours,” Schultz said, adding that officers will conduct targeted enforcement operations.

Fort Lauderdale police will be joined by the Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.

Light towers and barricades will also be part of the city’s strategy to improve safety in the district.

One of the biggest concerns is underage drinking.

“We are aware that groups of high school students and other underage individuals throughout Broward County are coming into this district,” Schultz said.

Police plan to send notices to school district administrators and bar owners, seeking their cooperation in addressing the problem.

Schultz also warned businesses that officers will be monitoring how carefully they check customers’ identification.

“We are watching to ensure continual and proper checking of every patron’s ID upon entering your establishment,” he said.

Fire rescue reports increase in overnight calls

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan said his department has also experienced an increase in emergency calls in the entertainment district between midnight and 4 a.m.

According to Gollan, many of those calls involve people who have passed out.

“Majority of those are pass outs,” Gollan said, adding that approximately 30% of the calls involve people between 18 and 24 years old.

The increase in emergency responses is among the concerns prompting city leaders to take additional action.

Recent shootings raise concerns

The crackdown comes after several shootings in and around the entertainment district.

On Sept. 6, Fort Lauderdale police were responding to a fight near Southwest Second Street and Southwest Third Avenue around 3:30 a.m. when officers heard gunfire.

Police detained several people and recovered a firearm.

Although no shooting victim was initially found at the scene, a man later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening.

Witnesses described the panic as crowds ran for safety.

“It happened so quick…everyone started running,” a witness said.

The incident followed a deadly shooting in early July inside the Governmental Center parking garage near Southwest Second Street and Southwest First Avenue.

A 43-year-old man was shot around 4:30 a.m. and later died at a hospital.

Police recovered a gun and detained a person of interest.

In December 2025, five people were injured in a mass shooting outside Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub around 2 a.m.

Witnesses described hearing multiple gunshots before crowds began fleeing the area.

All five victims were transported to a hospital.

City considering tougher penalties for alcohol violations

Fort Lauderdale commissioners have already taken steps to address problems in the nightlife district.

In February, the commission approved an ordinance prohibiting open containers and outdoor alcohol sales in the entertainment district.

Some business owners opposed the restrictions, arguing that they would negatively affect the area’s nightlife atmosphere.

Now, city leaders are considering additional measures.

The city commission is expected to review proposed ordinance changes next week that would increase fines for alcohol-related violations and establish new requirements for businesses operating at night.

Mayor says public safety must come first

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis emphasized that city leaders want the Himmarshee district to remain a thriving destination for residents and visitors.

However, he said its success depends on maintaining a safe environment.

“Himmarshee is an important part of Fort Lauderdale -- we believe in its future and want it to succeed,” Trantalis said. “It must be built on public safety.”

City officials say the increased enforcement efforts are intended to address the district’s ongoing problems while allowing businesses to continue operating.

The proposed ordinance changes are expected to be discussed by city commissioners next week.

The Rams are also signing former New Orleans kicker Blake Grupe off the New York Jets' practice squad.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Rams' special teams shakeup hadn't yet been publicly announced.

Mevis missed an early 50-yard field-goal attempt against the Bills, and his 48-yard attempt in overtime was blocked by Greg Rousseau. His four missed field-goal attempts through five games are the most in the NFL this season.

Head coach Sean McVay said afterward that the Rams' placekicking unit “cost us the game tonight.” The Rams (2-3) have been plagued by poor special teams play since the start of last season, and McVay vowed to make a thorough review of everything in that area of the game.

The Rams signed Mevis midway through last season to replace Joshua Karty, and the bulky newcomer dubbed “The Thiccer Kicker” made 12 of his 13 field-goal attempts in his first NFL season before going 6 for 6 in the playoffs. His only miss was costly, however, coming in a one-point overtime loss to eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle.

Mevis is just 5 for 9 on field goals this season, although he has yet to miss an extra-point attempt in his career.

Grupe is a four-year NFL veteran who spent his first 2 1/2 seasons as the New Orleans Saints' kicker before getting released last November during a rough season. He signed with the Indianapolis Colts and finished strong, making all 11 of his field-goal attempts.

Grupe lost a training camp competition in Indianapolis to Spencer Shrader this summer.

Grupe will be the Rams' fifth kicker in four seasons since the departure of Matt Gay, the kicker for their Super Bowl-winning team in the 2021 season.

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Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” scores the trailer, which was also released online. A few hours earlier, Gerwig unveiled the trailer and behind-the-scenes footage on an IMAX screen at the AMC Lincoln Center in New York, where she spoke with Stephen Colbert about her “Barbie” follow-up.

Netflix, in a dramatic reversal for the company, is giving “Narnia” a wide theatrical release beginning Feb. 12. The film will land on the streaming service on April 2. Gerwig said she wrote her first draft in 2020 and 2021 after approaching Netflix chief executive Ted Sarandos at a cocktail party.

“I told Ted I only know how to make movies for the big screen,” Gerwig said. “He said, ‘Make the movie for the biggest screen you can imagine.’”

With a $280 million budget, “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” is one of Netflix’s most ambitious films. It's also a novel way into the “Narnia” series, starting not with the first book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” but the sixth.

“The Magician’s Nephew,” published in 1955, is a prequel. It follows two children in 1900 London who, through a magic ring, are transported into another world and witness Narnia's creation by the lion Aslan. That entryway to Narnia thrilled Gerwig, who noted Lewis urged readers to tackle “The Magician’s Nephew” first. The trailer features the line: “Have you ever seen a world born?”

“Movies this size are usually about destruction,” said Gerwig.

The trailer only hints at the film’s already debated portrayal of Aslan, a thick-maned representation of Jesus in Lewis’ Christian fable. Voiced by Meryl Streep, the character appears as a cosmic outline and roars but doesn’t speak.

Some conservative pundits have criticized casting Streep as Aslan, a male character in the books. Gerwig didn’t address Streep's casting in her remarks, though she thanked Lewis’ family and estate for their public support of the film.

Newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell star in the film, with an ensemble made up of Daniel Craig, Emma Mackey, Ciarán Hinds and Carey Mulligan. The film was initially slated to open in November, but Netflix pushed it into 2027, Gerwig said, to give it a global theatrical release.

Gerwig described the story as a spiritual quest, which made the choice of “Stairway to Heaven” fitting to her. She met with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to secure the song’s seldom-given rights permission.

“They did it because they saw the heart in the story," Gerwig said. “And they, too, love C.S. Lewis.”

The three previous “Narnia” movies were all produced by Walden Media, a family-values-oriented entertainment company owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz. In 2018, Netflix acquired the global rights to the “Chronicles of Narnia” book series.

Gerwig, 43, was raised as a Unitarian Universalist in Sacramento, California, and attended an all-girls Catholic high school — an upbringing she dramatized in her solo-directing debut, “Lady Bird.” Faith, Gerwig said, “has been a thread through all of my films.”

“For me, film and faith have always gone hand in hand,” she said, calling both communal experiences.

Gerwig described reading Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” books as a foundational experience to her youth. The only comparable experience, she said, was reading Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” which Gerwig adapted in her 2019 film.

“I would not be who I am without these books,” said Gerwig. “They created me.”

It comes after Sam Reinhart scored two goals in the Panthers’ 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

Columbus had a 40-30-12 record overall and a 20-13-8 record at home last season. The Blue Jackets averaged 2.4 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 19.0% (38 total power-play goals).

Florida has a 2-2-2 record overall and a 2-1-2 record on the road. The Panthers lead the league with 34 total penalties (averaging 5.7 per game).

The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

Injury report:

Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).

Panthers: Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (leg), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).

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“When the rules change, fairness has to remain part of the equation,” DeWine said in a statement. “We want Ohio’s student-athletes to have the same opportunity as student-athletes in other states.”

Under the order, public and private universities in Ohio can allow athletes to play even though the NCAA's new guidance excludes those who have already played four seasons.

There was no immediate response from the NCAA or any of the eight Division I programs in Ohio, which includes No. 4 Ohio State of the Big Ten, Cincinnati of the Big 12 and six schools in the Mid-American Conference.

“It’s important we do not deprive our current student-athletes of the same opportunities enjoyed by their peers," said Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, a former coach who won national championships at both Ohio State and FCS-level Youngstown State.

The executive order is reminiscent of a decision by California to clear the way for name, image and likeness compensation by passing a state law that was quickly emulated by other states. The NCAA was essentially forced to allow NIL payments for thousands of athletes.

The NCAA eligibility rule is being challenged in multiple courtrooms across the country, with plaintiffs saying it is both unfair to the class of 2022 and deprives them of the chance to earn money off their celebrity through NIL deals and share in revenue now flowing from schools to their athletes under the House settlement.

The Ohio order came on the same day that the attorney representing athletes in a key eligibility case took a series of questions from federal judges who sounded skeptical about the players' ability to pinpoint the depth of the economic harm they have suffered from the change.

A lower-court judge in the case, Wisne vs. NCAA, initially ruled in favor of the players, granting all NCAA athletes who graduated high school in 2022 a fifth year of eligibility for this school year.

An appeals court blocked that ruling and its full hearing came in front of a three-judge panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, which did not immediately rule. All three asked multiple questions to plaintiff attorney Robert Shelquist over the plaintiffs' attempts to define the market for the players.

That definition would be key to determining how the players are being harmed by being declared ineligible. It's the benchmark the judges said was key to winning an antitrust lawsuit such as this.

“It doesn't seem there's been a definition of the market from a huge, huge division — golf, everything,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Paul Kelly, a nod to the wide difference in earning power between, say, a college football player and golfer. “And you're lumping them all together and you never looked at commonality and interchangeability of the various buyers."

Shelquist argued an analysis presented by the plaintiffs that was prepared by University of Mississippi legal scholar William Berry III provided a framework of what the market for the players would look like if they were deemed eligible.

Arguing for the NCAA, attorney Rakesh Kilaru argued the plaintiffs' analysis takes all the players and “lumps all of those individuals together in a way that does not make economic sense.”

If the judges rule in favor of the NCAA, it would set what could be an important precedent but would not necessarily end the legal wrangling.

After they blocked the initial ruling, cases in state courts across the country went on — most notably one in Louisiana that led LSU to look into bringing on two football players who had spent time this summer in NFL training camps. More recently, the NCAA has won cases in Kentucky, Ohio and Arizona.

With the Ohio executive order, more litigation seems likely.

The judges also asked both attorneys if they should delay their decision to see whether Congress passes the Protect College Sports Act, a bill that made it through the Senate last month that would limit these sorts of lawsuits in the future.

The bill would not preempt active lawsuits, and both attorneys urged the court not to wait, with Shelquist reminding the judges of the narrow window for this group of players who left high school in 2022, with this school year's football season halfway over and basketball season about to begin.

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It comes after jurors heard from Hill himself last week, speaking on his divorce and battery case.

Hill’s attorney called multiple witnesses meant to cast doubt on claims of abuse by his estranged wife, Lakeeta Vaccaro, who says he was abusive to her over the course of their 18-month marriage.

One witness was a Sunny Isles Beach police officer who said he was called out to an incident at the couple’s condo.

Vaccaro’s mother called 911 after she said things became physical between Hill and her daughter.

Vaccaro filed for divorce the next day. Hill was not arrested.

Another witness on Monday testified to being with the Davie Police Department in January of 2024 when she was called to Hill’s home in Southwest Ranches.

About a week earlier, the home caught fire.

The former officer testified about being called to the home for a domestic violence incident, but said there were no signs of violence in the home, or on Vaccaro.

Another officer, this one with the Orlando Police Department, said he responded to a call for help at a hotel. He said the couple argued over a post-nuptial agreement and as part of their investigation, Vaccaro was photographed.

Court will resume on Tuesday, which is expected to be the final day of the trial.

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According to an FHP arrest report, the driver was identified as Brendley Jerome, 21, of Miami Gardens, who was taken into custody following the crash that sent him and two passengers to the hospital.

The incident began around 4:13 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, when a trooper spotted a silver BMW traveling at a high rate of speed on the Palmetto Expressway, just east of Northwest 57th Avenue, authorities said.

The trooper reported the BMW was traveling at approximately 120 mph before he activated his emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop.

Instead of pulling over, Jerome accelerated to more than 130 mph and began making evasive maneuvers, according to the report.

The trooper then notified dispatchers that he was initiating a pursuit, the report stated.

According to the arrest report, Jerome continued driving at excessive speeds, weaving across traffic lanes and nearly colliding with a semi-truck as he approached Northwest 154th Street.

Investigators said Jerome attempted to take the Northwest 154th Street exit from the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway, but lost control while navigating a curve.

The BMW veered off the roadway and rolled over into a ditch along the exit ramp.

The trooper reported slowing down before driving his marked patrol vehicle into the ditch and “intentionally” making contact with the BMW.

After the crash, authorities said the trooper approached the BMW with his department-issued gun and ordered the occupants out of the vehicle.

According to the report, one passenger climbed out through a rear passenger-side window, while Jerome exited through the vehicle’s rear windshield.

The trooper ordered both individuals to lie on the ground before handcuffing Jerome, the report stated.

Additional troopers arrived and helped remove a second passenger through a rear passenger-side window.

Fire rescue crews transported all three occupants to Palmetto General Hospital.

FHP previously confirmed that the three occupants suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The trooper was not injured.

According to the arrest report, Jerome was medically cleared at the hospital before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

He faces charges of fleeing and eluding a police officer at a high speed and excessive speeding.

As of Tuesday morning, Jerome remained held at TGK. Online jail records listed his total bond as “to be set.”

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At Miami Crab & Seafood Bakery, inspectors documented rodent droppings in several storage areas, including where single-service items, flour, sugar and seasonings were stored, and found rodent bait on the floor outside a covered, tamper-resistant bait station.

At Keke’s Breakfast Cafe in Parkland, inspectors observed approximately 45 small flying insects landing on clean utensils, equipment, walls and soda boxes near the dishwashing area.

Meanwhile, at Miami Shores Golf Club, inspectors found rodent droppings on top of clean dishes and mahi-mahi, and salmon held at 53 and 58 degrees, respectively.

China Spring III in Coral Springs also had rodent droppings in the kitchen and a dead roach in the food preparation area. All four establishments were ordered shut following inspections. Below is a list of violations and some of the most concerning findings.

**MIAMI SHORES GOLF CLUB

10000 BISCAYNE BLVD.

MIAMI SHORES

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 10/9

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 20+ rodent droppings in dry storage area on floor and on top of clean dishes. Observed approximately 5 rodent droppings on floor near single service article storage area. Observed approximately 10+ rodent droppings on floor inside managers office.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed one dead roach inside empty plastic bin at the warehouse washing area.”

“Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed white cutting board in back food prep area with cut marks and no longer cleanable.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed reach in cooler door handle soiled with food debris at the cook line.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed mahi mahi (53F - Cold Holding); salmon (58F - Cold Holding) inside reach in cooler drawers at the cook line. As per operator, product has been there for about 2 Hours. Product was placed inside walk in cooler for rapid cooling. Observed cole slaw (54F - Cold Holding) inside plastic bin on prep table.”

“Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee engaged in food preparation with no beard guard.”

**MIAMI CRAB & SEAFOOD/ BAKERY

20723 NW 2ND AVE

MIAMI GARDENS

ORDERED SHUT 10/12

8 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 75+ rodent droppings on the floor of the kitchen storage room where single service items are stored, 10+ rodent droppings on the shelves where employee store personal items, 5+ rodent droppings on the floor behind the front counter reach in cooler, 7+ rodent droppings on the floor in the back storage room where flour, sugar and seasonings are stored in.”

“Rodent bait not contained in a covered, tamper-resistant bait station. Observed bitten rodent bait on the floor in the kitchen storage room.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed microwave and oven door handle soiled.”

“Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.”

**KEKE’S BREAKFAST CAFE

7609 STATE ROAD 7

PARKLAND

ORDERED SHUT 10/12

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Live, small flying insects found. At dishwashing area, approximately 45 small flying insects, landing on clean utensils equipment, walls and boxes of soda. At dining room- bar counter area -approximately 3 small flying insects landing on walls.”

“Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. At cookline area- in use unwashed strawberries constantly one of actively being cut and portioned.”

“Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. -Observed Employee pick up soiled equipment from floor. Employee proceeds to clean grill then handle ham from the flip top cooler and engaged in food preparation without changing their gloves or washing their hands.”

“Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At Expo station -Employee touched her face and then proceeded to handle clean equipment and bottles of hot sauce without washing their hands -educated operator employee washed their hands.”

“Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. At expo station- Employee handled dirty dishes than Proceeded to wash their hands for approximately eight seconds then engage in handling clean utensils, and equipment.”

“Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. At cook line area, employee handled, soiled wiping cloth, and then proceeded to prepare food for order without washing their hands -educated operator-employee wash their hands properly.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Observed in flip top cooler cooked peppers (45F - Cold Holding). Per operator not prepared or portioned today. Per operator out of temperature due to service for approximately 15min. Operator placed in freezer to quick chill.”

