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Local 10’s Jolena Esperto was on Krome Avenue Saturday morning as the roadway was shut down at U.S. 27.

The fire dubbed “Quarry 2,” east of Krome Avenue, has been the most widespread, burning 17,600 acres so far. It is 97% contained.

A separate brush fire near Medley has burned 1,425 acres and is 60 percent contained.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials confirmed Saturday that southbound lanes on Florida’s Turnpike have reopened after being closed from Okeechobee Road to Northwest 41st Street Friday.

Krome Avenue, however, is still closed from Okeechobee Road to Southwest Eighth Street. It is expected to reopen later in the day.

“As weather and wind conditions change, residents and visitors in the community may continue seeing or smelling smoke, and nearby roadways may experience smoky or hazy conditions,” an MDFR spokesperson said in an email to Local 10 News.

Ash from the brush fires drifted for miles during the week.

Patrick Mahoney, with the Florida Forest Service, said the weather hasn’t helped.

“Heat and wind has been an issue, but also the drought,” he said. “I mean, it’s still very dry through here.”

Bad conditions led to crews across several agencies working around the clock to stop the blaze from spreading from above. Helicopters dumped buckets of water on the inferno.

“Our firefighters are doing a great job,” Mahoney said. “This is what we train for. This is what we do.”

On Thursday, a firefighter with the FFS was rushed to an area hospital after a heat-related episode, but he’s expected to be OK.

The Red Cross confirmed Saturday that it is affecting displaced residents by managing a shelter in coordination with the county.

According to the Red Cross, so far, they have provided shelter, meals and support services to six residents and one cat.

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The festival is being held from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., with the Glow Night parade beginning at 8 p.m.

Local 10 will air a special report on the parade which can also be watched at the top of this page, beginning at 8 p.m.

Organizers expect approximately 50,000 people to gather along Wilton Drive for this year’s event, which promises to be bigger and brighter than ever. Community leaders, businesses and partners have spent months preparing for the festivities, all centered around a message of inclusion, equality and pride.

While the event is known for its festive atmosphere, organizers emphasize that Stonewall Pride is about much more than entertainment. The celebration honors the historic Stonewall Riots of 1969, widely recognized as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

“Well, it means so many different things, right? It’s honoring and celebrating our victories, but also coalescing together to realize we are a community that needs to work toward full equality,” one organizer, Jameer Baptiste, said.

The celebration begins at 3 p.m. Saturday when Wilton Drive closes to traffic and the street festival officially opens. Safety remains a priority, with metal detectors stationed at all festival entrances.

Once inside, attendees can enjoy performances and entertainment across seven stages. The festival is surrounded by LGBTQ+-owned and LGBTQ+-friendly bars, nightclubs and restaurants, while a marketplace featuring a variety of vendors stretches along the drive.

The evening culminates with the popular Glow Night Parade at 8 p.m. Participants and spectators alike are encouraged to light up the night with glow sticks, glow-in-the-dark paint and illuminated costumes as the parade makes its way through the heart of Wilton Manors.

Organizers say the event welcomes everyone, regardless of background, and serves as an opportunity for allies, friends and family members to celebrate alongside the LGBTQ+ community.

For more information about the event, click here.

El festival se lleva a cabo de 3 p.m. a 11 p.m., con el desfile Glow Night comenzando a las 8 p.m.

Local 10 transmitirá un reportaje especial sobre el desfile que también podrá verse en la parte superior de esta página, a partir de las 8 p.m.

Los organizadores esperan que aproximadamente 50,000 personas se reúnan a lo largo de Wilton Drive para el evento de este año, que promete ser más grande y brillante que nunca. Líderes comunitarios, negocios y socios han pasado meses preparándose para las festividades, todas centradas en un mensaje de inclusión, igualdad y orgullo.

Aunque el evento es conocido por su ambiente festivo, los organizadores enfatizan que Stonewall Pride es mucho más que entretenimiento. La celebración honra los históricos Disturbios de Stonewall de 1969, ampliamente reconocidos como el catalizador del movimiento moderno por los derechos LGBTQ+.

“Bueno, significa muchas cosas diferentes, ¿verdad? Es honrar y celebrar nuestras victorias, pero también unirnos para reconocer que somos una comunidad que necesita trabajar hacia la igualdad plena”, dijo uno de los organizadores, Jameer Baptiste.

La celebración comienza a las 3 p.m. del sábado cuando Wilton Drive cierra al tráfico y el festival callejero abre oficialmente. La seguridad sigue siendo una prioridad, con detectores de metales instalados en todas las entradas del festival.

Una vez dentro, los asistentes podrán disfrutar de presentaciones y entretenimiento en siete escenarios. El festival está rodeado de bares, clubes nocturnos y restaurantes propiedad de personas LGBTQ+ y amigables con la comunidad LGBTQ+, mientras que un mercado con una variedad de vendedores se extiende a lo largo de la avenida.

La noche culmina con el popular desfile Glow Night a las 8 p.m. Se anima tanto a los participantes como a los espectadores a iluminar la noche con barras luminosas, pintura que brilla en la oscuridad y disfraces iluminados mientras el desfile recorre el corazón de Wilton Manors.

Los organizadores afirman que el evento da la bienvenida a todas las personas, sin importar su origen, y sirve como una oportunidad para que aliados, amigos y familiares celebren junto a la comunidad LGBTQ+.

Para obtener más información sobre el evento, haga clic aquí.

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana created the backdrop with a video image of a rocky coastline at sunset, as models walked among columns evoking a Mediterranean terrace in swimwear and silk pajamas.

The collection kicked into high gear as the sun rose, with laser-cut suits, tunics and loose trousers designed to stay cool in the heat while transitioning from the workweek city to a weekend seaside getaway. The standout accessory was an oversized travel bag in leather, suede and raffia.

Short shorts showed off muscular legs, while loose-knit tops did the same for torsos. Suit jackets featured unusual upright lapels and unexpected details on the back, including back panels that could unbutton for added ventilation.

The brand’s craftsmanship was most evident in woven leather jackets, echoed in woven footwear.

The design duo incorporated its signature embellishments, including rhinestones on denim and more delicate coral beading on suits, shirts and trousers. The collection also featured religious-inspired motifs, including cross necklaces resembling rosaries and icon-style prints on T-shirts.