**CHINA SPRING III

8100 WILES ROAD

CORAL SPRINGS

ORDERED SHUT 10/8

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. At kitchen / cook line area- approximately 20 rodent droppings on the floor - underneath prep tables, containers of food and reach in coolers. At dry storage shelf near cook line - approximately 4 rodent droppings on can of sauce.”

“Dead roaches on premises. At kitchen prep area- 1 dead roach on the floor - operator removed. At bathroom- 1 dead roach on the floor.”

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler raw shell eggs stored over cooked chicken- operator removed and stored properly.”

“Throughout establishment- Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.”

“Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At dishwashing/prep area -employee handled dirty dishes, then proceeded to handle clean dishes and engage in handling food without washing their hands-educated operator-employee wash their hands.”

“Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Repeat Violation.”

“Required employee training expired for all employees.”

Video from Sky 10 showed police on a portion of the river’s North Fork, near the Salvation Army building at 1801 W. Broward Blvd., where a dive team retrieved the person’s body near the mangroves.

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A spokesperson for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department said its homicide detectives are “conducting a death investigation.”

Authorities have not released additional details, including whether they suspected foul play.

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No one was injured, and only one truck responded at about 1 p.m. to the runway at 2020 Executive Airport Way, according to the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel.

The Cessna Skycatcher with tail number N6106F had a nose gear issue, according to FLFR personnel. Records show the C162 is registered under Boca Pilot Flight Training LLC.

The Cessna Skycatcher departed at 10:50 a.m. from FXE and returned to FXE for landing at 12:14 p.m., according to FlightAware.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

Según las autoridades, un buen samaritano vio al hombre y avisó por un canal de radio marítimo de emergencia que usan los navegantes para pedir ayuda.

Las autoridades dijeron que unidades marítimas de Miami y Fort Lauderdale acudieron junto a la Guardia Costera. Los equipos localizaron al hombre, le dieron asistencia de emergencia y coordinaron una evaluación médica.

Según las autoridades, paramédicos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lo evaluaron y le dieron el alta médica. Después fue trasladado al buque Melvin Bell de la Guardia Costera para continuar con los trámites.

La Guardia Costera no ha revelado la edad ni la identidad del hombre.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami, poco antes de las 6 a.m. alguien les hizo señas a unos agentes cerca de la avenida 7 y la calle 27 del noroeste. Les avisó de un peatón que había sido atropellado por un vehículo.

Los paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue acudieron al lugar y trasladaron a la víctima al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital.

La policía dijo que el peatón no respondía, pero respiraba cuando llegaron los equipos de emergencia.

Las autoridades no han revelado la identidad de la víctima ni más detalles sobre el vehículo involucrado.

Las circunstancias del accidente siguen bajo investigación.

Cualquier persona con información puede comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miami o con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Los hechos ocurrieron el viernes. Un video muestra un BMW blanco frente a un complejo de apartamentos en Doral.

Según la policía, la víctima ya le había comprado un iPhone por Facebook Marketplace a un hombre, y la transacción había salido bien. Ese mismo vendedor lo contactó para ofrecerle más teléfonos, y la víctima aceptó.

Ese sospechoso fue identificado después como Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, de 31 años y residente de Miami Gardens.

El encuentro fue frente al edificio de apartamentos de la víctima. Según la policía, cuando la víctima abrió la puerta del pasajero del vehículo de Nunez-Martinez, alguien que estaba acostado en el asiento trasero se levantó de repente y le apuntó con un arma.

“El pasajero del asiento trasero le apuntó con un arma de fuego a nuestra víctima y le dijo que se subiera al carro”, dijo el jefe de la policía de Doral, Matthew Castillo.

Ese sospechoso fue identificado después como Darian Ernesto Morejon Rodriguez, de 39 años.

Según la policía, Nunez-Martinez arrancó con la víctima en el asiento del pasajero, amenazada con el arma, a pesar de que intentó escapar varias veces.

“Trató de escaparse del vehículo dos veces y llegaron a ahorcarlo”, dijo Castillo.

Finalmente, el vehículo empezó a bajar la velocidad en la zona de la calle 66 y la avenida 78 del noroeste. Entonces la víctima tomó los $4,000 en efectivo que había llevado para la compra y los lanzó fuera del carro, según la policía. Morejon Rodriguez se bajó para recoger el dinero.

Según las autoridades, la víctima aprovechó ese momento para salir del vehículo a empujones.

“Nuestra víctima buscaba la manera de sobrevivir, y una de ellas fue tirar el dinero por la ventana, y eso hizo”, dijo Castillo.

Según la policía, después de escapar, la víctima recibió un mensaje de texto amenazante de Nunez-Martinez: “Ni se te ocurra hacer nada porque te vamos a buscar, sabemos dónde vives. Cerramos el negocio aquí y nos olvidamos de todo”.

Unas horas después de la primera comparecencia de Nunez-Martinez ante el tribunal, los agentes arrestaron a Morejon Rodriguez. Fue el lunes, durante una parada de tránsito en Hallandale Beach.

Nunez-Martinez enfrenta cargos por delitos graves de secuestro con arma de fuego, robo con arma de fuego o arma mortal y hurto mayor de tercer grado. También se le acusa de manipulación de una víctima o testigo y de agresión.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, Nunez-Martinez permanecía en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, con la fianza “por determinar”. Morejon Rodriguez fue trasladado al condado de Miami-Dade el martes por la mañana, donde le espera una audiencia de fianza.

Según el personal de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, nadie resultó herido. Solo un camión de bomberos acudió alrededor de la 1 p.m. a la pista, en el 2020 Executive Airport Way.

Según los bomberos, la Cessna Skycatcher, con matrícula N6106F, tuvo un problema con el tren de aterrizaje delantero. Los registros muestran que está a nombre de Boca Pilot Flight Training LLC.

Carson Merlo, editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, colaboró en este reporte.

Imágenes de Sky 10 mostraron a la policía en un tramo del brazo norte del río, cerca del edificio del Ejército de Salvación, en el 1801 W. Broward Blvd. Allí, un equipo de buzos recuperó el cuerpo cerca de los manglares.

Un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale dijo que sus detectives de homicidios “están llevando a cabo una investigación sobre la muerte”.

Las autoridades no han dado más detalles, ni han dicho si sospechan que se trate de un crimen.

Coach Jeff Blashill said Bedard is in the lineup for the matchup with Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. The 21-year-old center had surgery on his left shoulder on July 8.

“It’s only been six games, but when you miss camp and you miss preseason it feels like a lot longer,” Bedard said. “Just to be back with the guys and get to do what I love, it’s exciting. Looking forward to getting back out there, for sure.”

Chicago dropped five of its first six games without Bedard, who had a team-high 45 assists and 75 points last season. The Blackhawks have been outscored 26-12.

“We have to understand we’re adding a good piece to the puzzle, but we can’t expect him to put the puzzle together by himself,” Blashill said.

Bedard is expected to play on the team's top line with Patrick Kane and rookie Roman Kantserov. Nick Lardis was assigned to Rockford of the AHL to make room for Bedard on the roster.

Bedard agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract in July. The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft became the second-youngest captain in the history of the Original Six franchise on Sept. 15.

He got hurt while skating with a group of NHL players in western Canada this summer. After the operation, the team said he would be sidelined for approximately four months.

“You never really know how things are going to go,” Bedard said. “I put a lot of time and effort into the rehab process to try and maybe come back a little earlier than I guess originally expected, but at the end of the day it’s just when they felt comfortable. So it was safe for me to get back out there. But definitely happy that I didn’t miss quite as many.”

Bedard made his NHL debut against Crosby and the Penguins in 2023. He was heralded as the new face of the Blackhawks, and he won the Calder Trophy as the league’s rookie of the year.

He missed 12 games last season after he hurt his right shoulder on Dec. 12. He wasn't allowed to take faceoffs after he returned, but he has no restrictions this year.

“It’s nice. I mean, you want to just play your full game,” Bedard said. “So just get back out there and you want to play as free as you can. It’s nice that we had two practices for me to get into and feel some bumps and get into battles and stuff where it’s not as controlled.”

While Bedard is back, Frank Nazar will not play against the Penguins. The 22-year-old forward is finishing his two-game suspension for an illegal check on New York Islanders forward Bo Horvat on Thursday night.

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The Health Ministry reported 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths, with the death toll approaching half the number of confirmed cases.

The rising death toll has alarmed health workers and authorities, with a large share of recorded deaths occurring outside treatment centers. The latest report recorded 88 new cases and warned that “community transmission remains a concern."

The outbreak has created new hot spots as it spreads to more communities, with 65 health zones across seven provinces now affected.

Officials say the confirmed cases account for only a third of all cases, with many going undetected. The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

Efforts to contain the virus have been impaired by several factors, including fighting between government forces and rebel groups, which has created one of the world's direst humanitarian crises, widespread disregard for health precautions, intense population movements and shortages of medical supplies and treatment centers.

The outbreak has surpassed Congo's 16 previous outbreaks in scale and is on track to top the 2014-2016 West Africa regional outbreak that killed 11,000 people.

“I feel that the government is overwhelmed by events. But there is nothing else to say. The government needs to fully shoulder its responsibilities to ensure the effectiveness of the response against Ebola,” said Samuel Buju, a resident of Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, one of the outbreak's hot spots.

Last week, Kenya became the second country after Uganda to report an Ebola case imported from Congo, deepening concerns about the virus spreading across borders.

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The measures announced Tuesday by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff include a suspension of all parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and a new “zero tolerance” policy that would immediately suspend chapters for violations.

“These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue,” Kotlikoff wrote in a letter to the campus community.

Cornell has more than 20 active Interfraternity Council fraternities. The council did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. It’s unclear whether the restrictions extend to off-campus parties.

It’s not the first time Cornell has cracked down on fraternity parties. The university temporarily suspended them in 2022 after reports of a sexual assault and students being drugged at fraternity-affiliated housing.

Cornell also tightened fraternity safety rules in 2019 after freshman Antonio Tsialas was found dead in a gorge following an alleged hazing incident. A year earlier, a fraternity was placed on probation over a contest in which members competed to have sex with women they considered overweight.

Cornell plans alternatives to fraternity parties

The university president said the school would begin conversations with students and faculty experts about “the development of safe social alternatives” to Greek life party culture and invest money to get those initiatives off the ground.

Kotlikoff also committed to adding a case manager to the school’s Office of Civil Rights to help those who report sexual misconduct on the Cornell campus navigate the process, and to working with New York State Police to allow its criminal investigators — who are independent of Cornell — to investigate allegations.

Crimes reported on Cornell’s campus are generally investigated by campus police, a department that has full law enforcement powers but is controlled by the university.

The campus police force operates independently from municipal police in Ithaca, New York, where the university is located. Its officers investigated the 2024 gang rape allegations and presented their initial findings to the Tompkins County district attorney, who declined to prosecute within weeks of the woman making her first report to police.

New York’s governor removed the district attorney from the case this month after a public outcry over the lack of charges.

The investigation is now being led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, while Cornell has hired former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates to conduct an independent review of the university’s response.

A state police spokesperson declined to comment.

A gang rape allegation sparks scrutiny of Cornell’s response

In a lawsuit filed in September, the woman alleged that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members after attending a party at the Chi Phi house in October 2024.

She said she was pressured to use drugs and that other men entered the room while she was incapacitated. She also alleges that Snapchat messages describing her as sexually available to anyone at the house circulated among fraternity members without her knowledge.

Cornell closed the fraternity chapter and disciplined several students following an internal investigation, but no criminal charges have been filed. The seven men accused in the woman’s lawsuit have all denied her allegations, either saying that the sexual activity was consensual or that they weren’t involved.

Andrew Miltenberg, a lawyer for one of the men accused in the woman’s lawsuit, criticized the restrictions announced Tuesday as a sweeping response to problems that extend beyond fraternities, arguing that universities promote Greek social life but distance themselves from it when controversies arise.

“Greek life has become the convenient target,” he said in an emailed statement. He warned that parties could simply move off campus, where there would be less oversight. “Changing the address doesn’t change the behavior.”

Cornell faces broader pressure for reform

Kotlikoff’s announcement came a day before Cornell’s Faculty Senate was to take up a proposed resolution expressing no confidence in the administration’s ability to effectively address sexual assault on campus.

Paul Ortiz, a Cornell labor history professor who is the lead sponsor of the resolution, said Tuesday that he welcomed the new measures but regretted that it took student protests, media coverage and the suffering of people like Jane Doe to prompt action.

“That the administration is only acting the day before they might be held accountable in the faculty senate is deeply troubling,” Ortiz said in an email to The Associated Press, adding that he believes the no-confidence resolution is “more important than ever.”

“The key point to understand is that scores of students, staff, faculty and alumni have approached the sponsors of the resolution to emphasize to us that the Jane Doe case is but the tip of the iceberg,” he continued. “Students and alumni have shared experiences of being raped at Cornell.”

“These women testify that they were frightened to report assaults because they felt that Cornell has at times treated rape as more of a ‘PR problem’ than a heinous crime,” Ortiz said.

In his Tuesday letter, Kotlikoff acknowledged that sexual violence extends beyond fraternities, saying Cornell must also confront a campus culture of excessive drinking and drug use and expand education about students’ responsibility to intervene when others are at risk.

Cornell also plans to add victim advocates and expand sexual violence prevention programs, he said, calling the actions “first steps toward systemic change on our campus.”

“We will take all necessary steps to address the conditions that led to Jane Doe’s experiences, and those of other survivors,” he said.

Authorities have not released information about how 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was thrown from Goliath at Six Flags over Georgia on Monday. Several people also were injured.

Here's a look at other fatalities and injuries on U.S. roller coasters:

Six Flags Magic Mountain

The park in Southern California announced last month that it was retiring its famous X2 roller coaster following lawsuits alleging riders suffered serious brain injuries. The park settled one wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of a 22-year-old rider who was rushed to a hospital with severe brain bleeding in 2022. He died a day later. The medical examiner’s office determined he died from “blunt head trauma.” Six Flags Entertainment Corp. said the ride had consistently passed safety tests.

Epic Universe

A medical examiner concluded last year that a man who was unresponsive after riding a roller coaster at the Universal Orlando Resort park died from blunt impact injuries. Joshua Stephany, the medical examiner for the Orlando area, ruled the death an accident. The man in his 30s was found unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers.

Texas Giant

In 2013, a woman riding a roller coaster in Texas died after she was thrown from her seat, fell 75 feet (23 meters) and struck a metal beam. Witnesses said the woman expressed concern about the Texas Giant roller coaster’s safety bar not completely engaging as the ride was starting.

Darien Lake

A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq was killed in 2011 after he was thrown from a roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park & Resort in upstate New York. Investigators said operators did not follow rules posted at the ride’s entrance, which require that riders have both legs.

Dixie Landin'

A 21-year-old rider fell to her death from a roller coaster at the amusement park in Louisiana in 2010. A state investigation could not determine a cause.

Disneyland

In 2003, a locomotive broke loose from a train on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster in California, killing a man and injuring multiple other riders. The car derailed after a guide wheel fell off. State investigators found the wheel was not tightened according to Disney’s standards and a safety wire was not installed.

La decisión se da pocos días después de violentos enfrentamientos en una cárcel del estado norteño de Sinaloa en los que murieron 12 personas, entre ellas un niño de un año que estaba de visita en el penal.

“No podemos permitir la sobrepoblación”, afirmó Sheinbaum en su habitual conferencia diaria al reconocer que los 70.000 nuevos detenidos apresados durante los primeros dos años de su mandato han complicado los problemas de violencia y hacinamiento en las 278 cárceles mexicanas. Hasta febrero México tenía una población carcelaria de 261.388 presos.

De acuerdo con el diagnóstico de 2025 de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de México, que se difundió el mes pasado, hay sobrepoblación en 129 prisiones y hacinamiento en otras 124. La investigación encontró que la población penitenciaria creció 39,15% mientras que la infraestructura carcelaria sólo aumentó 5,89%.

Entre los estados que presentan la situación más crítica de hacinamiento están el Estado de México, Chiapas, Durango, Morelos, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sonora y Veracruz. Las nuevas prisiones se construirán en Sinaloa, Nayarit, Sonora, México, Veracruz y Chiapas.

La mandataria dijo que el gobierno federal apoyará financieramente a esos estados en la construcción de los nuevos centros penitenciarios. Las obras concluirán en 2028.

El secretario de Seguridad federal, Omar García Harfuch, detalló que los nuevos centros tendrán “infraestructura de alta seguridad, tecnología de vigilancia y monitoreo, sistemas de inspección y bloqueo de señales, así como módulos diferenciados para una adecuada clasificación de las personas”.

El hacinamiento, generado en parte por la prisión preventiva —que mantiene encerrados a miles de presos sin sentencia— sumado al escaso personal de custodia han favorecido la corrupción y la violencia al interior de los centros penitenciarios, según analistas.

Reyes issued the order one day after a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.

At the Monday hearing, Reyes ordered a 24-hour pause that could be extended to 14 days if necessary. It was limited to one day while the government tried to find a key Trump administration official to discuss why a massive tree-cutting at the park needed to occur over the holiday weekend, with little notification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to halt renovation plans or the judge.

The judge also ordered during that period the government “must provide the court and plaintiffs three business days’ written advance notice prior to making any irreparable modification to any permanent form or feature of the East Potomac Golf Course.”

The DC Preservation League and two local golfers are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

The co-counsel in the case, Democracy Forward, thanked Reyes for stepping in and halting what the group called the “mad rush” to turn the public recreation space course into a high-end golf course. “We are pleased that the court intervened and will prevent additional work while we seek more lasting relief,” the group said in a statement.

The Monday hearing and Tuesday order were prompted by the National Park Service ordering the cutting of hundreds of trees at the golf course after filing the court notification only minutes before the close of business on Oct. 9 on a holiday weekend, giving the plaintiffs little time to respond. At least 400 trees were cutdown over the weekend with plans for several hundred more.

The historic park, especially the golf course, caught the eye of Trump, who wants to turn it into a world-class golf venue. It’s part of his grand vision for Washington, D.C., where he has multiple projects underway, including a $400 million White House ballroom and the soon-to-begin construction of his triumphal arch. He began talking about the city's public courses in late 2025.

“When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,” Trump posted on social media in June.

The course has been the subject of multiple emergency hearings, including one in May in which Reyes was out of the country, because of concerns from the plaintiffs that the administration would move ahead with work despite the pending lawsuit. In each instance Reyes declined issuing temporary stop orders out of trust for the government's attorney in the case.

“Every single time I have given the government the benefit of the doubt and every single time I made absolutely clear that I want notice,” Reyes said. “What has happened has cost the government all credibility with me.”

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the league reversed its Sept. 16 ruling making Harris ineligible to be signed during the 2026 season, saying the defensive tackle did not participate in an official practice or game with LSU, clearing the way for him to be signed by an NFL team.

“The NFL interviewed Mr. Harris and sought independent verification of his activities after the start of NFL training camps and agrees with the NFLPA’s contention that ‘plays college football’ means, at a minimum, participation in a practice (or game) for the applicable college football team,” the memo said.

Harris and Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright had tryouts in the NFL this summer after going undrafted. They then tried joining their former coach Lane Kiffin at LSU and sued for the right to regain their college eligibility.

After the Southeastern Conference passed a rule barring pros from heading back to college to play and a Louisiana court put that restriction on hold, LSU left both players off its roster as it opened its season.

Wright also was barred from signing with an NFL team in the league’s Sept. 16 decision, and his status apparently remains unchanged.

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En Keke’s Breakfast Cafe, en Parkland, había unos 45 insectos voladores posándose sobre utensilios limpios cerca del área de lavado. En Miami Shores Golf Club, la inspección se hizo tras una queja. En China Spring III, en Coral Springs, hubo excrementos de roedor en la cocina y una cucaracha muerta en el área de preparación.

Según un informe de arresto de la FHP, el conductor fue identificado como Brendley Jerome, de 21 años y residente de Miami Gardens. Fue detenido tras el choque, que lo mandó al hospital junto a dos pasajeros.

Según las autoridades, todo comenzó alrededor de las 4:13 a.m. del lunes 12 de octubre. Un agente vio un BMW plateado que iba a alta velocidad por el Palmetto Expressway, justo al este de la avenida 57 del noroeste.

El agente informó que el BMW iba a unas 120 millas por hora. Entonces encendió las luces de emergencia y la sirena para detenerlo.

En lugar de detenerse, Jerome aceleró a más de 130 millas por hora y empezó a hacer maniobras evasivas, según el informe.

Según el informe, el agente avisó entonces a la central que iniciaba una persecución.

Jerome siguió manejando a velocidades excesivas y zigzagueando entre los carriles, según el informe de arresto. Al acercarse a la calle 154 del noroeste, estuvo a punto de chocar con un tráiler.

Según los investigadores, Jerome intentó tomar la salida de la calle 154 del noroeste desde los carriles en dirección sur del Palmetto Expressway. Pero perdió el control en una curva.

El BMW se salió de la vía y se volcó en una zanja junto a la rampa de salida.

El agente informó que redujo la velocidad, entró con su patrulla a la zanja y chocó “intencionalmente” contra el BMW.

Según las autoridades, tras el choque el agente se acercó al BMW con su arma de reglamento y les ordenó a los ocupantes que salieran del vehículo.

Según el informe, uno de los pasajeros salió por la ventanilla trasera del lado del pasajero. Jerome salió por el cristal trasero del vehículo.

El agente les ordenó a ambos que se acostaran en el suelo y luego esposó a Jerome, según el informe.

Llegaron más agentes, que ayudaron a sacar a un segundo pasajero por la ventanilla trasera del lado del pasajero.

Los equipos de rescate llevaron a los tres ocupantes al Palmetto General Hospital.

La FHP ya había confirmado que los tres ocupantes sufrieron heridas que no ponían en riesgo su vida. El agente no resultó herido.

Según el informe de arresto, los médicos dieron de alta a Jerome en el hospital. Después lo trasladaron al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Enfrenta cargos por huir y evadir a un agente de policía a alta velocidad y por exceso de velocidad.

Hasta la mañana del martes, Jerome seguía detenido en el TGK. Según los registros de la cárcel, su fianza total figuraba como “por determinar”.

The high court, granting a request by President Donald Trump's administration, will hear arguments on whether Izuchukwu Ozurumba's cooking job for leaders of the Unknown Gunmen qualifies as providing “material support” for a terrorist group.

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate Ozurumba's removal order. The Republican administration says the 4th Circuit decision conflicts with rulings by at least three other circuits and, if upheld, will hamper the government's ability to deport immigrants with terrorism ties in many other cases.

“Providing meals to a terrorist organization's members is no less a material form of support than providing gasoline for its vehicles,” they wrote.

Ozurumba testified that he didn’t know the true purpose of the camp until after he started working there. The Unknown Gunmen is believed to be a group of separatists operating in southern Nigeria. Ozurumba's lawyers say the group's leaders forced him to work without pay and repeatedly threatened him after he escaped from the camp.

His attorneys further argued that there is no circuit split for the Supreme Court to resolve. “No federal court has adopted the government's rule, under which any interaction with a terrorist organization, no matter how attenuated or inconsequential, qualifies as ‘material’ support,” they wrote.

Ozurumba fled the camp near his home in Lagos, Nigeria, and traveled to Venezuela before entering the U.S. illegally in July 2023 and surrendered to Border Patrol. Several months later, an immigration judge ordered Ozurumba to be deported to Nigeria.

A divided 4th Circuit panel decided that Ozurumba's work at the camp didn't constitute material support of terrorism. The majority opinion says it appears that he was “simply a captive laborer” whose work had nothing to do with terrorist activities.

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Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el tiroteo ocurrió en la madrugada del lunes frente a los Pearl Dadeland Apartments, en el 7440 N. Kendall Drive.

Según un informe de arresto, un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff acudió a la zona poco después de las 3:30 a.m. por reportes de un disparo. Un testigo le hizo señas al agente “y le contó que un grupo de personas se había peleado, pero que se fueron minutos antes de que llegaran los agentes”.

Casi al mismo tiempo, la policía de South Miami informó que la víctima había llegado al Baptist Health South Miami Hospital con una herida de bala, según los agentes.

Según el informe, la víctima les contó a los agentes que una hora antes le había llevado comida a una mujer que vive en el edificio. Dijo que “conversó brevemente con (ella) y le gustó”.

Los agentes dijeron que el hombre regresó alrededor de las 3:25 a.m. “para intentar ver otra vez a (la mujer) y quizás conseguir su número de teléfono”, pero no lo logró.

Según los agentes, cuando el hombre volvía a su carro, llegó en un Chevrolet Corvette el novio de la mujer, Khuslen Saruultuya.

Los agentes dijeron que Saruultuya le apuntó con una pistola y le ordenó “acostarse en el suelo”.

“La víctima obedeció y se acostó boca abajo en el suelo, y (Saruultuya) hizo un disparo que le rozó la nalga derecha”, señala el informe. “Mientras la víctima seguía en el suelo, (Saruultuya) lo golpeó en la parte de atrás de la cabeza con la culata de la pistola y le causó una herida abierta de dos pulgadas”.

Según el informe, Saruultuya le ordenó luego que se levantara, le apuntó a la cabeza y le dijo: “Te voy a matar”.

El informe indica que la novia de Saruultuya, que presenció lo ocurrido, le suplicaba a gritos: “¡Mi amor, por favor, para!”.

La víctima les contó a los agentes que Saruultuya lo “persiguió” alrededor del Corvette sin dejar de apuntarle. Mientras tanto, la mujer “intentaba sujetar (a Saruultuya)”.

Según las autoridades, la placa del Corvette los llevó hasta Saruultuya. La víctima lo identificó en una rueda de reconocimiento fotográfico. Luego, los agentes fueron a su apartamento en los cercanos Palmer Dadeland Apartments para arrestarlo.

Los agentes dijeron que hicieron una “revisión rápida” de su apartamento, en el edificio ubicado en el 8217 SW 72nd Ave. Allí encontraron un arsenal de drogas ilegales, entre ellas Xanax, Adderall, oxicodona, anfetaminas, ketamina, cocaína, MDMA, hongos de psilocibina y marihuana.

Según los agentes, Saruultuya también tenía 16 pastillas de Cialis, un medicamento para la disfunción eréctil. Además, guardaba dos bolsas de tusi, una droga de fiesta también conocida como “cocaína rosada”.

Según los registros de la cárcel, Saruultuya, nacido en Mongolia, enfrenta además del intento de asesinato varios otros cargos. Entre ellos están agresión agravada con arma mortal y nueve cargos por tráfico de drogas, todos delitos graves.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con la fianza “por determinar”.

The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought in 2024 that accused the healthcare giant of providing massive amounts of opioids and other controlled substances “to fuel its own profits at the expense of public health and safety.”

It’s the latest effort by the federal government to hold accountable companies that officials have alleged helped fuel the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis.

“Today’s settlement is a significant milestone in the Justice Department’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic by cracking down on pharmacies who unlawfully fulfill prescriptions for controlled substances," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in an emailed statement.

CVS said in a statement that its pharmacists were trained “in the safe and appropriate use of all medications” and that it had implemented “best-in-class” programs to help them “make the best decisions on behalf of patients.”

The company said it strongly disagreed with the claims made in the lawsuit and that the settlement admits no wrongdoing.

The company said in 2024 that pharmacists were being held to “vague, undefined, and ever-changing standards of practice” when it comes to filling prescription opioids.

The lawsuit filed under President Joe Biden's administration accused CVS of violating the Controlled Substances Act by filling illegitimate prescriptions for high doses of potent opioids that “fed dependence and addiction.” The Justice Department alleged it dispensed large quantities of opioids based on prescriptions from known “pill mills," or providers that hand out prescriptions for drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.

It alleged that poor staffing levels coupled with performance metrics and incentive compensation policies implemented by the company led to pharmacists racing to fill prescriptions without confirming they were legitimate. The prescriptions were often billed to and reimbursed by Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, the lawsuit says.

Under the settlement, CVS must also "implement additional safeguards to ensure that prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances are dispensed only when medically appropriate,” Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Division, said in a statement.

Over the last decade, drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacies and other companies have agreed to settlements with governments in the U.S. totaling over $50 billion. Most of the money is intended to go to address the crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. some years, though the numbers have fallen sharply recently.

Most of the settlements -- and dollars -- have been with state and local governments, but the U.S. has reached several deals, including in the last two years with the pharmacies Walgreens and Walmart.

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Associated Press reporter Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this report from Philadelphia.

La votación autoriza al condado a tomar cualquier medida legal necesaria para entrar en la sede de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO). El objetivo es examinar el presupuesto del sheriff y ver cómo gasta el dinero de los contribuyentes.

“Todo esto se acaba si simplemente abren sus libros y dicen: ‘En esto estamos gastando nuestro dinero’. Así de simple, señores”, dijo el alcalde de Broward, Mark Bogen.

Bogen encabezó la reunión de emergencia del martes por la mañana.

Con la votación, el abogado del condado queda autorizado para demandar al sheriff si las negociaciones no avanzan.

La comisión quiere revisar de cerca el presupuesto de $870 millones del sheriff y saber exactamente cómo gasta la agencia el dinero de los contribuyentes.

El alcalde asegura que el condado tiene derecho legal a ver ese presupuesto.

“Tenemos un sheriff que se niega a dar información, que se opone a lo que le pedimos, que cierra sus puertas y se esconde en su oficina a grabar videos”, dijo Bogen.

El lunes, al alcalde y a los comisionados les impidieron entrar a las instalaciones de BSO para ver su centro de entrenamiento. Según el auditor del condado, el centro costó más del doble de lo previsto.

“Enviamos muchos correos al alto mando diciendo que queríamos ver el gimnasio, y no responden”, dijo Bogen. “No responden”.

Justo después, en una conferencia de prensa, Tony dijo que todo era una distracción. El mes pasado, fiscales estatales enviaron citaciones a todos los comisionados. Investigan un estudio del condado sobre la posibilidad de sacar a BSO del Aeropuerto Internacional Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood y de Port Everglades.

“Esto no ha sido más que una pantalla para desviar la atención de lo que realmente está pasando: una investigación penal sin precedentes”, dijo Tony a los periodistas.

Local 10 News se comunicó con los investigadores estatales.

Bogen dice que no sabe de ninguna investigación penal y le pidió al abogado del condado que lo confirmara.

“Abogado, ¿sabe usted si alguno de nosotros o del personal está bajo una investigación penal?”, preguntó Bogen.

“Eh, alcalde, no tengo conocimiento de ninguna investigación penal”, respondió el abogado del condado.

El comisionado Lamar Fisher también propone quitarle al sheriff el control del sistema del 911.

La propuesta se discutirá en una reunión el próximo martes.

Fisher dice que, si se aprueba, la transición será inmediata.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series will now be Wednesday, Oct. 21. Tipoff for Game 4 on Saturday, Oct. 24 will be 1 p.m. Eastern, 2 1/2 hours before the previously scheduled start time. The series begins Saturday in California.

“I put quite a bit of pressure on the commissioner of the NBA and the WNBA. I felt, look, it’s not really about us, it’s about the league,” Warriors and Valkyries owner Joe Lacob said Tuesday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “The look would not be too good to have Ballhalla and 18,000 fans here and 3,500 over there. I think it’s important for the league to play these games in the finals, a great championship between two very good teams, in front of the same kind of crowd in both places.”

The location of the Dream home games had been up in the air because the team wanted to play at State Farm Arena, the home of the Atlanta Hawks that seats more than 17,000 fans, as opposed to their normal home, Gateway Center Arena, which holds only 3,500. The Valkyries have sold out every game in their 18,064-seat Chase Center in San Francisco in their two seasons.

“It’s really exciting," Dream forward Angel Reese said. "I really do enjoy Gateway, so I wouldn’t have minded being here in Gateway. But I know the growth of women’s basketball, the growth of the Atlanta Dream, the support here that we have is just phenomenal and it has continued to skyrocket.

"We’re going to miss our Gateway, but I’m really excited to be able to make that happen. Everyone that did make that happen I’m really thankful for it and I’m looking forward to all the fans coming out.”

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert expressed appreciation for the cooperation between the teams and TV networks to make the schedule adjustments.

“We are grateful for the efforts made by numerous stakeholders, including the Dream, the Valkyries, the Hawks, State Farm Arena, and NBC Sports and USA Sports,” Engelbert said in a statement. “The change of venue dramatically expands the seating capacity and ensures that the Dream will be able to provide an extraordinary atmosphere for the first WNBA Finals game to be played in the Atlanta market since 2013. We are pleased that thousands more fans across the Southeast region will have the opportunity to experience the ultimate WNBA action — the WNBA Finals — in person.”

There were conflicts at State Farm Arena for Game 3, with a concert by singer Sombr on Oct. 22, and for Game 4, with the Hawks holding their home opener the night of Oct. 24.

“We are thrilled that we will be able to accommodate the Dream as they host Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. Playing for a championship is special, and we want the Dream to feel the full support of the city during this amazing run,” said Andrew Saltzman, president of business enterprise and chief commercial officer of the Hawks and State Farm Arena.

While the Dream played most of their regular-season games at Gateway Center Arena, they moved six regular-season games and the three previous home playoff games to State Farm Arena. They will play all their home games next season at State Farm Arena after signing a multiyear deal earlier this month.

It's unclear where a Game 6 would be held if the WNBA Finals go that long because the Hawks have another home game on Oct. 29.