To close, the runway teemed with models in a sea of all-white looks, crisp and distinctly summer.

Front-row guests included Polish soccer great Robert Lewandowski, two-time NBA champion Kawhi Leonard, Italian actor Michele Morrone of Netflix’s “365 Days” and K-pop singer Soobin.

Las reformas incluyen medidas de libre mercado sin precedentes destinadas a abrir la economía de la isla, que atraviesa dificultades, mientras aumenta la presión de Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.

“Estamos en un momento en que lo que tenemos no está funcionando y, si llegan nuevas medidas, aunque sean capitalistas, pero la población puede mejorar, comer mejor y mantenerse a flote, entonces las medidas son bienvenidas”, dijo la trabajadora del sector estatal Omara Oliva.

La residente de La Habana Olian Valdés dijo: “Primero: veamos si se implementan. Segundo: veamos si es un principio, pero tienen algo detrás, como siempre cuando dicen que es azul y luego te dicen: ‘No, es azul de Prusia’, así que eso está por verse.

“En mi opinión, al cubano común no le importa si lo hacen o no, porque no tiene dónde invertir, no tiene nada que hacer y se beneficiará mínimamente, porque pueden entrar más recursos al país, pero los precios con el salario seguirán siendo los mismos”.

El anuncio llega después de meses de creciente presión por parte de Estados Unidos y de conversaciones de alto nivel entre ambos países que han incluido al nieto de Raúl Castro, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, quien dijo ante una audiencia internacional que el país no representa una amenaza para Estados Unidos.

Estados Unidos ha impuesto numerosas sanciones contra Cuba y ha acusado a Raúl Castro en relación con el derribo en 1996 de dos aviones civiles operados por exiliados de Miami.

El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel dijo que el plan de emergencia y el documento de política preparado por el Comité Central del Partido Comunista fueron moldeados por las experiencias de China y Vietnam, dos países comunistas que han introducido reformas económicas orientadas al mercado mientras mantienen el sistema de partido único.

Entre los escépticos de esta reciente medida se encuentra el analista de Cuba de Local 10, Andy Gómez.

“Esto es como reorganizar las sillas del Titanic después de chocar contra el iceberg”, dijo. “Estas reformas probablemente llegan 60 años demasiado tarde”.

Gómez dijo que, en su opinión, la isla comunista no cuenta con la infraestructura necesaria para ejecutar realmente las más de 175 propuestas de reforma que, por primera vez desde 1959, privatizarían grandes sectores de su economía socialista.

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Eso incluye abrir la puerta a bancos privados y al desarrollo inmobiliario privado.

“No veo en nada de lo que he leído sobre las reformas que introdujeron el jueves algo que le dé al inversionista extranjero la confianza para investigar Cuba y asegurarse de que su dinero está seguro”, dijo. “Así que tenemos que esperar y ver”.

Todo esto ocurre mientras el Parlamento Europeo aprobó una resolución que pide sanciones por derechos humanos, una medida que, según Gómez, “aísla aún más a Cuba”.

“La emergencia humanitaria no es producto de ningún embargo externo”, señala la resolución, “sino consecuencia directa del propio modelo y de los fracasos del régimen”.

La resolución agrega que esto está representado por GAESA, un conglomerado militar cubano que describe como corrupto.

“El único paso que pueden dar es tomar parte del dinero que tiene en activos GAESA, el conglomerado económico militar, comenzar a utilizarlo y ayudar al pueblo cubano”, dijo Gómez. “No creo que lo hagan”.

Añadió: “La gente necesita entender que esto ya no es una ideología marxista. Esto es una mafia. Es un grupo de personas que ha tomado el dinero que ha generado a través de GAESA. Y lo vemos en sus hijos y nietos viviendo por todo el mundo como millonarios”.

Sobre cuándo podría llegar un cambio político a la isla, Gómez dijo que “va a tomar tiempo”.

“Aquí, en Estados Unidos, estamos celebrando este año 250 años de democracia”, dijo. “Y yo diría que nuestra sociedad civil en Estados Unidos ahora mismo tiene algunas grietas serias en el sistema”.

Eso, dijo, subraya la idea de que construir una democracia abierta y plural en el país está lejos de ser una tarea rápida.

La periodista de Associated Press Andrea Rodríguez contribuyó a este informe.

Sky 10 sobrevoló el área de Southwest 256th Street y 202th Avenue alrededor de las 10:15 a.m., donde una lona amarilla cubría lo que parecía ser un cuerpo afuera de una vivienda en la zona rural.

Varios agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade fueron observados en el lugar.

Las autoridades no divulgaron de inmediato detalles sobre lo ocurrido, pero Local 10 News tiene un equipo en camino al lugar para obtener más información.

Vea Local 10 News o actualice esta página para conocer las últimas novedades.

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The fire was reported at a single-story home in the 8000 block of Southwest Eighth Court.

According to North Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials, there were six people evaluated by paramedics.

Officials said a man was transported to Broward Health North in critical condition and the 6-year-old was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, also in critical condition.

No other details about the fire were immediately released.

El incendio fue reportado en una vivienda de una sola planta ubicada en la cuadra 8000 de Southwest Eighth Court.

Según funcionarios de North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, seis personas fueron evaluadas por paramédicos.

Las autoridades informaron que un hombre fue trasladado a Broward Health North en estado crítico y que el niño de 6 años fue trasladado a Broward Health Medical Center, también en estado crítico.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el incendio.

Jolena Esperto, de Local 10, estuvo en Krome Avenue la mañana del sábado mientras la vía permanecía cerrada a la altura de la U.S. 27.

El incendio denominado “Quarry 2”, al este de Krome Avenue, ha sido el más extenso, con 17,600 acres quemadas hasta el momento. Está contenido en un 97%.

El viernes, las autoridades cerraron Krome Avenue entre Okeechobee Road y Southwest Eighth Street debido al incendio.

Un incendio de maleza separado cerca de Medley ha quemado 1,425 acres y está contenido en un 60%.

El viernes, las autoridades cerraron los carriles en dirección sur de la autopista Florida’s Turnpike desde Okeechobee Road hasta Northwest 41st Street.

Los patrulleros estatales también cerraron Southwest Eighth Street, conocida como Tamiami Trail, desde Krome Avenue hasta State Road 29 en el condado Collier.