The Valkyries had their own conflict with Game 2 on Oct. 19, when Doja Cat had a concert scheduled that night at Chase Center. The concert was moved to Oct. 25.

Gray's status remains uncertain for the Dream

Dream coach Karl Smesko said guard Allisha Gray is improving after missing Game 3 of the semifinal series win over the New York Liberty with a left hand injury. Even so, Smesko said he did not know if Gray, who was a limited participant in Tuesday's practice, would be available for Saturday's game.

“No word on Game 1,” Smesko said. “But it’s trending in the right direction.”

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AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in San Francisco and AP freelance writer Alan Cole in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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See AP’s full WNBA coverage here

La Cadillac Escalade estaba en los carriles en dirección sur de East Country Club Drive, entre Yacht Club Way y la rampa del William Lehman Causeway.

Agentes de la policía de Aventura también acudieron al accidente alrededor de las 10:45 a.m.

Según los bomberos, la persona herida fue trasladada a un centro de trauma en el norte de Miami-Dade.

Esta noticia está en desarrollo. Frine Gomez, editora sénior de asignaciones de Local 10 News, y Mariana Ortiz, editora de asignaciones, colaboraron en este reporte.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, Joe Luis Suarez-Pozo, de 51 años y residente de Miami, fue detenido el lunes. El arresto se produjo tras una investigación sobre la denuncia de la mujer.

La policía dijo que la investigación comenzó el 2 de julio. Ese día, la mujer denunció la presunta agresión ante detectives en una subestación de la policía de Hialeah.

Según el informe, la mujer contó que su hija le había pedido un Uber para ir a Boca Raton a cuidar a su nieta.

Según las autoridades, Suarez-Pozo fue el chofer asignado a ese viaje.

El informe indica que los dos conversaron durante el trayecto e intercambiaron números de teléfono para que ella pudiera llamarlo si volvía a necesitar transporte.

Varios días después, Suarez-Pozo presuntamente la llamó para decirle que estaba cerca de su casa y para invitarla a tomar café.

Según el informe, la mujer aceptó porque ya había hablado con él y creía que era “una buena persona”.

La mujer dice que el chofer la agredió dentro del vehículo

Según el informe, en lugar de llevarla a tomar café, Suarez-Pozo manejó hasta el Victor Wilde Park, en Hialeah, y se estacionó.

La mujer les contó a los investigadores que estaba sentada en el asiento del pasajero cuando Suarez-Pozo se le subió encima de repente. Empezó a tocarla y a besarle la cara, la boca y el cuello.

Ella dijo que lo empujó y le preguntó qué estaba haciendo.

Según el informe de arresto, Suarez-Pozo le agarró entonces la mano y la obligó a tocarle los genitales.

Asustada, la mujer se bajó del vehículo para intentar escapar, según la policía.

Sin embargo, la mujer contó que Suarez-Pozo la siguió, la enfrentó afuera del carro y la obligó a subirse al asiento trasero.

La mujer denunció que allí la violó y que luego la llevó de vuelta a su casa.

Arrestado meses después de la presunta agresión

El lunes, agentes del Equipo de Respuesta Comunitaria del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah localizaron a Suarez-Pozo en East 53rd Street, en Hialeah.

Lo detuvieron y lo llevaron a la sede de la policía para interrogarlo.

Según el informe de arresto, los investigadores le leyeron sus derechos Miranda y luego lo entrevistaron.

La policía dijo que sus declaraciones coincidieron con el relato de la mujer, lo que llevó a su arresto.

Después, Suarez-Pozo fue trasladado al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde fue procesado por un cargo de agresión sexual.

Hasta la mañana del martes, seguía en el TGK. Según los registros de la cárcel, su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Un portavoz de Uber envió el martes un comunicado a Local 10 News. Según el comunicado, Suarez-Pozo fue expulsado de la plataforma.

“Aunque esto no ocurrió durante un viaje de Uber, este reporte nos indigna y hemos expulsado al conductor de la plataforma”, dice el comunicado. “En Uber estamos profundamente comprometidos con la seguridad y dispuestos a ayudar a las autoridades en su investigación en todo lo que podamos”.

The longtime South Florida favorite, which first opened in 1956, will welcome customers beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, two months earlier than last year’s opening.

But despite the 8 a.m. opening, customers were camped out outside the business overnight to ensure they got their hands on the goods on opening day.

Eiby Mendez, who was first in line, told Local 10 News that she got in line at 7:37 p.m. Monday.

“It’s something to look forward to,” she said. “They only open seasonal(ly), and I like to help the community. I do deliver to a lot of people that are not able to make it because of work, because of family and because of other things, and of course they want to get their hands on the cinnamon rolls.”

And while visitors can expect the same beloved recipes that have made the farm a staple for generations, they’ll also notice some improvements designed to reduce wait times.

New changes aimed at shorter lines

Knaus Berry Farm is adding a fourth cash register and cashier to help speed up service.

Customers waiting in line will also have access to additional menu signs and QR codes, allowing them to browse the menu on their phones before reaching the counter.

Another change this season is a limit of four dozen cinnamon rolls per customer, a measure intended to help keep lines moving.

Parking is also getting an upgrade, with nearly twice as much space available for visitors.

Celebrating 70 seasons of sweet traditions

Despite the changes, the farm is keeping the recipes and familiar faces that have made it a South Florida tradition for decades.

Its kitchen team brings more than 140 years of combined bakery experience.

This year’s season will also be longer, extending to 30 weeks and giving customers more opportunities to enjoy the farm’s baked goods.

When and where to visit

Knaus Berry Farm will open Tuesday, at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

The farm is located at 16790 SW 177th Ave. in Miami-Dade County.

City has been found guilty of widespread breaches of the Premier League's financial rules which could result in punishments including a massive fine, points deductions or even expulsion from England's top flight.

Separately, the Independent Football Regulator has the powers to force club owners to sell and can withhold a license to operate if they are deemed unfit.

An independent panel found the United Arab Emirates-backed City had artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1 billion over nearly a decade, circumventing fair-play rules.

Football regulator chair David Kogan said it was still awaiting the outcome of City's appeal against the verdict.

The UAE is a big investor in the U.K. Asked about the regulator's ability to remain independent given wider relations between the governments, Kogan said “any form of political interference on the way we operate is going to result in my resigning from this role and I stand by that completely.”

“We’ve come under absolutely no political pressure whatsoever on this or any other topic. And I don’t expect to in the future,” he said.

Kogan's comments came after U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be “really concerned” to lose City’s current ownership. Burnham also said he would not get “directly involved in the process.”

City is accused of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18. During that time, it won three titles and signed some of the world’s best players. It went on to enjoy a period of unprecedented dominance of English soccer.

The guilty verdict represents the biggest scandal in Premier League history and raises questions over the future of the club, which is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family.

The Independent Football Regulatory was established by the British government last year to set governance standards in English soccer.

Part of that includes the issuing of licenses for clubs to be able to operate, which will begin from November.

Kogan suggested the guilty verdict would not impact the issuing of a license to City because its appeal is ongoing.

“A verdict once it’s gone through an appeal process will certainly be something that we would clearly be taking into account when looking at awarding a license or looking at the owners, directors and senior executives,” he said.

State of the Game

Kogan was speaking in Manchester for the publication of the regulator's “State of the Game” report into English soccer.

The report states that despite the success of English soccer — which includes the Premier League, the world's richest and most popular league — 94% of clubs throughout the pyramid are loss-making and more than a quarter of clubs would be unable to survive more than 30 days if owners pulled funding.

It states a major problem is teams spending excessively to try to keep up with rivals.

“At the heart of English football’s success is a massive contradiction. While some of our clubs are among the richest and most competitive in the world, others are standing on the edge of financial disaster," Kogan said. “This lack of resilience can no longer be ignored.”

English soccer has revenues of nine billion pounds ($11.92 billion) according to the report. Despite that, many clubs are “technically insolvent and increasingly reliant on owners,” it states.

Seventeen clubs "would be loss making even if their players played for free,” the regulator's CEO Richard Monks said. “Owners in many football clubs will inject the money two or three days before payday and not keep any cash in the club. This is not how most businesses are run, and it’s a major issue which we will require football to address.”

The regulator has been involved in negotiations between the Premier League and the English Football League regarding what are known as solidarity payments to help develop England's lower leagues. That includes parachute payments to teams relegated from the top flight.

The regulator is proposing a change to those payments to be more evenly spread among teams. It is part of a suite of proposals, including measures for clubs to improve management of financial risk.

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James Robson is at https://x.com/jamesalanrobson

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See AP’s full soccer coverage here

A tough combination of plague and drought — both big issues for the embattled western species — are suspected causes of a population collapse in the Meeteetse area, where wildlife managers returned ferrets to the wild in 2016 after a three-decade-long absence. It’s not assured that the reintroduced population is completely gone, but it’s not looking promising, Wyoming Game and Fish Department small carnivore biologist Andy Gygli said.

“We spent a couple hundred hours of effort surveying 4,000 to 5,000 acres of the Meeteetse reintroduction area,” Gygli said. “We didn’t see any ferrets.”

The complete absence of ferrets during the late August surveys wasn’t wholly surprising. Sylvatic plague flared in the region in 2018 and 2019, and ferret numbers plunged to just one confirmed animal in 2020. Subsequent releases of captive-raised ferrets, including 18 animals in 2022, helped the small population temporarily recover, but plague struck again in 2023. By 2025, spotlighting surveyors again detected just a single ferret. This summer there were none.

Ferrets bottoming out and potentially disappearing struck Meeteetse rancher Allen Hogg as a big letdown.

“I’m really disappointed, of course,” Hogg told WyoFile. “They might be gone. But just because they didn’t find them doesn’t mean they’re not there, either. I’m not saying all hope is lost.”

The Meeteetse rancher’s family name became synonymous with black-footed ferrets 45 years ago, when a blue heeler owned by his parents brought a dead weasel-like critter home. Subsequently, biologists found more than 100 other black-footed ferrets — presumed extinct for the two years prior — on and near the family ranch.

The exact cause of the ferrets’ absence during the surveys is unknown, but recently drought in the Bighorn Basin walloped their primary prey species, prairie dogs. In many corners of the West, there just hasn’t been enough vegetation growth to sustain strong numbers of the grass-eating mammals.

“We’ve heard a lot about deer, elk, pronghorn and cattle having hard times,” Gygli said. “It’s the same with our other herbivores. Prairie dogs also have to eat, and lack of (vegetation) coverage can result in low recruitment, which can result in downstream effects.”

For ferrets, those downstream drought effects are severe. They, too, haven’t had enough to eat. Indirectly, drought caused the numbers of rare mustelids in the world’s largest wild black-footed ferret population, in South Dakota’s Conata Basin/Badlands, to plummet from 250 to 70 animals between 2024 and 2025, according to biologist and ferret expert Travis Livieri, who studies that population.

“In my 30 years of doing this, I’ve never seen (drought) this bad, where prairie dogs failed to reproduce at a high rate,” Livieri said. “The prairie dogs don’t do well, the ferrets won’t do well.”

Prairie dogs in the Meeteetse area also continue to struggle, Gygli said. After the 2023 bout of sylvatic plague, Game and Fish surveys mapped prairie dog colonies and found only 3,800 acres in active use — down from the 6,000-plus acres that were mapped around the time of the 2016 reintroduction. Densities of prairie dogs per acre aren’t great, either.

The habitat conditions were bad enough for black-footed ferrets this summer that Gygli diverted 10 captive-raised animals that were going to be released in Meeteetse to the Shirley Basin, site of a rare ferret reintroduction success story. His rationale was that keeping ferrets out of the reintroduction area would relieve predation pressure on prairie dogs, helping them recover — and ultimately again support ferrets.

“There are prairie dogs there,” Gygli said. “They just need some time and some good conditions to come back. Rodents reproduce. That’s part of their strategy — they reproduce really quick.”

Wildlife managers are also assisting the recovery with prophylactic insecticide treatments to kill fleas and guard against plague. On average, they treat roughly 4,000 acres annually — a roughly $100,000 expense, with the lion’s share covered by the Bureau of Land Management, Gygli said.

For now, the Meeteetse reintroduction area might stay free of ferrets intentionally. The last time that happened, in 1986, there were wildly different circumstances. It was a rescue mission to save the species. Although the federal and state wildlife officials found 124 black-footed ferrets after Shep the ranch dog’s remarkable rediscovery, the population plummeted in 1985 from a combination of plague and canine distemper.

Retired Game and Fish Nongame Wildlife Supervisor Bob Oakleaf was on the front lines at the time, and he helped develop a contingency plan that outlined when wildlife officials should step in and whisk the remaining animals from the wild. Taking every last ferret into captivity from their only stronghold was a controversial decision, he recalled.

“There was a lot of blockage in the Game and Fish,” Oakleaf told WyoFile. “Back then, the Game and Fish really wasn’t oriented towards captive breeding.”

Then-Game and Fish Director Bill Morris halted the ferret capturing operation “halfway through,” he said, leading to a series of meetings. Oakleaf and others talked him into allowing them to resume.

“Thank God for the agreement on the contingency plan, because it allowed us to catch a few more ferrets,” Oakleaf said.

After the last known wild ferret, a male known as Scarface, was captured in early 1987, there were a total of 18 black-footed ferrets remaining in the world — all from Meeteetse. Ferrets didn’t return to the area for another three decades. They went back into the wild on the same private ranchland where they were rediscovered.

“All of the releases and all of the recovery efforts have all been concentrated here on our ranch and the Pitchfork,” Hogg said. “Lenox Baker, the current owner, was probably the most instrumental person in getting them brought back here — he really made the push.”

Hogg’s hopeful that the Meeteetse reintroduction area’s prairie dogs stage a comeback and the black-footed ferrets reappear — even if it takes continuous intervention.

“It might be a situation where, to maintain it here for historical reasons, we have to keep supplementing that population,” Hogg said. “Sometimes it just is what it is. You can only spend so much money on a project. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, but we certainly hope it will work.”

There are some skeptics that Meeteetse will ever be home to self-sustaining ferrets. Oakleaf, the Game and Fish retiree, says he understands the desire to restore the historically significant population, but he worries that it’s just not the right place — it’s too small and has too much plague, he said.

“Everybody involved feels obligated to put them back in Meeteetse.” Oakleaf said, “But, man, I don’t know how you do it. It just hasn’t shown over the years that it could support a ferret population.”

For now, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is not giving up.

“This is a place that we’re going to continue to work on,” Gygli said. “It’s the place where ferrets persisted.”

In an ideal world, prairie dog populations would bounce back enough to support a captive-raised ferret release in 2027, he said.

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This story was originally published by WyoFile and distributed through a partnership with The Associated Press.

Obama is set to campaign in Cleveland on Oct. 24 with three-term former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is looking to oust Republican Sen. Jon Husted from the seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance.

He's also set to appear with Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, who has been focusing her campaign on parts of the state that have been voting Republican in recent elections. She and tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

A former swing state, Ohio has emerged as a battleground for control of the Senate, with Vance and President Donald Trump visiting recently. As Trump stumped for Husted on Monday, much of his focus was on one of his signature issues: immigration.

The trip is part of Obama's expanded outreach into some of the midterm races deemed most consequential — and possibly some of the closest — in his party's quest to return to power in Congress. On the same day, Obama will campaign with Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, lending his support to the progressive nominee after a bruising Democratic primary exposed divisions within the party.

That event also will feature other top Democratic candidates in Michigan, including Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the party’s nominee for governor.

According to plans shared first with The Associated Press, the former president is getting significantly more involved in the midterm elections, with additional campaign stops and advertisements expected to come in the closing weeks.

Ousted two years ago by Republican Bernie Moreno in a bitter reelection battle, Brown remains one of Ohio’s winningest politicians, prompting Democrats to recruit him back into politics to try again. In a new video, Obama reminds voters of how Brown “worked with me to protect Ohio jobs."

“This race is going to be close. It could determine which party controls the Senate and whether Ohioans can count on the people in Washington to be fighting for you," Obama says in the video. "Please join me in supporting Sherrod Brown. He’ll always fight for Ohio.”

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Kinnard reported from Columbia, S.C., and can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told Parliament on Tuesday that about 700 of the country’s 10,000 supermarkets were affected. He said there was no risk to France’s food supplies but acknowledged that the attack “touches the heart of our food security.”

“It was a wake-up call for everyone,” he said.

Separately, Dutch supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize said Tuesday it was working to restore systems it had shut down following what it described as a security issue. The company said its stores — including Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, Delhaize in Belgium and Stop & Shop, Food Lion and Giant in the United States — remained open, but the websites for those brands remained offline Tuesday.

Ahold Delhaize said it had no evidence that customer or employee data had been stolen.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that its cybercrime unit was investigating the large-scale attack in France, including the extent of damage caused by spoiled food and reported fires. According to BFM-TV, hackers forced a continuous defrost cycle and set temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on stores' refrigeration systems.

French supermarket group Groupement Mousquetaires, which operates more than 4,000 stores across Europe, said 300 of its Intermarché and Netto stores were impacted. Some refrigerated and frozen food display cases remained out of service Tuesday.

Dominique Schelcher, CEO of French grocery chain Cooperative U, said 80 of the company’s 2,000 stores were affected. Most managed to prevent disruptions to refrigeration, but some had to discard food, he said in a post on X.

“Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products is an attack on the French food supply chain. It is unprecedented, extremely serious, and unacceptable,” Schelcher said.

Carrefour and Monoprix supermarkets were also impacted.

Suppliers say French systems may have been outdated

The French government’s cybersecurity agency said Tuesday it was “aware of numerous compromises” involving refrigeration system remote control modules made by Danish company Danfoss as well as U.S.-based Copeland.

Danfoss said Monday that most affected systems were older products that no longer received software or security updates, and that it was working with affected customers to limit the damage.

“Danfoss has long advised customers to keep supported systems updated with the latest firmware, as well as to operate behind a firewall,” the company said.

In an August report, U.S. cybersecurity firm Claroty identified vulnerabilities in the Danfoss AK-SM 800A and Copeland XWeb Pro platforms, which are used to manage refrigeration infrastructure in supermarkets, warehouses and other facilities.

For example, Claroty said “numerous controllers” using the Danfoss system were directly accessible from the public internet, leaving them wide open for cyberattacks. But it noted that Danfoss and Copeland had since fixed the vulnerabilities.

Copeland said Tuesday that a vulnerability had been identified in “a discontinued, end-of-life generation of controllers," and that it was working with impacted customers.

Christopher Whyte, an associate professor of homeland security and emergency preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University, said it’s “not too difficult” to carry out such an attack.

“It looks like almost certainly what happened here was these controls were left open to the broader network being used by the supermarket,” Whyte said.

Similar attacks on water systems, power infrastructure and other kinds of physical operations have been fairly common for years, often coming from Iran and other state actors, Whyte said. Over the summer, Minnesota and Michigan reported cyberattacks on their states’ water systems.

Whyte said attacks on refrigerator systems are not unprecedented. Last month, Stars and Stripes reported that three military agencies were investigating refrigeration outages at U.S. military commissaries that occurred within days of each other. The Associated Press left a message Tuesday seeking comment on that case with the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division Cyber Field Office.

But Whyte said the scale of the French attack, and the fact that there appeared to be no ransom demand or stealing of information, made this situation unusual.

AI could make cyberattacks more frequent, experts say

It was unclear Tuesday whether the French cyberattack involved artificial intelligence. But advances in AI have contributed to an increase in cybersecurity incidents, said Varun Chandrasekaran, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois’ Grainger College of Engineering.

Chandrasekaran said there’s also a possibility that the attack happened because of an experiment an AI lab was doing — like what happened with OpenAI's breach of an Australian health department website last month. He said people should absolutely expect an increase in such cyberattacks in the future thanks to AI.

But Chandrasekaran said AI could also be useful in preventing such hacks.

“Right now it seems like a lot of the defensive countermeasures people have are quite passive,” Chandrasekaran said. “What we need is a proactive defender, like another AI model sitting on the defender side that’s trying to counter whatever the attacker AI is doing.”

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Durbin contributed from Detroit. Associated Press Business Writer Barbara Ortutay reported from San Francisco. Associated Press Writer Mike Corder reported from The Hague.

Broward County Regional Communications received a call at about 9:15 a.m., reporting the crash near Southwest Third Street and Southwest 12th Avenue, according to deputies.

A tow truck was removing a marked BSO Dodge Charger patrol car from the northbound lanes of Southwest 12th Avenue, also known as South Andrews Avenue, near Third Street.

There was also a black sedan with back damage at Third Street, facing northbound on South Andrews Avenue, just outside of the South Andrews Center at 290 SW 12th Ave.

Fire rescue personnel took the deputy to the hospital as a precaution, according to deputies. The driver of the other car wasn’t injured and waited for deputies to arrive, according to deputies.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

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“Technology is reshaping what’s possible,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in a memo to employees on Monday. “The way work gets done is changing across every industry; we must adapt and take advantage of technology. We need to adopt capabilities, reduce duplicative work and look closely at where work is best fit to be done.”

Kroger last month outlined its AI strategy, meant “to improve the customer experience, make work easier for associates and produce better business outcomes.”

Cincinnati-based Kroger is the largest standalone U.S. supermarket chain with 409,000 employees and more than 2,700 stores operating under various brands, including Ralphs, King Soopers, Smith’s and Fred Meyer.

Kroger named former Walmart executive Foran CEO in February, 11 months after the abrupt resignation of its previous CEO.

Foran has a reputation for being tech-savvy and detail-oriented. He led Walmart’s U.S. division from 2014 to 2019, where he focused on cleaning up stores, ensuring items were in stock and improving the fresh produce selection. He also introduced online ordering and pickup, and accelerated Walmart’s digital capabilities.

Walmart has become a larger challenge to Kroger and other traditional grocers as Americans increasingly pick up their groceries along with other general goods that Walmart sells.

Kroger has also felt pressure from fast-growing discount chains like Aldi and Lidl and online behemoths like Amazon.

Kroger proposed a merger with Albertsons in 2022 as a way to better compete with its rivals. But the Federal Trade Commission and two states — Washington and Colorado — sued to block the merger in 2024, saying it would raise prices and lower workers’ wages by eliminating competition. Judges ultimately ruled that the merger should not proceed.

A day after their merger collapsed, Albertsons filed a lawsuit against Kroger, seeking a $600 million termination fee as well as billions of dollars in legal fees and lost shareholder value.

Kroger said the claims were “baseless” and that Albertsons was not entitled to the fee.

Albertsons is facing the same competitive headwinds as Kroger and other grocery chains as customers turn to cheaper alternatives and faster delivery from bigger retailers.

On Tuesday during its second-quarter earnings conference call with investors, CEO Susan Morris alluded to further cost-cutting and streamlining of the company's structure, including layoffs.

“We did some work last year and saw a substantial reduction in headcount, but quite frankly, there’s more to be had," Morris said. "And you’ll see us taking aggressive action there in the next 12 to 18 months as well.”

Kroger shares fell 2.2% in afternoon trading Tuesday, to $61.21. Albertsons rose 2.8% but its shares are down more than 25% this year.

Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn showed in Boston that having a superstar trio on the same team can work wonders. So, too, did Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy with the Los Angeles Lakers. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish in their Celtics era. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman in Chicago. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili in San Antonio. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant in Golden State. There have been plenty of others.

And in Miami, there was Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James.

They spent four years together with the Heat, went to four NBA Finals, won two championships and were the biggest thing in basketball. Many thought it would be easy. It wasn't. Miami started 9-8 in the trio's first season together and the road was rocky for much longer than anyone imagined.

“It's a wild ride,” Bosh said.

James, as he now gets set to be part of another Big Three — a Big Four, really, alongside the likes of fellow superstars Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown on the now star-studded Philadelphia 76ers — remembers those early Miami days well. Perhaps that's why he sounded the alarm about what the next few months could be like for these 76ers.

“Everyone wants instant oatmeal,” James said. “You just put the oatmeal in the bowl, you put some water and then throw it in the microwave. In a minute and a half, you've got something to eat, you’re ready to go. If you want to do something special, it takes time. ... In order for us to be great, we have to do things that are just not comfortable.”

Translation: Get ready, 76ers.

Such is Big Three or Big Four life.

“You really have to stay solid within the team,” said Bosh, who might have sacrificed more stats than anyone during that four-year run in Miami. “At the end of the day, the main stat was the ‘W’ and putting one in the ‘W’ column. You can average a bunch of points and be out of the league. You can average a bunch of points and not be competing for a championship. They’re going to have to remember the priority.

"And when tough times come — not if, but when — handle it and talk about it, communicate, and remember why you’re there.”

Stats will be sacrificed

There are statistical sacrifices that will have to be made if the 76ers are going to get to where they want to go this season and win the title that has eluded Philly since 1983. Even with Embiid missing more than half of the 2025-26 season, he topped the 1,000-point mark — as did James (with the Los Angeles Lakers), Brown (with Boston), Maxey and Philly's star-in-waiting in VJ Edgecombe. There hasn't been a championship team with five 1,000-point scorers on the roster since the 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics.

Combined, James, Maxey, Embiid, Edgecombe and Brown took 234 shots in clutch situations — game margin within five points, five minutes or less on the clock in the fourth quarter — last season. That simply won't happen this season, since most teams don't combine for that many shots in clutch times over a whole season. There will be moments where Philly's star players are used to having the ball in their hands — but now will see teammates in those roles at times.

It's a fine line. The Warriors won a title in 2017 with Curry, Thompson, Durant and Draymond Green all needing to adjust their roles, at least on some level. But as Curry pointed out when that title series was over, that didn't mean any of them could suddenly become passive.

“We all needed to be aggressive and be the players that we are in what we bring to the table every single night,” Curry said after that series — against James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. “We can all show up every night and be ourselves and really achieve the potential that we all have together.”

Roles will change as well, at times

James set the tone for this Philly team over the summer when he took a pay cut of roughly 92% from last season and agreed to play this season for the bargain price of $3.9 million. He doesn't need more money. The lure of becoming the first player in NBA history to win a championship with four different franchises seems to be enough motivation.

And, in fairness, it's also easy for the player who holds the NBA scoring record to say that stats don't matter. Officially, he took only one shot from the field in his preseason debut with the 76ers; he also drew enough fouls to get eight more shots from the line. (He made them all, for what it's worth.) Nobody knows what'll happen this season, but it seems highly unlikely that James will clamor for more shots. That's never been his style. It would be ideal if everyone in Philly felt the same way.

“My focus is winning,” Brown said over the summer. “Other people’s focus may be scoring. My focus going into every practice, every meeting, every shootaround, every film session is like, ‘How do we win, night in and night out?’ Sometimes that may change, sometimes it may look different, but whatever it takes.”

It's reasonable to think that Maxey, Embiid, Brown and James could all see their scoring averages drop this season for the greater good. There will be nights when the spotlight won't be on certain individuals. There will be nights when someone gets a ton of shots and someone gets very few. The most successful Big Threes all figured out how to handle such things.

Philadelphia will have to do the same.

“We’ve got the talent. Whatever,” Maxey said. “If we’re not willing to sacrifice, if we’re not willing to put in the work, it ain’t going to mean nothing.”

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See AP’s full NBA coverage here

Zacharia, a conservative commentator who most recently worked for President Donald Trump’s social media company, was named to the job on Friday, succeeding Karoline Leavitt, who left in August and is taking a job with Fox News Channel.

Zacharia told reporters her goal is to “amplify” what Trump is doing and that the president is “his own best spokesperson.”

She quickly proved that Tuesday, appearing for only 14 minutes and taking questions from just three outlets before telling reporters they could ask the president their questions on the South Lawn when he departs on a campaign trip.

“In fact, I am going to end it because President Trump is heading out to Marine One for our historic trip to Alaska, and we can ask him all of the questions out there," she said.

As the Republican president left the White House for his trip, more than an hour after the briefing's abrupt end, he praised Zacharia’s performance to reporters.

“I thought she did excellent. She did very good," he said, as Zacharia stood behind him.

Before taking the questions, Zacharia read slowly from an opening statement that began with a focus on Trump’s recent campaign rallies and his policies on energy, tariffs, immigration and more since he returned to office.

In naming Zacharia, who has a law degree from Pepperdine University, Trump described her as “a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning.” She briefly worked as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year and has been a commentator for Fox News and Newsmax.

She told reporters she viewed her role as press secretary to be no different than the way she advocated for Trump while outside the government.

“I get to do what I was doing on the outside already, which was hoping to amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump’s incredible agenda for the American people,” she said.

She also thanked Trump and said, “I have wanted to work for him for a very long time.”

She took her first question from Breitbart News, the right-wing outlet that has become more influential in the Trump era, and committed to keeping the “new media” rotation created under her predecessor to bring additional media outlets into news briefings and the White House press pool.

But Zacharia did make some big news: she said Trump had asked for the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

“She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well,” Zacharia said.

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Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak and Collin Binkley in Washington and Mike Catalini in Morrisville, Pennsylvania contributed to this report.

El gobierno del presidente Javier Milei concretó el pedido ante el organismo judicial con sede en Hamburgo después del vencimiento del ultimátum de dos semanas que le había concedido a Londres para que frenara un proyecto encabezado por la empresa británica Rockhopper Exploration y la firma israelí Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited.

El proyecto Sea Lion cuenta con el aval de las autoridades de las islas situadas en el Atlántico Sur que están bajo dominio británico y se denominan Falklands en inglés. Argentina, que las reclama desde 1833, libró una guerra con Gran Bretaña por su soberanía en 1982 en la que resultó derrotada.

Un comunicado de la Oficina del Presidente señaló que la presentación busca preservar los derechos soberanos de Argentina sobre su plataforma continental y evitar que "las actividades autorizadas de manera unilateral e ilegal por el Reino Unido agraven la controversia reconocida por las Naciones Unidas”.

Precisó que la medida se enmarca en el proceso arbitral que el gobierno inició el 28 de septiembre bajo la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar y se sustenta en un artículo de esa normativa que estipula que mientras se encuentre pendiente la constitución de un tribunal arbitral “cualquiera de las partes en la controversia podrá solicitar... medidas provisionales” para preservar sus derechos.

Londres acusa de “coerción económica” a Buenos Aires

En reacción a la decisión de Argentina, Uma Kumaran, subsecretaria Parlamentaria de Estado para los Territorios de Ultramar, afirmó el martes en la Cámara de los Comunes que el país sudamericano intenta utilizar “medidas que exceden su jurisdicción” como forma de presión.

Indicó que el yacimiento Sea Lion en la plataforma continental de las islas Malvinas es “legal y está regulado" por el gobierno del archipiélago “elegido democráticamente” y que “Argentina no tiene jurisdicción alguna sobre él”.

“Este gobierno no se quedará de brazos cruzados mientras Argentina utilice la coerción económica contra la población de las islas Malvinas. Haremos todo lo que sea necesario para apoyarla”, sostuvo Kumaran, quien acusó a Milei de utilizar a los isleños como un instrumento político de cara a las elecciones de 2027 en Argentina en las que buscará la reelección.

En tanto, el primer ministro británico Andy Burnham dijo el lunes en la misma cámara que hará “lo que sea necesario” para respetar la voluntad de los habitantes de las islas de "seguir siendo británicos”.

Destacó que insistió en este punto en su reciente encuentro con el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y en su discurso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU.

Trump, aliado de Milei, afirmó en una entrevista periodística a principios de septiembre que podría reconsiderar la neutralidad histórica de Estados Unidos sobre la soberanía de las Malvinas, que en los hechos se ha traducido en un alineamiento con la administración británica de las islas.

Envalentonado por esa afirmación, Milei presentó un proyecto de ley para sancionar a petroleras que operen en Malvinas sin autorización de Argentina y anunció la instalación de una base naval en la provincia de Tierra del Fuego, el punto continental más cercano al archipiélago.

El gobierno británico le comunicó luego a la embajadora argentina en Londres, Mariana Plaza, “que los esfuerzos por obstaculizar la actividad económica lícita” en las islas eran “intentos deliberados de socavar la seguridad económica de un pueblo autónomo”.

Londres afirmó entonces que las actividades relacionadas con los hidrocarburos en la plataforma continental de las islas Malvinas están reguladas por la legislación del archipiélago y se llevan a cabo de conformidad con el derecho internacional, incluida la Convención sobre el Derecho del Mar.

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La periodista de AP en Londres, Jill Lawless, colaboró en esta nota.

But mainland U.S. hurricane strikes tend to have harder bookends that fall within the prescribed June to November season. The earliest official mainland U.S. hurricane landfall from the National Hurricane Center’s historical database – coined HURDAT 2, which extends back to 1851 – was Hurricane Alma that struck the Florida Big Bend on June 9^th, 1966. The latest landfalling mainland U.S. hurricane was Hurricane Kate on November 21^st, 1985, that struck the Florida Panhandle.

While other out-of-season U.S. hurricanes have been documented – such as the retroactively named Hurricane Amanda uncovered by researchers in 2013 that struck the Florida Panhandle on May 28^th, 1863 – no mainland U.S. hurricane landfalls outside of the June to November hurricane season are officially listed in NHC’s historical HURDAT 2 record.

When do we typically see the last mainland U.S. landfall?

As we’ve written about in previous newsletters, the last U.S. hurricane landfall often precedes or even helps to usher in the start of South Florida’s dry season, which typically arrives around the middle of October.

Examining all hurricane landfalls in the satellite record (since 1966), 90% of seasons see their last hurricane landfall by around the middle of October (October 18^th). For named storms, which include both tropical storms and hurricanes, we’re usually done with mainland U.S. hits by the end of October.