La ceniza de los incendios de maleza se desplazó por millas durante la semana.

Patrick Mahoney, del Servicio Forestal de Florida, dijo que el clima no ha ayudado.

“El calor y el viento han sido un problema, pero también la sequía”, dijo. “Quiero decir, todavía está muy seco por aquí”.

Las malas condiciones llevaron a equipos de varias agencias a trabajar las 24 horas para evitar que el incendio siguiera propagándose desde el aire. Helicópteros lanzaron cubetas de agua sobre el incendio.

“Nuestros bomberos están haciendo un gran trabajo”, dijo Mahoney. “Para esto entrenamos. Esto es lo que hacemos”.

El jueves, un bombero del Servicio Forestal de Florida fue trasladado de urgencia a un hospital del área tras sufrir un episodio relacionado con el calor, pero se espera que se recupere.

La Cruz Roja confirmó el sábado que la situación está afectando a residentes desplazados mediante la administración de un refugio en coordinación con el condado.

Según la Cruz Roja, hasta el momento han proporcionado refugio, comidas y servicios de apoyo a seis residentes y un gato.

“En este momento me preocupa la polarización que existe entre nosotros: hay dos bandos muy extremos y la violencia me preocupa”, dijo el abogado John Manrique desde el centro de Bogotá a The Associated Press. “Espero que la gente acepte que ganó el que ganó, no importa el bando, y procuremos llegar a un consenso social”, agregó.

Ambos candidatos prometen a su electorado mejores condiciones de vida y advierten que su contrario traería pobreza o más violencia a un país que ha sobrellevado décadas de conflicto armado interno y que aún lidia con ilegales pese a que hace una década firmó un histórico acuerdo de paz con la guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).

“Hay unos niveles de polarización extremadamente altos y fueron evidentes en la primera vuelta”, indicó Glaeldys González, analista del International Crisis Group para los Andes, quien consideró que el electorado busca en esos dos polos una “solución real” a la violencia, el acceso a la salud, la lucha contra la corrupción y el fin de los problemas financieros.

El abogado De la Espriella, un outsider que nunca se había medido en las urnas, se convirtió en la sorpresa de la primera vuelta que terminó liderando con el 43,73% de los votos. Se apoda “El Tigre” y dice que con esa ferocidad irá contra los “narcoterroristas” y construirá mega cárceles como las del presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele, con quien simpatiza. Ciudadano colombo-estadounidense, recibió el apoyo de Donald Trump.

Mientras que Cepeda, filósofo y exmiembro de las bases del Partido Comunista en su juventud, logró el 40,91 % de la votación y promete que profundizará la agenda política del presidente Gustavo Petro, su aliado político, incluyendo las ambiciosas reformas sociales y dejando la puerta abierta para continuar los diálogos de paz con grupos armados ilegales, una política de Petro que ha sido cuestionada y que el jueves vio desarmar a los primeros 100 ilegales.

Yamile Guevara, una docente pensionada, consideró que los cambios que busca Petro requieren más tiempo para concretarse y criticó lo que, según ella, es la desconfianza perenne hacia la izquierda que ha sido marginalizada luego de lidiar por décadas con el conflicto, especialmente cuando De la Espriella busca salvar al país de la “izquierda radical”.

“El lado de la izquierda siempre lo han mirado como algo negativo, ha sido duro y mucha gente ha muerto. Entonces uno dice ‘¿qué le pasa a la gente que olvidó la historia... cómo no piensan bien de qué candidato se va a elegir?’", dijo Guevara a AP en Bogotá.

El fantasma del "fraude"

La segunda vuelta ha atizado los ataques mutuos entre los candidatos, denuncias de compra de votos y de posible fraude, especialmente luego de que Petro no reconociera el conteo preliminar que realizó la Registraduría el día de la votación. Cepeda lo admitió días después con el escrutinio realizado por jueces y con fuerza legal.

En un ambiente crispado, la estatal Defensoría del Pueblo instó a los candidatos, al presidente y a los líderes políticos a promover mensajes de confianza en las instituciones, desincentivar la violencia y evitar afirmaciones de posibles fraudes sin sustento suficiente.

González aseguró que en Crisis Group ven con “preocupación” posibles brotes de violencia postelectoral, pero consideró que las instituciones nacionales y los observadores internacionales van a ser clave en tratar de frenar esas posturas.

Cepeda denunció penalmente ante la fiscalía colombiana y la Corte Penal Internacional a De la Espriella por sus presuntos vínculos con grupos paramilitares. De la Espriella negó cualquier relación con los ilegales.

Del lado del conservador hay preocupación por eventuales manifestaciones en caso de que pierda Cepeda, especialmente luego de que Carlos Carrillo, un exfuncionario del gobierno Petro, sugiriera que el país se podría “incendiar”.

“No se dejen utilizar”, respondió De la Espriella en un comunicado dirigido a los jóvenes que suelen ser quienes más salen a protestar.

Local media reported an Italian tourist died in the fire and several other tourists required medical assistance.

The Viva Dominicus Beach by Wyndham resort is located in Bayahibe, a popular destination for U.S. and international tourists on the Dominican Republic’s southeastern coast.

Authorities reported about 1,690 tourists had to be evacuated from the resort to other hotels and nearby housing facilities because of the massive blaze.

The cause of the blaze was under investigation and the country’s Emergency Operations Center said it appeared the “fire spread rapidly” due to wind and because part of the resort’s roof was made of thatch.

Viva Wyndham’s other nearby resort, the Dominicus Palace, was not damaged by the fire and was operating as normal, the center said.

A body was pulled from the rubble hours after the attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.

He said bombs slammed into the low-rise block in Kharkiv's Kholodnohirskiy district in the early hours of Saturday. The head of the regional administration, Oleh Syniehubov, said at least nine people were injured, five of whom hospitalized.

Elsewhere in Kharkiv, a Russian drone struck a civilian car on Friday evening, killing a man and injuring the woman driving, Syniehubov said.

Moscow did not immediately acknowledge or comment on the attacks.

Ukraine's air force said it shot down 92 of 99 Russian drones launched overnight and that seven struck targets in three locations.