That of course doesn’t mean we haven’t seen or can’t see November threats from tropical storms and hurricanes. They’re just far less common than any other month of the season and about a once-every -decade-or-less event (as we discussed in yesterday’s newsletter, November U.S. hurricanes are about a once-in-50-year event).

So let’s get through the next few weeks and then we can rest a little easier knowing the threats from hurricane season are mostly in the rearview mirror.

No development expected deep into October

Our longer-range computer models don’t show any viable candidates over the next week or two across the Atlantic basin.

Each week is especially meaningful this time of year and gets us closer to November when U.S. landfalls become the exception, rather than the norm.

According to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday, John Mario Galvin was arrested after disembarking the Celebrity Reflection on Saturday.

A federal criminal complaint states that customs officers pulled Galvin, 42, aside and searched his Samsung cellphones and tablet.

It states that agents found more than 90 photos and videos showing boys and girls, some as young as “infants and toddlers,” being raped and sexually abused.

Authorities said they had received nine tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children “associated with (his) telephone number” regarding child sexual abuse material.

According to the complaint, Galvin “declined to speak with law enforcement” before his arrest on two federal charges related to the possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material.

As of Tuesday morning, records show he remained held in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service.

His entry in the online federal court docket did not list any past or impending hearings. His case has been assigned to a Fort Lauderdale federal judge.

Existing home sales rose 1.5% last month from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.99 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. One of the factors in the monthly increase is that sales in August were revised lower.

Sales fell 2.2% compared with September last year. The latest sales tally is slightly above the 3.98 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet.

Home sales have been mostly hovering close to a 4-million annual pace going back to 2023, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2-million. September is the second month in a row that the annual sales pace has remained below 4 million.

Home prices continued to rise nationally last month. The U.S. median sales price increased 1.3% in September from a year earlier to $417,500, an all-time high for the month of September based on data going back to 1999, NAR said. Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 39 months in a row.

“This is a very tough market out there, especially with mortgage rates rising,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low.

This year, sales have been in a rut in large part due to rising borrowing costs, as mortgage rates have marched higher in the months since the war between the U.S. and Iran started in late February. Expectations of higher inflation amid surging oil prices have pushed up the long-term bond yields that lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans, driving mortgage rates higher.

The average rate on the benchmark 30-year mortgage hit 7.4% last week, its highest level in nearly three years. It briefly dipped below 6% before the war started.

Many of the homes purchased last month likely went under contract in August and July, when the average rate on a 30-year mortgage ranged from 6.43% to 6.69%, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates are not likely to drop meaningfully any time soon, given the ongoing uncertainty over oil prices, geopolitical tensions, the exploding U.S. government debt and other factors that have been driving rates on home loans higher, Yun said.

Homebuyers should consider mortgage rates at 7%, or slightly above 7%, “the new normal,” he said.

The sharp rise in mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, has led many would-be home shoppers to put their home shopping plans on hold.

However, those who can afford to buy at current rates, or pay all cash, have a much wider selection of homes to choose from than they've had in years as properties sit on the market longer.

Although home inventory levels remain below historical norms, there were 1.6 million unsold homes at the end of last month — the highest level of unsold inventory on the market since November 2019, NAR said.

All told, unsold home inventory rose 1.9% last month from August and climbed 4.6% from September last year, NAR said.

September’s month-end inventory translates to a 4.8-months’ supply at the current sales pace. Traditionally, a 4- to 6-month supply is considered a balanced market between buyers and sellers.

The more balanced market gives home shoppers potentially more leverage in negotiating better terms with sellers, especially if a property has not fetched offers in weeks or months.

Consider, in September, the national median home listing price fell 1.2% from a year earlier to $419,250 as about 21% of listings had their initial price lowered, according to Realtor.com.

“The market is clearly tilting in favor of buyers able to negotiate for better prices,” Yun said.

Según los agentes, Prince-Charm Allison fue visto por última vez el 4 de octubre en la cuadra 1300 de Northeast 110th Terrace. Llevaba una camisa azul y un short rojo.

Los agentes lo describieron como un joven de raza negra, de 5 pies y 7 pulgadas de estatura y unas 150 libras de peso. Tiene los ojos color café y el pelo negro.

Las autoridades dijeron que el adolescente no se ha comunicado con su familia ni con sus amigos desde su desaparición. Podría necesitar asistencia.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero puede llamar al agente A. Madrigal al 305-715-3300 o escribir a u307222@mdpd.net. También se pueden dar datos de forma anónima a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

El distrito queda al oeste de Las Olas Boulevard, cerca de Southwest Second Avenue y Southwest Second Street. Es conocido por su vida nocturna y por sus numerosos bares y restaurantes, que atraen a grandes multitudes.

Pero varios incidentes recientes con disparos han generado preocupación por la seguridad en la zona. Entre ellos hubo un tiroteo mortal y otro que dejó cinco heridos.

Se espera que el alcalde de Fort Lauderdale, Dean Trantalis, y el jefe de la policía, William Schultz, hablen en una conferencia de prensa a las 10 a.m. Explicarán los esfuerzos para mejorar la seguridad pública.

También se espera la participación de representantes de la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida y de agentes de la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos (ATF).

Tiroteos recientes generan preocupación

Uno de los incidentes más recientes ocurrió el 6 de septiembre, alrededor de las 3:30 a.m. Hubo disparos cerca de Southwest Second Street y Southwest Third Avenue.

Según la policía de Fort Lauderdale, los agentes intentaban separar una pelea cuando escucharon un disparo.

Varias personas fueron detenidas y los agentes recuperaron un arma de fuego. Sin embargo, al principio no encontraron a ningún herido en el lugar.

Poco después, un hombre llegó a un hospital cercano con una herida de bala que no ponía en riesgo su vida.

Los testigos describieron los momentos de miedo mientras la multitud intentaba escapar.

“Yo solo quería divertirme y pasaron muchas cosas. Todo pasó muy rápido”, le dijo a Local 10 News una persona que estaba en el lugar. “Todo el mundo empezó a correr”.

Otro testigo dijo: “Vi que todo el mundo corría y yo también corrí”.

El tiroteo ocurrió unos dos meses después de un incidente mortal en un garaje de estacionamiento cerca del distrito.

A principios de julio, un hombre de 43 años recibió un disparo alrededor de las 4:30 a.m. dentro del garaje del Governmental Center, cerca de Southwest Second Street y Southwest First Avenue.

La víctima fue llevada de urgencia a un hospital, donde murió más tarde.

Según la policía, los investigadores recuperaron un arma y detuvieron a una persona de interés.

Cinco heridos en un tiroteo masivo en diciembre

Otro hecho violento ocurrió en diciembre de 2025 frente a Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub.

Alrededor de las 2 a.m., los disparos hicieron que la multitud saliera corriendo por el distrito de entretenimiento.

Cinco personas resultaron heridas de bala y fueron trasladadas a un hospital de la zona.

Los testigos describieron el caos que se desató cuando sonaron los disparos.

“Bajé a buscar algo de comer y casi me disparan”, le dijo un testigo a Local 10 News.

Otro recordó haber visto a uno de los heridos.

“Había un señor en el piso que estaba conmigo. Le dispararon en el brazo”, dijo el testigo.

Un tercer testigo contó que la multitud huyó tras escuchar unos seis disparos.

La ciudad ya había aprobado restricciones al alcohol

La nueva reunión llega después de que las autoridades de Fort Lauderdale tomaran medidas a principios de este año por la seguridad en el distrito.

Tras una serie de tiroteos, la policía de Fort Lauderdale aumentó su presencia en la zona.

En febrero, los comisionados de la ciudad también aprobaron una ordenanza que prohíbe los envases abiertos de alcohol y la venta de bebidas alcohólicas al aire libre en el distrito de vida nocturna.

Algunos dueños de negocios se opusieron a la medida. Argumentaron que limitar el consumo de alcohol al aire libre cambiaría el ambiente y la vida nocturna del distrito.

El jefe de la policía dijo anteriormente que en 2025 el departamento recibió más llamadas por incidentes en el distrito de entretenimiento que en cualquier otro año desde 2021.

Lo que se espera de la reunión

Se espera que la conferencia de prensa del martes se centre en posibles medidas para reducir la violencia y el consumo de alcohol entre menores en el distrito.

Trantalis, Schultz y representantes de otras agencias policiales explicarán sus esfuerzos para que este popular destino de vida nocturna sea más seguro.

Se esperan más detalles sobre las iniciativas propuestas durante el anuncio de las 10 a.m.

El negocio, uno de los favoritos del sur de Florida desde que abrió en 1956, recibirá a los clientes desde las 8 a.m. del martes. Este año abre dos meses antes que el anterior.

Aunque abría a las 8 a.m., hubo clientes que pasaron la noche afuera del negocio para asegurarse de llevarse sus productos el día de la apertura.

Eiby Mendez, la primera en la fila, le contó a Local 10 News que llegó a las 7:37 p.m. del lunes.

“Es algo que uno espera con ilusión”, dijo. “Solo abren por temporada y me gusta ayudar a la comunidad. Le llevo los rollos a mucha gente que no puede venir por el trabajo, por la familia o por otras cosas, y claro, todos quieren sus rollos de canela”.

Los visitantes encontrarán las mismas recetas queridas que han convertido a la granja en un clásico por generaciones. También notarán algunas mejoras para reducir el tiempo de espera.

Cambios para agilizar las filas

Knaus Berry Farm añadió una cuarta caja registradora, con su cajero, para atender más rápido.

Mientras esperan en la fila, los clientes también tendrán más carteles con el menú y códigos QR. Así podrán revisar el menú en su teléfono antes de llegar al mostrador.

Otro cambio de esta temporada es un límite de cuatro docenas de rollos de canela por cliente, una medida para que las filas avancen más rápido.

El estacionamiento también mejora y ahora tiene casi el doble de espacio para los visitantes.

70 temporadas de dulce tradición

Pese a los cambios, la granja mantiene las recetas y las caras conocidas que la han convertido en una tradición del sur de Florida durante décadas.

Su equipo de cocina suma más de 140 años de experiencia en repostería.

La temporada de este año también será más larga. Durará 30 semanas, lo que dará a los clientes más oportunidades de disfrutar de los productos horneados de la granja.

Cuándo y dónde visitarla

Knaus Berry Farm abre el martes de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m.

La granja está ubicada en el 16790 SW 177th Ave., en el condado de Miami-Dade.

A high impact storm system is possible for part of the weekend into next week. A strong front will stall out over Florida. We will be on the south side, which will allow endless amounts of tropical moisture flow onshore. Expect numerous thunderstorms that hug the coastline. This could create a flooding threat Sunday and Monday. There will also be wind gusts of 30-40 mph those days. We’ll fine tune the details as we get closer.

The attack came as the Iranian-backed Houthis and the Saudi coalition fighting them exchanged attacks Tuesday night. The fighting marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis and came shortly after the Saudi coalition reported a series of alerts for incoming missiles heading for the Eastern Province, a major oil-producing region, and the capital Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said debris from two intercepted Houthi missiles fell on residential areas in Riyadh, injuring four people and damaging 15 homes.

The coalition of forces in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia carried out new airstrikes Tuesday on the Houthi rebel-held Yemeni capital, the Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah and residents said.

The strikes came shortly after a coalition spokesman urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety. Witnesses reported hearing strong explosions in Sanaa hours after the coalition struck the Subaha fuel facility west of the city.

In a rare statement earlier, the coalition had urged civilians in the Houthi-controlled capital to leave the Yemeni Oil Company site, on a hill overlooking the capital, and nearby storage areas ahead of a possible strike.

Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki accused the Houthis of using the facility and its underground fuel depots for their arsenal of missiles and drones.

Houthi officials appeared to have anticipated the attack. The oil company said its storage facilities were empty and that a Saudi strike would not affect oil reserves or supplies for residents. Still, witnesses in the city said lines of cars formed at some gas stations amid fears of a shortage.

Shortly after the warning, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said on Telegram that any Saudi attack on Sanaa would be met with a “firm and painful” response in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Hours later, Saudi Arabia issued alerts for incoming missiles heading for Riyadh and the Eastern Province but quickly said the danger had passed. The coalition said it had intercepted a series of Houthi-launched ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles in multiple areas in the country, including Riyadh and the southern province of Wadi al-Dawasir. Riyadh residents reported hearing loud explosions.

Airlines moved a number of their planes out of Riyadh on Tuesday on the advice of insurers and government officials because of the threat of additional attacks. They needed to transfer the planes to other airports in the country so they can keep flying passengers to their destinations, said Osprey Flight Solutions Chief Intelligence Officer Matthew Borie, whose company advises airlines, insurers and countries on flight threats.

“It’s not abnormal for this to occur especially in this day and age with the types of conflict zone situations that have occurred in the region,” Borie said.

More than 3,120 flights scheduled to depart from airports across Saudi Arabia since Oct. 8 have been canceled or listed as not operating, representing about 41% of scheduled departures, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. That includes more than 300 flights that had been scheduled to depart Wednesday.

Several airlines have suspended service to the kingdom because of the Houthi attacks on airports.

It was unclear whether the Tuesday strike in Yemen was a signal of military escalation or a carefully measured response to recent deadly attacks on the Riyadh airport.

The warning and the attack show “the Saudis’ aims of upping the ante and striking deep in the heart of Houthi-controlled territory while attempting to control the narrative by presenting themselves as more careful and humanitarian actors than the Houthis,” said Adam Baron, a fellow at the Washington-based New America institute.

“It may be a warning — or it may be a sign of things to come," he said.

Fighting surged over control of key waterway

Saudi Arabia is still scrambling to determine how its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Houthis, including an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday that killed at least 13 people and wounded over 300.

The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for the transport of Gulf oil and other goods at the southern end of the Red Sea off Yemen.

The Saudi-led coalition, backing forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, has been trying to retake them.

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday warned the Houthis they would “face consequences” for their repeated attacks on the kingdom.

“The Kingdom will not allow any threat to its security or to freedom of maritime navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait,” the Cabinet said in a statement carried by Saudi state-owned Al-Ekhbariya television. The Bab el-Mandeb is another area key to the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.

The fight for a major Yemeni city

On Tuesday, Yemen’s interior ministry said in a statement on X that Houthi strikes over the past day on Taiz, a major city in the country's southwest, had killed six people and injured 18 amid ongoing battles in the region.

A commander with the Saudi-backed forces said rebels had fought through fierce resistance to reach the edges of Taiz, and some had entered the city. The fight was now critical for Taiz, which has long been a sought-after prize, he said.

The commander, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe battlefield details, said rebel forces were surprisingly large, and bolstered by medium and short-range ballistic missiles.

That fighting is leading to the large-scale displacement of people and growing shortages of food and other supplies, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday, with cooking gas largely unavailable and food prices that have reportedly risen about 50%.

Saudi Arabia has been pushing for the U.S. military to provide more direct support in the fight against the Houthis.

The U.S. has provided intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for a Saudi-led offensive, but has held off on carrying out strikes against the Houthis.

A U.S. intervention could prompt the Houthis to try to halt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb.

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Associated Press writers Sarah El Deeb in Beirut, Samy Magdy in Cairo, Aamer Madhani in Jerusalem, Rio Yamat in Las Vegas, and AP Transportation Writer Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed.

The high court is intervening for a second time in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s case, which seeks access to DOGE records from its operations in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Trump administration asked the court to hear the case.

Last year, the high court reined in a district court’s order for the government to produce DOGE-related records to CREW. The high court’s conservative majority concluded in June 2025 that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled too broadly in ordering documents to be turned over to the group.

CREW claims DOGE is a federal agency and therefore is subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

The Trump administration argues that DOGE is exempt from FOIA’s requirements as a presidential advisory body.

Cooper ruled in CREW’s favor and ordered expedited processing of the group’s records request. An appeals court panel also sided with CREW.

The Trump administration claims the panel ignored the Supreme Court’s direction to consider separation-of-powers concerns and intruded on the “autonomy and confidentiality” of presidential advisers.

“Subjecting advisory bodies to intrusive discovery triggers the very concerns that Congress sought to avoid by excluding presidential advisory bodies from FOIA’s reach,” Justice Department attorneys wrote.

The administration also says the appeals court impermissibly authorized the plaintiffs to take a sworn deposition of DOGE acting administrator Amy Gleason.

CREW says the appeals court fully complied with the Supreme Court’s previous order. The group also asserts that the public has a right to know how DOGE helped the administration carry out a sweeping overhaul of government operations in 2025.

“Undisputed facts in the public record — including the President’s statements — confirmed that (DOGE) was wielding enormous independent authority across the federal government,” its attorneys wrote.

In a statement Tuesday, CREW attorney Nikhel Sus said the lower courts have uniformly ruled that it is entitled to records that could help the court determine whether DOGE wields the type of authority that would make it subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

“We will continue to pursue transparency for the American people, who deserve to know the details of the Trump Administration’s efforts to unilaterally remake the federal government,” Sus said in the statement.

She joined and applauded hundreds of teenagers who demonstrated boisterously outside a school north of Paris under the watchful eye of police.

The surprise appearance by the 23-year-old climate activist, along with another day of marches in the French capital and elsewhere, suggested that high school students' push for more resources for run-down schools is far from running out of steam. That's despite mass arrests, mounting injuries and fatigue from more than three weeks of blockading schools and demonstrating.

Police used clouds of tear gas, water cannons and repeated charges to disperse protesters Tuesday when violence erupted on the fringes of the Paris marches. The Interior Ministry estimated that 161,500 people marched in demonstrations across the country, including 41,500 in Paris.

Outside the Paul Éluard high school in Saint-Denis, where staff and students have long complained of dilapidated facilities and even rat infestations, Thunberg said French pupils are “fighting back, reclaiming their future that has been taken away from them" and are inspiring young people in other countries.

“The international community sees these students and they’re leading by example," she said to The Associated Press. "This generation is one that has been growing up with a sense of hopelessness for the future, when we can see our future and our rights taken from us,” she said.

“Of course people are going to fight back," she added.

The students' grievances have resonated in neighboring Belgium, where some schools closed in Liege. Several Italian cities have also seen student protests, though on a smaller scale than in France and focused on broader complaints. In Germany, high school students are calling for an international youth strike on Nov. 20, in solidarity with the French protests.

Some French pupils say they see parallels between their protests and the “Cockroach” youth movement challenging the government in India and youth-led demonstrations a year ago in Morocco that also demanded better schools and hospitals.

Thunberg also cited protests in Spain, gripped by demonstrations for affordable housing, and in Latin America.

“These movements are connected in one way or another. We are fighting against the same system," she said. "Even though these local issues are different and may vary, we have the same enemy and I definitely think that these movements are inspiring each other.”

The government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, whose term ends in May, argues that the movement in France is losing momentum. The Education Ministry said fewer schools were closed Tuesday although the number of staff injured since protests began in mid-September has risen to 147. The government says hundreds of police officers have also been wounded but has not detailed the severity of their injuries.

Among protesters, particularly gruesome wounds suffered by some teenagers have been blamed on police riot-control weapons. The interior minister suspended the use of a type of police stun grenade against the young demonstrators after a 15-year-old lost a hand.

Pupils and university students who blockaded the Maurice Ravel high school in eastern Paris on Tuesday said they feel that their complaints are being heard by supporters in France and abroad but not by the government. Some vowed to keep protesting until that changes.

“We’re certainly making noise and getting people talking, but unfortunately, our message isn’t reaching the people who should be making the changes,” said Ryan, a 20-year-old student who said he didn't want to give his surname for fear of possible repercussions.

"That’s why the movement needs to keep going and persist.”

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Corbet reported from Paris.

But even as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported higher profits from a year ago, they warned about the long-term impact of higher interest rates as well as the impact higher prices could have on the consumer if inflation is not brought under control.

JPMorgan posted a $15.3 billion profit in the third quarter, or $5.57 a share, up from $14.4 billion or $5.07 a share, in the same period a year earlier. The results missed analysts’ expectations, with Wall Street looking for the bank to earn $5.93 a share.

It was a rare earnings miss for JPMorgan and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. The last time the bank missed analysts’ expectations was nearly three years ago. The investment banking division of JPMorgan was to blame this quarter, as its fixed income trading desks saw a slowdown in activity compared to both earlier this summer as well as last year. Still, shares rose 0.2% in midday trading.

“The U.S. economy continued to be fueled by strong business investment and ongoing consumer spending,” Dimon said in a statement. “However, large fiscal deficits, sticky inflation, elevated asset prices, rising interest rates and geopolitical conditions continue to shift under the surface.”

The big banks typically kick off the quarterly earnings season, and this is a key one for the stock market given that robust corporate profits have helped propel the S&P 500 to record levels. Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to deliver overall growth of nearly 30% in earnings per share from a year earlier, according to data provider FactSet. If they’re correct, it would be the third consecutive quarter of growth that exceeds 25%.

Goldman Sachs, whose third-quarter profits rose sharply due to a sharp rise in stock-trading revenue, also reported that its bond trading activity slowed last quarter. The bank posted a profit of $5.29 billion, or $17.01 a share, compared to $4.1 billion, or $12.25 a share, a year earlier. Goldman shares rose 0.6%.

The bond market saw significant levels of volatility and turmoil this summer, as investors became increasingly worried about government spending and inflation. The yield on cornerstone financial instruments like 10-year and 30-year Treasurys rose to levels not seen in years. Higher diesel, technology and food prices gave the Federal Reserve reason to raise interest rates last month, despite pressure from the White House to not do so.

The higher interest rates and election-fueled volatility have made some businesses pause any significant investments until later this year, or early 2027. OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, said it plans to delay its initial public offering until next year. That IPO is expected to be an investment banking bonanza for Wall Street, as was the public offering of SpaceX earlier this summer.

Despite the volatility, bank CEOs said they continue to see growth in the economy in the short-to-medium term.

David Solomon, Goldman's CEO, told investors during a call that the rise in bond yields “doesn't scare me.” However, other bank CEOs did point to a slowdown in the housing market, with new mortgage rates being well above 7%.

There were similar statements out of Wells Fargo, which has one of the nation's largest consumer banking franchises, where executives told investors that they see all parts of the bank's business growing, with the exception of mortgage originations.

"While higher interest rates, higher oil prices and persistent inflation create risks to the economy, strong positive forces such as the investment in AI infrastructure, high employment levels and consistent wage growth continue to outweigh the risks,” said Charlie Scharf, Wells' CEO, in a statement.

Citigroup said its third-quarter profits jumped 40% from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations. The bank posted higher revenue from investment banking and wealth management, while the bank's credit card division profits were flat. Citi shares dipped 3.6%.

Wells Fargo posted a profit of $5.95 billion, or $1.87 a share, beating Wall Street forecasts. The San Francisco-based bank has seen its profits climb steadily in recent quarters after federal bank regulators removed the asset cap that had been imposed for several years after the bank's sales practices scandal nearly a decade ago. Wells shares dropped 1.7%.

The nightmarish death prompted Six Flags to temporarily close nine similar coasters across North America.

Police and a state agency that oversees ride inspections are investigating, but many questions remained Tuesday, including how the man fell out and whether there were problems with his restraints.

The man, a school employee from Atlanta, was killed Monday while riding Goliath, the park's tallest roller coaster with a first hill of 200 feet (61 meters).

“It looked like he was hovering because the car was moving underneath him,” said Nick Mendenhall, who had just ridden Goliath with his son and was watching the coaster cars passing overhead.

The man fell headfirst back into the coaster, Mendenhall said, then was ejected from the ride on its final turn.

“It felt like slow-motion, but it happened in an instant,” Mendenhall said. “I was just praying in those moments. I was praying: ‘God, please let him stay in that car.’”

Goliath towers above the entrance at Six Flags over Georgia just outside Atlanta with a series of hills and turns. It doesn't take riders upside down. There are no seat belts. Instead, riders are restrained with lap bars that pull down over their legs and waist.

In a theme park industry that it is constantly introducing new thrills, it's far from the world’s tallest, fastest or wildest coaster.

One family watched as the man

flew out of the roller coaster

The man who died was 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, according to Cobb County police. Investigators and park employees told investigators that he was thrown from the coaster before striking other patrons.

Officials have not released any other information about the people who were hurt.

Kariem worked as the information technology manager at a public charter school and before that was a technology teacher.

In a statement, the Wesley International Academy said it was devastated, saying Kariem's “dedication to our students, and commitment to our school community were evident in everything he did.”

Summer Bates, who was at the park with her husband and three children, saw Kariem fall. “One thing I think that will stick with us is the sound of his body coming down," she said.

Bates said she and her family rode Goliath earlier in the day.

“My older two children rode on the cart ahead of us,” she said. “I noticed they kept trying to push theirs down tighter. I assured them that they were OK. But once my husband, youngest child and I loaded our cart and headed up the incline, I quickly understood why my older two were messing with theirs. It just didn’t feel secure and tight.”

Amusement ride oversight varies by state

In the U.S., roller coasters and other rides at major amusement parks such as Six Flags are not regulated by the federal government. That responsibility falls to states.

Georgia’s Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, which oversees annual ride inspections, is “conducting an in‑depth and comprehensive review,” of what happened, said Garrison Bennett, a spokesperson.

In California, the state approves new rides and ones that have been modified and either directly inspects them or relies on an annual inspection by the owner. Florida’s largest theme parks are exempt from state safety inspections, unlike smaller venues and fairs. Instead, the largest theme parks like Walt Disney World and Universal conduct their own inspections and have their own protocols.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has repeatedly introduced legislation to change the federal law that allows U.S. safety officials to regulate mobile rides but exempts major amusement parks.

Opponents of federal oversight say serious injuries and fatalities on amusement park rides are rare and often the result of riders not following rules.

Dennis Speigel, a theme park consultant and past president of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, a trade group, said the industry has multiple layers of inspection.

Six Flags closes roller coasters elsewhere

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. temporarily shut down roller coasters at six of its theme parks in the U.S. and Canada. The parks were already scheduled for seasonal midweek closures on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Those rides include a second coaster named Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California; Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America in Illinois; Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey; Fury 325 and Thunder Striker at Carowinds in North Carolina; and the rides Leviathan and Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland in Ontario, Canada.

The company did not say why those specific rides were shut down or what would be done before they reopen.

Bolliger & Mabillard, the Swiss company that manufactured the coaster and many others worldwide, said it is actively investigating and won't comment “until we have a better understanding of what happened.”

“Our thoughts are with the family and those affected,” it said.

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Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia; McCormack from Concord, New Hampshire; and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press writers Sudhin Thanawala in Atlanta; Michael Biesecker in Pittsburgh; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

Integrantes de Greenpeace África y de Extinction Rebellion cuestionaron los esfuerzos por presentar a África como una nueva frontera para el desarrollo de combustibles fósiles, al sostener que una mayor inversión agravaría el cambio climático y pondría en riesgo a comunidades que ya lidian con sus efectos.

“Las petroleras extranjeras han obtenido miles de millones en ganancias solo este año a costa de la vida de las personas, a costa de los ecosistemas, a costa de vidas africanas”, denunció Siya Myeza, activista de Greenpeace África.

Dijo que el encuentro, que oficialmente se llama "Semana de la Energía de África", se debería llamar “Semana de la Explotación de África” y acusó a la industria de impulsar la destrucción ambiental y la pobreza. La policía retiró a los manifestantes, que llevaban camisetas con el lema “Hagan que los contaminadores paguen”.

Las protestas se producen mientras Sudáfrica busca ampliar el desarrollo de petróleo y gas para atraer inversión y reforzar la seguridad energética. El gobierno presenta el gas natural como un complemento de la energía renovable y afirma que las plantas a gas podrían suministrar electricidad cuando disminuya la generación eólica y solar.

Pese a reveses legales, el gigante energético británico Shell planea perforar hasta cinco pozos en aguas profundas en el bloque Northern Cape Ultra Deep, frente a la costa oeste de Sudáfrica, para explorar y evaluar yacimientos de petróleo y gas. El proyecto, sin embargo, ha enfrentado problemas legales.

Los manifestantes afirman que esos planes corren el riesgo de prolongar la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles en un momento en que los países deberían estar reduciendo las emisiones.

Judy Scott-Goldman, representante de Extinction Rebellion en Ciudad del Cabo, reconoció que la energía renovable tendría presencia en la conferencia, pero indicó que los activistas se oponen a promover nueva exploración de petróleo y gas.

Manifestó que ampliar el uso de combustibles fósiles iría en contra de los compromisos del acuerdo climático de París para reducir las emisiones.

“Estamos aquí para decir que no queremos ver ninguna exploración de petróleo y gas en este continente”, dijo Scott-Goldman a la AP.

Mencionó incendios, inundaciones y el aumento de los precios de los alimentos como consecuencias del cambio climático, y advirtió que sus efectos también podrían impulsar la migración y el malestar social.

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It happened on Friday, when video shows a white BMW outside of a Doral apartment complex.

According to police, the victim was contacted by someone he had previously conducted a successful Facebook Marketplace transaction for an iPhone with to see if he wanted to purchase additional phones, which he did.

That suspect has since been identified as Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, 31, of Miami Gardens.

The meeting occurred outside the victim’s apartment building, and according to police, as the victim opened the passenger side door of Nunez-Martinez’s vehicle, someone who had been laying down in the back seat suddenly got up and pointed a gun at the victim.

“The passenger in the rear seat pointed a firearm at our victim and told him to come inside the car,” said Doral Police Chief Matthew Castillo.

That suspect has since been identified as 39-year-old Darian Ernesto Morejon Rodriguez.

Nunez-Martinez then drove off with the victim being held at gunpoint in the passenger seat, police said, despite the victim making multiple attempts to escape.

“He tried to escape the vehicle twice and was actually strangled,” said Castillo.

Eventually, when the vehicle began to slow down in the area of Northwest 66th Street and 78th Avenue, the victim took the $4,000 in cash he had brought for the purchase and threw it outside the car, which prompted Rodriguez to get out of the car and pick up the money, according to police.

The victim then used the opportunity to push his way out of the vehicle, authorities said.

“Our victim was trying to keep up ways to survive and one of those was throwing the cash outside the window, which he did,” said Castillo.

After escaping, police said the victim received a threatening text from Nunez-Martinez, which stated, “Don’t you dare do anything because we will look for you, we know where you live. We will close the business here and we will forget everything.”

A few hours after Nunez-Martinez made his first court appearance, officers arrested Rodriguez during a traffic stop Monday in Hallandale Beach.

Nunez-Martinez is facing felony charges of kidnapping with a firearm, robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon, third-degree grand theft, tampering with a victim or witness and battery.

As of Monday afternoon, Nunez-Martinez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set.” Rodriguez, meanwhile, was transferred to Miami-Dade County Tuesday morning, where a bond hearing awaits him.

President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as fueling Russia’s war against Ukraine, violating existing U.S. laws and drawing the U.S. closer to Russia. It joins a growing list of instances where the president has sided with Putin, often at the expense of Ukraine — and U.S. interests.

Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

Trump on Tuesday is planning to devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to fly all the way to Alaska, attempting to bolster a Republican incumbent senator in another sign that the GOP fears losing control of Congress.

The Latest:

Trump endorses Wilson in Alaska governor’s race

Bernadette Wilson is one of three Republicans, along with Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. Kreiss-Tomkins finished first in the August open primary, followed by another Democrat who withdrew from the general election.

Wilson finished third in the primary but was first among Republicans. She had 10% of the vote.

Alaska has ranked choice general elections, and Republican party leaders have urged their voters to rank GOP candidates and leave the Democratic candidates blank. Some Republicans see that as the best shot at winning the governor’s race.

Trump, meanwhile, has railed against ranked voting and criticized the other Republicans in the race, former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor, a former state attorney general.

Alaska last elected a Democratic governor in 1998.

Current Gov. Mike Dunleavy is barred from seeking a third straight term.

Rubio to visit Central Asia and India next week to promote security cooperation and investment

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Uzbekistan and India next week on a trip intended to promote greater security and investment ties with Central and South Asia.

The State Department said Tuesday that Rubio would attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the “C5” — a group that includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — in Samarkand and then travel to Mumbai from Oct. 17 to 22.

Rubio will “highlight how strategic cooperation through this diplomatic platform promotes a more peaceful and prosperous future for the United States and the countries of Central Asia,” the department said.

In Mumbai, Rubio will headline a commercial event with major U.S. and Indian investors being promoted by U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor.

Rubio’s trip was announced as tensions in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine have mounted in recent days without overt direct involvement from the top U.S. diplomat, who last week visited Iceland, Greece and Portugal.

Alaska Sen. Sullivan says voter turnout in conservative region is key in his reelection bid

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said when he was asked where President Donald Trump should hold a rally, he suggested the Matanuska-Susitna valley region.

Sullivan told reporters that if the GOP can turn out voters in the conservative region that includes Wasilla, “we’re going to win.”

Sullivan spoke before the start of the rally that Trump is headlining in support of him and Rep. Nick Begich. The region is known for its conservative politics.

Sullivan is seeking a third term and a strong challenge from Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. He wore jeans and a blue Marines cap.

Vice President JD Vance rallied on behalf of Sullivan and Begich last week in Fairbanks.

US hits Bank of America with $1.2 billion fine, saying it violated money laundering, sanctions laws

The fines Tuesday on America’s second-biggest bank amount to the third-largest in the department’s history.

Treasury said Bank of America also reached an $11.6 million settlement with the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over “apparent violations of numerous sanctions programs, including on Iran, Russia, narcotics, and global terrorism.”