Meanwhile, Russian air defences repelled a drone attack on an oil refinery in Tyumen in Western Siberia, Gov. Alexander Moor said Saturday. He said there was no damage to the refinery and staff was evacuated.

Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russian oil facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion. Some areas have reported fuel shortages.

In one of the biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, Ukraine on Thursday struck a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday its forces shot down 177 Ukrainian drones during the night. It did not say how many reached their targets.Two drones were shot down on approach to Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

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The remarks deepen the spat that began this week with the Republican president’s interview with an Italian broadcaster, during which Trump claimed Meloni “begged” for the photo during the G7 meeting in France. Meloni has called that “completely fabricated.” The dustup led Italy’s foreign minister to cancel a planned trip to the United States as Meloni’s government lined up in her defense.

“Italian Prime Minister Gigiorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,” Trump wrote on his social media platform while spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat. He misspelled her first name in the initial post, which he later corrected.

He continued: “She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon (But so did NATO, for that matter!).”

Trump's comments were aired Friday on the La7 network. A correspondent had asked the president about Ukraine, but Trump raised Meloni and made the claim about the photo. Trump said he was not obliged to take the picture with her but that he felt sorry for her and agreed, La7 said. The broadcaster put a dubbed version of the conversation online, but not the original English audio.

In his post, Trump also complained that Meloni would not allow the U.S. to use Italy’s landing strips or runways during the Iran war even though the U.S. is a leader in defense spending among NATO allies. That is a long-standing complaint about the military alliance and one that Trump raised before his White House meeting Wednesday with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and the NATO summit in Turkey next month.

Italy, a key logistics hub for the U.S., declined in March to allow American bombers headed for the Middle East to use a base in Sicily without parliamentary approval. Trump vented his frustration about Meloni and on Saturday claimed that she “wants to be friends again” in light of the initial deal between the U.S. and Iran to end the war.

But in his first press conference Wednesday, new chair Kevin Warsh began to reverse some of those steps. Warsh, like many economists, thinks the financial markets have become too dependent on Fed guidance, and that such direction is more effective in financial crises or economic downturns.

Warsh quickly made changes: The Fed's statement on its interest-rate decision was slashed to 132 words, from 341 in April. And Warsh pointedly noted that the statement excluded any hints, or “forward guidance,” about what the Fed's next moves might be.

In short, Warsh rapidly delivered on a promise to slash the Fed's communications, particularly the guidance it gives to financial markets about its next interest-rate moves. Yet such an approach carries the risk of more violent swings in stock and bond prices, analysts say, and ultimately could lead to higher interest rates for consumers and businesses.

“Forward guidance in general has served to suppress volatility and anchor market expectations,” said George Pearkes, global macro strategist at Bespoke Investment Group. “And that has led to lower borrowing rates, relative to alternatives.”

Still, the impact on consumers is likely to be modest, Pearkes added, with mortgage rates perhaps a quarter-point higher than they would be otherwise.

Financial markets see-sawed, then fell Wednesday after the statement and news conference. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which strongly influences mortgage rates, jumped Wednesday to 4.49% from 4.43%, though it fell back in Thursday trading. The yield on the 2-year Treasury, which closely tracks expectations for Fed action, was 4.16% Thursday, up sharply from 4.05% before the Fed's meeting. The broad S&P 500 stock index dropped 1.2% Wednesday.

Warsh may be headed back to 1990s

Such swings could be a sign of things to come. Previous chairs have signaled the Fed's next moves clearly enough that financial markets have largely anticipated the central bank's actions. But Warsh has frequently cited as a model former chair Alan Greenspan, whose circumspect comments often kept investors guessing.

Greenspan, who served as chair from 1987 to 2005, did usher in the statement the Fed now issues after each meeting announcing its decision. The first statement was issued Feb. 4, 1994, and said the Fed would increase its key rate for the first time in five years. The move caught investors off-guard and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2.4% that day.

The paring back of Fed communications is part of a larger package of potential reforms to the central bank's operations that Warsh signaled Wednesday. He announced that the Fed will set up five task forces to examine the Fed's communications, its balance sheet, how it analyzes and gathers economic data, the impact of AI on productivity and jobs, and the frameworks it uses to analyze inflation.

Warsh said the communications task force would consider changes to the quarterly economic projections the Fed issues as well as look at other recent innovations, including press conferences. Former chair Ben Bernanke was the first to hold them, though he did so only after every other Fed meeting. Warsh's predecessor, Jerome Powell, shifted to holding them after every meeting.

Such steps are a sharp contrast with the 1990s, when Greenspan never explained a Fed decision, on the record, to reporters. Warsh could ultimately dial back some of the Fed's increased transparency.

“This is a big change in how the Fed has conducted itself since the (2008-2009) global financial crisis,” Matthew Luzzetti, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank, said. "Since then there has been a one-way train to greater communication, more transparency, and more forward guidance. Warsh has now put that train in reverse.”

Fed chairs have seen benefits to forward guidance

Previous Fed chairs, starting with Bernanke, have seen a clear benefit to more communication: It helps guide the markets in the direction the Fed wants. Fed officials control a short-term interest rate, but the rates that affect the economy — such as the yield on the 10-year Treasury — are heavily influenced by investors' expectations for inflation and economic growth. By telegraphing their next moves, policymakers can cause those longer-term rates to change even before the Fed adjusts its own benchmark rate.

Yet Warsh's view is that financial markets have become too dependent on Fed guidance. Instead, he wants investors to gauge where the Fed may move next by examining economic data and making their own judgments, which the Fed can then consider as part of their assessments of where the economy is headed.

“Financial market prices are probably the most important source of information to guide central bankers,” Warsh said at Wednesday's news conference.

Guidance can help with unexpected events

David Andolfatto, an economics professor at the University of Miami and former economist at the St. Louis Fed, said he agreed with Warsh that forward guidance has flaws. It can be easily upended by unexpected events, he said, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine or the Iran war.

But the chair should set out guidelines for how the Fed will react to unexpected events, Andolfatto said, or to challenges such as the persistent inflation it is grappling with now, yet Warsh so far hasn't done so.

“I’m with him on dispensing with forward guidance, but you have to replace it with a contingency plan,” Andolfatto said. “It's not enough to say, trust me, we'll keep inflation at target.”