Louisiana secretary of state evacuates elections office

The Louisiana Secretary of State’s office said its election division in Baton Rouge evacuated Tuesday after an employee opened a package containing white powder.

The substance has not been identified, and law enforcement is investigating the incident, the secretary of state’s office said. No one was injured.

The elections division is expected to reopen tomorrow, said secretary of state spokesperson Trey Williams.

It’s not the first time election workers have received mysterious white substances in the mail. Voting centers and government buildings in six other states received fentanyl-laced letters in 2023, leading election officials to request overdose reversal medication as a precaution.

Election workers nationwide have faced threats, harassment and intimidation since former President Donald Trump and his supporters began spreading false election claims after he lost the 2020 election.

Wisconsin elections officials prepare for federal officers at the polls

Wisconsin elections officials are preparing guidance for local clerks to help them know what to do if federal law enforcement officials show up at the polls on Election Day.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which oversees elections in the battleground state, released draft guidance on Tuesday that is to be voted on at a commission meeting Thursday.

The memo to the state’s roughly 1,800 local clerks who administer elections tells them what to do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, Department of Homeland Security officials, FBI agents or local law enforcement shows up at the polls.

A hotly contested race for governor tops the Wisconsin ballot this year.

Wisconsin’s chief elections officer Meagan Wolfe says clerks are well trained in how to deal with law enforcement at the polls and “I’m not expecting any problems at our polling places.”

“We expect everything to be in accordance with the law,” she said at a news conference.

Warnock makes Georgia voting, campaign stop in the middle of a national tour

The Democratic Georgia senator was at home Tuesday to vote early and urge support for Keisha Lance Bottoms’ campaign for governor.

But Warnock was scheduled to travel out-of-state again immediately. He’s headed to South Carolina, Mississippi and North Carolina in the coming days. He just returned to Georgia from a swing that included Nevada, Ohio and Michigan.

The itinerary includes several states with early 2028 Democratic presidential primaries. South Carolina will lead off Democrats’ calendar. Warnock has not ruled out a White House bid.

Bottoms said Tuesday she had no concerns about Warnock’s jet-setting even as many Georgia Democratic candidates could use his support.

“He can walk and chew gum at the same time,” she said. “It speaks to the influence of Georgia that we have a senator who is being asked for and sought after around the country because people know the power of his voice.”

Sen. Raphael Warnock agrees with the president, says ‘Donald Trump is on the ballot’

The Georgia Democrat likes when Trump urges voters to think about the midterms as him being on the ballot one more time.

“I think that’s a good idea,” Warnock said Tuesday, standing beside Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Warnock said Trump’s stand-in on the Georgia ballot is Bottoms’ opponent, he said:

“Rick Jackson is Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is Rick Jackson.”

Jackson, a billionaire first-time candidate, will appear Friday with Trump in Dalton, Georgia.

At a September rally, Jackson pointed at Trump and said he wanted “to be this guy’s favorite governor.”

But that’s a risky pitch. Trump won Georgia twice. But he lost it in 2020 as an incumbent.

Outgoing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won in 2018 and 2022 after Trump’s first election. But Republicans have lost every Georgia U.S. Senate race in that same span.

US recalls top envoy to Nicaragua after government rejects Trump administration ambassador nominee

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recalled the top U.S. envoy to Nicaragua for consultations after the Nicaraguan government rejected the Trump administration’s choice to be the new American ambassador to the country.

As ties between Washington and Managua have grown increasingly tense, the State Department said Tuesday that the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Nicaragua would be returning home for “critical consultations” following Nicaragua’s denial of agrément for President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new U.S. ambassador. Diplomatic protocol requires a host government to accept, or grant agrément, to an incoming ambassador before they can take up their post.

The government’s “decision demonstrates their complete unwillingness to engage in productive diplomatic dialogue,” the department said in a statement.

“Maintaining open diplomatic channels is the cornerstone of international relations,” it said. It added that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his co-president wife Rosario Murillo had demonstrated “the hypocrisy of their rhetoric of mutual respect and their desire to engage in political theater at the expense of the Nicaraguan people.”

Relations between the U.S. and Nicaragua have soured demonstrably since Trump took office for his second term, notably after the early January U.S. operation to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from power.

In Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms says she’d try to repeal six-week abortion ban

The Democratic nominee for governor said Tuesday she’d push lawmakers to repeal Georgia’s ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy, even if her party doesn’t have full control of the General Assembly.

“This is a life and death issue,” Bottoms said. “It’s impacting not just women who are seeking to terminate pregnancies but women who are suffering miscarriages” because physicians fear criminal penalties, she added.

Republicans control both legislative chambers, and their caucuses still support the law. Democrats have an outside shot at flipping control of the Georgia House in November. Bottoms essentially conceded Republicans would keep a Senate majority, even if Democrats pick up seats and she defeats Rick Jackson.

But she said Democratic gains would put pressure on Republicans in an abortion-rights debate.

“I am not surrendering that we won’t get it done,” she said. “We’re going to keep pushing until we get it done.”

Ossoff says Democratic majorities can juggle policy and oversight

There are questions about whether Democrats should prioritize legislation or oversight of the Trump administration should they take control of the House and Senate in January.

Ossoff, the Georgia Democrat running for reelection to the Senate, said Tuesday that Congress can manage both.

“We urgently need to restore checks and balances,” he said after voting early.

That means “repealing the tariffs that have driven grocery prices to their record highs,” “repealing health care cuts that have doubled health insurance premiums,” and “ending this disastrous war” in Iran.

All three moves would involve Congress asserting its constitutional powers to counter Trump’s aggressive interpretation of executive power.

Ossoff, who has made Trump’s personal business dealings a focus of his reelection campaign, added that Democrats also would “exercise vigorous oversight of the most corrupt presidential administration in history.”

Vance, stumping for Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, mocks his Democratic opponent

The vice president repeated a lot of the same attack lines against candidate James Talarico that Trump has used, including adopting his nickname, “Talafreako.”

But Vance also mocked Talarico by saying he was a vegan. Talarico has said he is not a vegan.

Vance’s wife is a vegetarian, something she spoke about at the 2024 Republican National Convention while helping introduce her husband — then Trump’s newly announced running mate.

“Although he’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet,” she said at the time.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Jon Ossoff urge early, in-person voting in Georgia

Georgia’s top Democrats say voters should not take chances by waiting until Election Day to vote.

Bottoms, who’s running for governor against Rick Jackson, noted various Republican threats.

“Rick Jackson has said that the National Guard will be called in. Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act,” she said.

Bottoms was referring to an August audio clip in which Jackson spoke with a voter who expressed concerns Democrats would “cheat” at the polls. In the clip, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jackson told his supporter, “We’ll get National Guard — Gov. Kemp is going to watch it for us.”

Ossoff reminded voters that when Trump lost in 2020 “he tried to seize the presidency and overturn the election.”

“Make a plan to vote right now, and ensure that we win decisively, so no meddling from this White House can foil the will of the people,” he said.

Democrats welcome Trump’s trip to Georgia on Friday

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial hopeful Keisha Lance Bottoms are pleased the president will appear with their respective Republican opponents, Mike Collins and Rick Jackson.

“I’m surprised Georgia Republicans want the president here,” Ossoff said Tuesday after casting his ballot on the first day of early voting. “Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in Georgia because he’s a failed president who lied the country into war, who has driven the cost of groceries, fuel, and healthcare to their all-time highs in American history.”

At a different polling site, Bottom said she’s “running against a man who says there’s not a single policy that he doesn’t disagree with Donald Trump on.”

She added: “When Donald Trump says he wants people to imagine that he is on the ballot, I am asking the people of Georgia to do just that.”

No indication US to pause intelligence sharing with Ukraine, AP source says

There is no clear indication the U.S. intends to withdraw intelligence sharing support for Ukraine, one European diplomat told The Associated Press.

The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a sensitive geopolitical situation.

The remarks come on the heels of a terse back and forth between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy following the announcement of a US deal to buy diesel fuel from Russia. Trump then went on to declare an “energy ceasefire” – a halt on strikes on energy and fuel production sites in both countries. However, Russia has continued to strike energy sites in Ukraine.

The US previously briefly paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine last spring, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped the war-torn nation target Russian invaders. That pause came days after a disastrous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

Trump told reporters that he has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine as of Monday.

Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf course until Oct. 26

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued the order Tuesday to halt tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course until October 26.

That put a further pause on work at the historic D.C. course that has been part of Trump’s plans to remake the city.

Reyes issued the order one day after a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.

At that hearing, Reyes ordered a 24-hour pause that could be extended to 14 days if necessary. It was limited to one day while the government tries to find a key Trump administration official to discuss why a massive tree-cutting at the park needed to occur over the holiday weekend, with little notification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to halt renovation plans or the judge.

12 senators call on Trump to rescind Russia diesel deal

Six Republican senators and six Democratic senators are calling on President Donald Trump to rescind his recent agreement to allow Russian diesel fuel into global markets.

The senators say in a letter to Trump that lifting sanctions on Russia’s diesel exports damages American security interests and is a betrayal of the people of Ukraine.

“This deal is a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies; it should be rescinded,” the senators wrote.

The senators say the president should instead implement new sanctions that were part of a bill Trump signed into law in September that aims to punish the largest buyers of Russia’s oil and gas through tariffs on goods from those countries.

The senators said such economic pressure would enhance the president’s negotiating position “to bring a swift end to this ruinous conflict.”

Guilfoyle resigns and says she’ll ‘vigorously defend’ herself against ‘false’ allegations

Guilfoyle has resigned her ambassadorship after allegations of improper conduct and insisted she’ll “vigorously defend” herself.

Trump’s administration said earlier Tuesday it had asked Guilfoyle to leave her post after she faced severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

Guilfoyle addressed the allegations directly in a post on X, saying, “These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”

“I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional,” she said. “I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”

The State Department has declined to comment on a potential investigation by the department’s inspector general.

Trump says Ukraine still getting US intel

The president told reporters “no, we haven’t” stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, saying that America continues to do so in hopes of bringing an end to Russia’s war against the country,.

“There’s a lot of hatred there between the two of them,” Trump said about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The president has allowed Russia to sell diesel fuel despite U.S. sanctions, but he clarified a statement he had posted on social media indicating that the U.S. would be a buyer. “That’s a world deal” he said, adding that Russia would not be selling to America.

Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X that Ukraine did not receive an early warning from its partners as Russian fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Kyiv.

Trump lauds press secretary Katie Zacharia’s performance after first news briefing

“I thought she did excellent. She did very good,” the president said Tuesday speaking outside the White House before heading to Alaska for a campaign rally.

Zacharia took a few questions and finished the briefing in about 15 minutes, having called on three reporters after she read a list of Trump’s achievements.

Trump says officials ‘didn’t like what we were reading’ about Guilfoyle

“She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading,” Trump told reporters.

“She wasn’t a member of my family,” Trump added. Guilfoyle, who was once engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Jr.

The administration said Tuesday it asked for Guilfoyle’s resignation after she faced criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct.

Big banks keep raking in profits but warn about high interest rates and inflation

Wall Street’s biggest banks reported another strong quarter on Tuesday, as the U.S. consumer continues to pay their bills and businesses keep investing heavily in AI.

But even as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported higher profits from a year ago, they warned about the long-term impact of higher interest rates as well as the impact higher prices could have on the consumer if inflation is not brought under control.

“The U.S. economy continued to be fueled by strong business investment and ongoing consumer spending,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement. “However, large fiscal deficits, sticky inflation, elevated asset prices, rising interest rates and geopolitical conditions continue to shift under the surface.”

The socio-economic conditions continue to worsen in Cuba and the Cuban government has no answers for improving them. Even with the 176 economic reforms they introduced months ago, they have been very slow to implement them.

The only answers the Cuban government has is to increase their propaganda of blaming the U.S. for all their problems, which the Cuban people on the island no longer believe.

Without foreign investment, it will be very difficult for them to survive. In addition, their infrastructure continues to collapse from their electrical plants, water system, food supply, and lack of safe buildings for people to live in.

As the midterm elections get closer in the U.S., I don’t see us taking any action against Cuba. Their only hope is that Raul Castro dies in the months to come and that someone within their inner circle of power becomes a true political reformer that can begin to transform their totalitarian system.

Oct. 8: Social Challenges Facing Cuba

In 2014, I wrote a book with that title.

Today, the social challenges facing Cuba are even greater.

When we speak of creating a democratic government in Cuba’s future, there are three variables that must be taken into consideration.

1) The history of the country

2) The culture of the country

3) The personal experiences of the population

That is why it’s very difficult to apply a transition of another country to Cuba or any other country that has lived under a totalitarian regime for so long.

Today, Cuba’s population is about 8.3 million. Many have left seeking a better future. Some factors that are often forgotten is the fact that about 60% of the island is Black or Mulato, while in exile, that percentage is about 5%. Today, Cuba has the lowest birth rate in all of Latin America and, at the same time, one of the oldest population in Latin America.

As we have seen from recent statistics, about 1 million Cubans left last year, seeking a better life. I suspect if and when there is a change in Cuba’s regime, the young generation will not stay on the island to help rebuild their country. They will go elsewhere, seeking better opportunities.

The last challenge is how to change people’s minds to support a democracy when it has been years, even before the Revolution of 1959, that there was a democracy in Cuba.

The ideology of the Cuban Revolution is gone. However, there is a lack of any clear ideology that Cubans believe in, which makes it more difficult when trying to develop a civil society in the future that can support a democratic government.

Oct. 6: Cuba prepares for possible U.S. intervention as talks stall

Cuba’s Chargé d’Affaires in Washington, D.C., Lianys Torres Rivera, gave an interview to Reuters and said that, given the lack of progress in conversations with the U.S., the Cuban military has begun preparations for a possible U.S. intervention.

Cuba fully understands that, if such an intervention were to come, it would not be an invasion as many expect, but rather an aerial drone and missile attack. According to military experts and sources at the Pentagon, such an attack could take less than forty-eight hours to neutralize Cuba’s military.

The U.S. military has also incorporated preparations and contingency plans to deal with Cuban drones if any were launched against the U.S. mainland. My own personal belief is that Cuba would first target the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, which is located very close to one of Cuba’s main military installations near Santiago de Cuba.

Oct. 5: Cuba will not negotiate regime change with U.S.

Over the weekend, Cuba’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, made it very clear that Cuba will not negotiate regime change with the U.S. In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Cuban government that if they don’t change their regime, the consequences would be worse.

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This leaves the U.S. with limited options moving forward. 1) Wait until Raul Castro dies and see what happens. 2) Strengthen the opposition inside the island. 3)Take military action against the island nation.

None of these options lead to a clear and quick path to a quick change in their system of government. A military invasion of Cuba by the U.S. could lead to a prolonged stay on the island until some form of government can be established from within the island and with the support from the Cuban exile community. However, there are some in the exile opposition that consider themselves possible leaders in a free Cuba, which could further complicate things.

Lastly, the extended war with Iran and the mid-term election results in the U.S. could also complicate what the U.S. does with Cuba.

Oct. 2: Who is driving U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba?

In the last several months, we have witnessed Secretary of State Marco Rubio continuing to sanction top officials of the Cuban government and their organizations, trying to force them to change or come to the table and negotiate with the U.S.

On the other hand, we just learned that the White House authorized a sale of 3.2 million barrels of oil to Cuba supposedly going to Cuba’s private sector. Are you kidding?

When dealing with Venezuela and Cuba, Trump has clearly shown that making money is more important than regime change in these two countries.

Oct. 1: Robberies and delinquencies increase in Cuba

According to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (14yMedio), this past Monday a bank was robbed in Lawton, Cuba in the middle of a major power failure.

The robbers got away with the money that was to be paid the next day to people who had retired. At the same time, many solar panels that have been installed around Cuba to help with the growing electrical shortages are being stolen at night by robbers.

The Cuban government is concerned that as socio-economic conditions continue to get worse on the island nation, these practices will increase. So far, no one has been caught.

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Rosa Flores, 19, was a passenger in a car when it was involved in a violent crash outside Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus on Sept. 3.

“When they were turning into the campus, they were gonna turn in, they were struck by a truck,” said Martinez.

Flores was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, where she remained in a medically-induced coma for three weeks.

“She had bleeding inside the skull, so they had to go in there to drain her,” said Martinez. “She had bruises all over.”

Flores was a freshman at MDC, aspiring to work in MRI technology.

The teen underwent several surgeries, and doctors told her mother she will have to re-learn how to walk, swallow and even speak again.

Flores still has a feeding tube and is in a rehab facility, but is far from recovered.

Rodriguez said she had to quit her job to be Flores’ full-time caregiver.

“I don’t know when I’m going to be able to work again,” she said. “She needs assistance 24/7.”

Martinez believes Flores will have a full recovery and pursue her college and career goals. She hopes her daughter’s story touches someone and is a reminder to drive safe.

Anyone looking to help can donate to a GoFundMe page created by the family.