Ironically, Warsh's decision to drop forward guidance may empower the other 18 members of the Fed's rate-setting committee, Pearkes said. Those officials — six members of the Fed's governing board, plus the presidents of the 12 regional Fed banks — frequently give public speeches, and their remarks will get even more attention as financial markets seek clues about what the Fed may do next.

A big challenge to Warsh's approach will come if there is a sharp financial downturn or economic crisis, as occurred during the COVID pandemic. In those circumstances, economists said, forward guidance can play an important role calming markets.

“Whether it will stand the test of time and he will behave this way for five years is a very different question, but one that we're going to have to wait for events to unfold to get an answer to," Pearkes said.

More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began on June 20, 2025.

Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, South Carolina and Arizona, the spread in Utah has been tough to contain to one region — infecting undervaccinated communities in nearly every county.

Measles popped up in healthcare settings, big-box stores and restaurants, and youth sporting events. In February, an exposure at a state high school wrestling championship sparked at least 46 cases among attendees.

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine. It causes a tell-tale rash, high fevers, strong cough, ear infections and diarrhea.

While most recover, some — including young babies, pregnant people and those with weak immune systems — are at higher risk of developing dangerous complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness or even dying. Even healthy people can develop issues years down the road, including a rare but fatal degenerative brain disease that manifests about a decade after infection.

The measles vaccine is safe and 97% protective after two doses.

Though Utah's spread has slowed in recent weeks, state epidemiologist Leisha Nolen sees little opportunity to rest. She's worried the start of school and arrival of colder weather in the fall will cause measles to surge again.

“It's still here, it's still transmitting," she said. “We just need those few cases to hit the wrong community and it could flare up really big again."

Utah sees the impacts of dropping vaccination rates

The worst spread has been in the southwestern part of the state, where 265 people have fallen ill with the vaccine-preventable disease since last summer. Overall, measles infections hit 22 of the state’s 29 counties.

In the state's rural northeast, the conditions were also ripe for measles to spread. Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties — collectively dubbed the “tricounty” health region — has seen the second-largest decline in childhood vaccination rates in the state.

More than 16% of the region's kindergarteners were missing their measles vaccines in the last school year, according to state data. Statewide, 12.8% were missing their vaccine, putting the state far short of the 95% vaccination rate needed to prevent measles outbreaks.

The TriCounty Health Department logged 74 cases of measles this spring, after people who got sick at the youth wrestling tournament spread the virus in school and later within their households.

The frontier region had seen a rise in vaccine hesitancy for some time, said Sydnee Lyons, the health department's public information officer.

Despite the large number of cases, local and state health officials consider TriCounty's measles response a success.

Health officials focused efforts on mitigating the inevitable spread. Unvaccinated students were excluded from in-person school and people who were sick were told to isolate themselves. And their appeal to care for one's neighbors led to more people coming in to get vaccinated, officials said.

TriCounty’s infectious disease specialist Cyndie Mattinson recalled a parent who told a school nurse she didn't want to talk to the health department because “she was worried that we would be angry with her and be judgmental because her children were unvaccinated.”

The nurse vouched for the health department staff, and told the mom to let her know if she felt judged. Mattinson ultimately had a great conversation with the mother.

“The perceptions were changed that we weren’t out there to police, we were there to be a help and a resource to the community," Mattinson said.

Health experts will meet to decide on US measles status

Utah's lengthy battle with measles will likely affect whether the U.S. can keep its measles-free designation. Public health officials consider measles to be eliminated from a country when it shows it stopped continuous spread within local communities for at least a year.

The national measles case count was 2,104 as of June 18, nearly surpassing last year's record total.

Utah has fought measles for a year, but it's not clear if the earliest clusters are connected with the major outbreak on the Utah-Arizona state line, which was detected in August, Nolen said.

But since then, most of the state's measles cases have come from within Utah, not from other parts of the country.

International health experts will gather in November to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles elimination status. Canada lost its status last year after ongoing outbreaks.

In Utah, doctors continue to reassure scared patients and lobby for better public health policy.

Dr. Ellie Brownstein, president-elect of the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a pediatrician in Salt Lake City, spent the height of the outbreak opposing a bill that would have made school vaccine waivers easier to get. It failed, but she says there hasn't been a clear cultural reckoning over measles' resurgence.

“I don't know that we get it to end," Brownstein said. “I don't know that we're going to get this genie back in the box because there's enough people out there to spread it.”

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Congress, which never authorized the war against Iran yet never fully objected to it, now must grapple with the consequences of President Donald Trump's nearly four-month conflict: the lives lost, the billions spent and the national security fallout that has reordered the political dynamics in the Middle East.

Ask senators what they think about the deal Trump struck to end the war, and they do not search too far for words.

“Pathetic. Failure. Inevitable conclusion of a combination of never making the case to the American people, flawed strategic vision, lack of grasp of the regional dynamics,” said Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

“How many ways, can I say, bad, bad, bad?”

Yet Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, a past chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said that because of the president’s actions, “We are safer today.”

“You can criticize — Oh, he didn’t totally win,” Johnson said. “Well, that was always going to be very difficult.”

As Trump moves on to the next phase, it is left to the Congress to pick up the pieces: explaining the war to voters back home, restocking the military arsenal that has run low from bombing runs and trying to ensure the fragile ceasefire holds as the United States seeks to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and work toward an uneasy peace.

More money for the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the rounds on Capitol Hill this past week as lawmakers consider Defense Department funding as part of the Republican majority's next big budget package.

The White House has asked for a remarkable $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon this year, on top of the extra money that Republicans delivered as part of the Trump’s tax cuts package last year.

Republicans are mulling a sizable $350 billion plus-up for Hegseth on par with the White House's budget request that the GOP could pass on its own, through the reconciliation process that allows majority rule over potential objections from Democrats.

Senators, meanwhile, are seeking to set some guardrails on Hegseth with a provision to block a portion of his travel fund until the Pentagon delivers various reports. One such report is on an investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people, a flashpoint at the start of the war.

Officials have said they believe the U.S. was responsible for the strike and that it was based on faulty intelligence.

Questions swirl over what's next in Iran

Lawmakers are still processing what just happened after Trump swiftly signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran and opened a window of 60-day talks toward ending Tehran's nuclear program.

“I understand the president’s trying to find a peaceful solution to this," said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., who serves on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees. “I commend him for that. But we’ve got a lot of questions.”

Senators are particularly concerned about the tentative deal's provision for a potential $300 billion fund for the “reconstruction and economic development” of Iran.

To many skeptical Republicans, that money sounds similar to the planeloads-of-cash narrative they used against the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, which offered a slim fraction of that amount, some $1.7 billion overall. To this day, Trump tells an exaggerated story of how that payment to Iran, for U.S. military equipment it never received, was made.

“The only concerns I have are the money and the conditions,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.

“If we send a trainload, a shipload, it’s gonna age as well as that,” he said.

Circumspect over what was gained and lost

Over and again Congress tried and failed to exert its authority under the war powers act to halt the U.S. military action in Iran.

The House ultimately passed a war powers resolution that sought to force an end to the war after a small number of Republicans joined the Democratic measure last month. The Senate has voted nine times, including this past week, but failed to reach the majority needed.

At the same time, Congress did not affirmatively authorize the war with a use of force resolution, as has been done in certain other conflicts, including the Iraq War.

“I’m glad that the conflict has finally ended and hope the ceasefire holds,” said a statement from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

But Shaheen said the country must be clear-eyed about what has come about.

Not one of the president’s objectives has been achieved, she said, and Iran won significant concessions.

“The American people are paying the price with higher costs in every aspect of life and tens of billions in tax dollars spent,” she said.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said it's hard to see what leverage the U.S. gained to force Iran to a better negotiation.

“You want to be able to give the benefit of the doubt," she said.

But Murkowski said, “I think we’re in a place where there is a deal that has been signed, but it doesn’t appear to me that it puts us in that much of a different position than prior to the beginning of the war."

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Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to the report.

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Sky 10 was above the area of Southwest 256^th Street and 202th Avenue around 10:15 a.m. as a yellow tarp covered what appeared to be a body outside a home in the rural area.

Multiple Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies were spotted at the scene.

A spokesperson for MDSO told Local 10 News that first responders went to the area just after 8:30 a.m. and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced both victims dead at the scene.

Family members told Local 10 News that the two victims were a couple. Authorities confirm they were both between the ages of 50 and 60.

Authorities said a man was detained for questioning, but the investigation remains ongoing.

“This is a very vast sized property, so of course detectives are combing through every space of the property, gathering as much evidence as possible to help them lead themselves to find out what happened today,” an MDSO spokesperson said.

MDSO homicide detectives have assumed the investigation.

No other details were immediately released.

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

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One of the wildfires, dubbed “Quarry 2,” east of Krome Avenue, has been the most widespread, burning more than 17,000 acres as of Friday. It was 80% contained as of Friday afternoon.

It led to several road closures in Miami-Dade.

Officials continued to close Krome Avenue between Okeechobee Road and Southwest Eighth Street.

Additionally, on Friday, officials closed the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike from Okeechobee Road to Northwest 41st Street.

State troopers also closed Southwest Eighth Street, also known as the Tamiami Trail, from Krome Avenue to State Road 29 in Collier County.

Ash from the brush fires drifted for miles during the week.

Patrick Mahoney, with the Florida Forest Service, said the weather hasn’t helped.

“Heat and wind has been an issue, but also the drought,” he said. “I mean, it’s still very dry through here.”

Bad conditions led to crews across several agencies working around the clock to stop the blaze from spreading from above. Helicopters dumped buckets of water on the inferno.

“Our firefighters are doing a great job,” Mahoney said. “This is what we train for. This is what we do.”

On Thursday, a firefighter with the FFS was rushed to an area hospital after a heat-related episode, but he’s expected to be OK.

For the empanadas:

your favorite empanada dough, thawed (we like a larger round for these if you can find it)

corned beef

Swiss cheese

sauerkraut, drained well

1-2 pats of butter

prepared thousand island dressing (recipe below)

For forming and topping the empanadas:

eggwash

caraway seeds

Maldon sea salt

To make the empanadas:

Heat the drained sauerkraut in a small sauté pan with a pat or two of butter. Let cool before forming the empanadas.

Prepare the thousand island dressing.

Place a round of dough down on your work service. Add a small dollop of thousand island dressing in the middle of the dough. Top the dressing with a small slice or two of corned beef, a small slice or two of Swiss cheese and a small spoonful of sauerkraut. Add another small dollop of thousand island dressing on top. You want to pack as many goodies as possible into your empanada dough but need to be able to seal it without the filling wanting to squash out. Make sure to keep all ingredients centered in the dough and leave the edges clear.

To seal the empanadas, brush the edges of the dough with eggwash, fold over the dough and seal the edges by pressing with the tines of a fork all around. Place in the refrigerator to stay cold while you make the remaining empanadas.

Let the empanadas chill for 15-20 before cooking to help set the dough.

When ready to bake, preheat your oven according to package instructions. Brush the empanadas with eggwash and top with a sprinkle of caraway seeds and Maldon sea salt.

Bake according to package instructions until golden brown.

For the Thousand Island:

1 cup mayonnaise

¼ cup ketchup

½ cul Sour cream

1 tablespoon prepared horseradish

¼ cup dill pickle relish

juice from ½ a lemon

kosher salt and pepper, to taste

Mix together all ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper.

your favorite French fries (homemade or store-bought)

For the gravy:

4 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2-2½ cups chicken stock

2-2½ cups beef broth

kosher salt, to taste

For topping:

5-10 ounces cheese curds, depending on how big of a serving you’re making

freshly chopped tarragon

freshly chopped Italian parsley leaves

freshly chopped dill

Keep the Cheese curds at room temperature.

If using store bought French fries. Prepare according to package instructions while you make the gravy.

If making French fries from scratch, prepare the gravy and keep warm while you fry the French fries.

To make the gravy, melt the butter in a sauce pan. Add the flour and stir, cooking for 3-4 minutes to cook out the raw flour taste. Whisk in the chicken and beef broths, starting with 2 cups of each. Bring to a simmer and continue cooking, whisking, until the mixture thickens. If you like a thinner gravy, you can add a little more broth. If you like a thicker gravy, stir in a tablespoon or two of cornstarch slurry and whisk, while simmering, to thicken the gravy. Season to taste with salt.

Arrange the cooked fries on a serving platter (or baking sheet lined with parchment or aluminum foil for easy cleanup.) Top with as much gravy as desired, cheese curds and freshly chopped herbs.

Serve immediately.

Despite an October ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas, the enclave has seen near-daily Israeli attacks that have killed over 1,007 Palestinians, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

Saturday's strike hit an apartment in Gaza City around 2 a.m local time, according to the ministry, with the death toll expected to rise as rescue teams work on recovering more bodies. There was no immediate information on the number of the wounded.

At the site of the attack, an Associated Press reporter saw scattered rubble and chunks of concrete stained with blood.

The bodies of the two sisters, 4-year-old Zina and 14-year-old Lana, were sent to Shifa Hospital's morgue, where they lay shrouded in white hospital bags, surrounded by family members.

“I was sitting at home. The rocket fell on us without a warning,” said their cousin, Mohammad Safadi, who had a forehead wound.

He said both he and his wife were wounded in the attack.

“This ceasefire the occupation and the negotiation team speak of … is this really a ceasefire? We are civilians. I never held a weapon,” Safadi added.

The Israeli military didn’t immediately issue a statement, but said it was looking into the incident. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat.

Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the truce.

The war erupted when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel's retaliatory military offensive in the Gaza Strip has since killed 73,018 Palestinians, including those slain since the ceasefire, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday.

The health ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, is staffed by medical professionals and maintains detailed records that are generally considered reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts. It does not distinguish between civilians and militants but says women and children make up around half of all fatalities.

12 ounces of your favorite soft chorizo or spicy sausage, casings removed and discarded

½ cup yellow onion, diced small

1 4-ounce can hatch green chilies

6-8 cups grated cheese, we used a combination of jack, mozzarella and cheddar cheese

For serving:

chopped cilantro

pico de gallo

roasted poblano pepper (see below)

your favorite tortilla chips

Preheat your oven to 375˚F.

Cook the chorizo in a cast-iron skillet, breaking up the meat as you cook it. If there is a lot of excess fat in your pan, you can drain-off the excess (we didn’t need to with our chorizo). Once cooked through, add the onion and sauté until soft. Add the green chilies and sauté for 1-2 minutes to warm through..

Add the cheese into the skillet. Place in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted.

To serve, top with chopped cilantro, fresh pico de gallo and roasted poblano pepper. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

For the roasted poblano peppers:

Preheat the oven to max broil or 450°F. Place the poblanos on a baking sheet, spray lightly with cooking oil and broil until charred all over or bake until skin begins to char, turning halfway through cooking. Alternatively, you can char the pepper over an open flame until the skin is blistered. Remove and place directly into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap for 5 minutes. When cooled slightly, gently remove the charred peel (if there is some left over it is fine) then carefully slice open lengthwise and remove seeds. Cut the pepper into desired size.

Ilan Goldfajn, head of the Inter-American Development Bank, met privately with the pope on Friday and asserted the potential of rare earth mining, saying it could be a boon to Latin America provided there are safeguards and value is added locally.

It’s probably not an easy sell. The Vatican for years has taken a firm stand against multinational mining corporations, especially in Latin America and in favor of the Indigenous peoples, whose lands and livelihoods are often ravaged when mining projects come to town.

Goldfajn’s visit, which followed one earlier this year by mining executives, suggests that he recognizes the weight of the pope’s words in the majority-Catholic region, and a desire to sensitize him to the possibility of a better way of doing business. Whether Leo can be swayed is another matter, given his own experience in the region and criticism of the often corrupt deals mining companies ink with governments in the developing world.

Countries have identified dozens of minerals, including copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel, as critical because they are essential for new technologies. The 17 rare earth elements are a subset of them. They’re used in a wide range of products, including smartphones, semiconductors, electric vehicles and jet engines.

“It’s a unique opportunity for the region, but you need to do it in the right way with the standards, the labor conditions, with the environmental conditions, the governance,” Goldfajn said in an interview in Rome on June 18, one day before his meeting.

“We have exactly the tools to do that,” he added, noting the IADB has a roughly $4 billion pipeline of critical mineral projects in the region, mostly in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, and three-quarters of that amount with private companies. He had just delivered a presentation on rare earth minerals at a finance conference, with an eye on potential European investors.

A pope who knows Peru

Mining has a checkered, centuries-long history in Latin America, from forced labor and displacement of Indigenous peoples to deforestation, poisoning of waterways and deadly dam collapses. Foreign companies withdrew much of the wealth from the earth without enriching local populations. In colonial times, silver and gold made its way across the ocean to adorn Catholic churches.

Leo, who spent two decades working as a missionary in Peru, would be intimately familiar with the plight of Indigenous peoples in mining areas and the environmental impact of extraction industries on the land. He ministered in Chulucanas, in the archdiocese of Piura, which has huge copper mining projects, and in Trujillo, known for its gold deposits. His final Peruvian posting, Chiclayo, is a big logistical hub for northern Peru’s extraction industries.

“He must have seen both sides: the promise, the future, but also the challenges,” Goldfajn said of Leo’s time in Peru. He noted that Leo held a private audience with a group of top mining executives in January, which he heard from them had been “very constructive.”

But two months later, the Vatican launched a campaign to encourage divestment from mining companies. At a Vatican news conference, top officials held up an ecumenical Christian network, known as the Church and Mining Network, that is active in particular in Latin America. The campaign seeks to encourage local churches to review their investment strategies and divest where needed, and to share information especially with Indigenous groups about the types of extraction occurring on their lands.

Leo is expected to visit Peru in November, including places where he ministered. In each of the three sub-Saharan countries he visited during his April trip to Africa — Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea — he blasted the "colonization” of Africa’s minerals by mining companies.

It makes sense for people like Goldfajn to try to engage Leo, even if the pope alone won't move investment decisions, Bryan Harris, managing partner at Sabio, a Latin America-focused strategic advisory firm, wrote in an email.

“The decades he spent in Peru give him personal credibility and his messaging on mining sets the tone for how dioceses and parishes across the continent will engage with mining companies and projects,” said Harris, who consults for international mining companies in the region. “These groups are often the basis of local opposition movements to mining, so the Pope has considerable sway on whether relations are confrontational or conciliatory.”

Harris noted that processing of rare earths can be extremely dirty, involving heavy chemical use that can contaminate water resources without close monitoring of companies' sustainability commitments and enforcement by federal regulators.

Mining as colonization in modern day

Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, a native of Argentina, singled out the toll of mining in his 2015 environmental encyclical “Praised Be,” noting the pollution of underground water systems as a result of runoff, the mercury pollution in gold mining or sulfur dioxide pollution in copper mining.

Francis said it was “essential” for Indigenous communities to be the principal dialogue partners when large projects affecting their land are being considered.

The Vatican didn’t provide any readout of Leo's private audience with Goldfajn. In a separate audience Friday, Leo met with participants in a conference at the Vatican’s environmental educational center named for Francis’ 2015 encyclical. He denounced the profit-at-all cost mentality of those who seek to plunder the earth “at the expense of the most vulnerable and enhances the risk of dehumanization."

There are 75 million tons (82.7 million U.S. tons) of rare earth oxides around the world, more than half in China, and with Brazil home to the second-largest reserves, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s most recent estimate.

President Karol Nawrocki announced Friday he will strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle over the Ukrainian leader’s decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II.

Former Polish President Andrzej Duda bestowed the award on Zelenskyy in 2023 for services to security, resilience and the defense of human rights.

Zelenskyy issued a decree on May 26 naming a military unit of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, which operated during the 1940s and 1950s and has been accused in Poland of mass killings.

“For the majority of Polish society, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army remains above all a formation responsible for cruel crimes against the citizens of the Polish Republic during World War II,” Nawrocki said in a 13-minute address on social media.

The decision to revoke the honor did not mean Poland’s support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia would decrease, Nawrocki said.

The Ukrainian decision was met with widespread criticism in Poland. However, Nawrocki is a nationalist politician who has exploited anti-Ukrainian sentiment for electoral gain. Ukrainians in Poland have been facing increasing prejudice despite their contribution to the economy.

Ukrainian Presidential Office chief Kyrylo Budanov wrote on Telegram that Nawrocki's decision was “an unfriendly act toward our people” and “a gift to the Moscow aggressor, which will certainly use it against both of our countries.”

Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the step “a strategic mistake by the President of Poland, one that benefits only Moscow.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar said the decision was “especially painful” as Ukrainians battle missile and drone attacks.

The three Ukrainian officials, as well as Budanov's deputy, Ihor Zhovkva, said they would return state honors that Poland had issued them. Some have criticized Ukraine's response.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s former prime minister, wrote on X Saturday that one “harmful and incorrect decision by the current president of Poland cannot be corrected by other incorrect decisions of ours.”

Poland is scheduled to host a major event on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction next week, which Zelenskyy is expected to attend.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political rival of Nawrocki, urged the two leaders to “tone down emotions, not stoke tensions.”

“The front line runs elsewhere,” Tusk wrote on social media Friday night, adding that the conflict between Poland and Ukraine “delights Putin and shocks our allies.”

Zelenskyy’s May decree said the designation was meant to restore the historical traditions of the national military and recognize the unit’s performance in defending Ukraine’s territorial integrity and independence.

The UPA fought for Ukrainian independence against both Nazi Germany and Soviet forces. But it has been accused of killing tens of thousands of Poles, most in the Nazi-occupied regions of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. In 2016, the Polish Parliament recognized the crimes committed by UPA as genocide.

Ukrainians say armed formations on both sides, including the UPA and Polish underground forces, were involved in attacks and reprisals that led to large-scale civilian casualties among Poles and Ukrainians.

Poland and Ukraine had recently made progress on the issue of exhumation of Polish victims. A December meeting between the two presidents in Warsaw had signaled progress on historical reconciliation.

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Yurchuk reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Associated Press writer Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.

First, Iran’s joint military command said the strait had been closed, citing Israeli attacks and U.S. “bad faith” and “its clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war.

The statement on state television warned that “if the aggression continues, subsequent steps have been planned.”

Minutes later, the state broadcaster said the country’s negotiating team was heading to Switzerland, a trip that was originally planned for Friday but was canceled.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Bagahei, Bagahei, however, signaled that little might happen until Iran feels the U.S. is living up to the deal.

“This trip is therefore about demanding that the other side fulfill its obligations,” he said, adding that negotiations toward a final agreement will begin only once key commitments, including an end to fighting in Lebanon, are upheld.

“If any part of these understandings, any part of these commitments, is not implemented, then the memorandum of understanding as a whole will be jeopardized,” Bagahei said.

Ships had begun transiting the strait after the interim U.S.-Iran agreement was signed earlier in the week.

Israeli attacks in Lebanon kill at least 16

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 16 people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.

Seven people remained trapped under the rubble after the strikes hit the southern town of Nabatiyeh and nearby villages, Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

Mediators were scrambling to halt the fighting between Israel and the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group, after a heavy exchange on Friday killed at least 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers.

An Israeli military official said Hezbollah had fired more than 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting the military to start targeting the militant group there. The official spoke anonymously in line with regulations. The army said it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets and militants in southern Lebanon, including rocket-launching positions and Hezbollah command centers.

On Friday, Israeli ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, said on X that Israel “remains firmly committed to an immediate ceasefire” if Hezbollah honors the agreement and ceases hostilities.

On Saturday, Hezbollah said it had committed to the ceasefire but blamed Israel for violating it several times on Friday night. A statement issued by the group's military wing said it would abide by the ceasefire but would also repel attacks by Israeli troops.

A conflict that could sink the US-Iran deal

Hezbollah and Israel went to war just days after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, with Hezbollah firing rockets and drones at northern Israel and Israel seizing large swaths of southern Lebanon.

The interim U.S.-Iran agreement signed this week has already reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran had closed as the war unfolded — cutting off the global economy from significant supplies of oil and natural gas. The deal also envisages the relaunch of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, a core issue in the war.

Neither Israel nor Hezbollah are signatories to the deal, which calls for a halt to military operations in Lebanon and for the country's sovereignty to be respected. With the fighting continuing, the accord is under threat and U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland, planned to start Friday, have been delayed, with no new date announced.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon, which Iran says is also a condition of the deal.

A new round of U.S.-backed talks between the Lebanese government and Israel is expected to take place in Washington next week.

The fighting in the south, near the Israel-Lebanon border

A strike on the village of Barish killed four members of a family, parents and two children. In Arab Salim village, a body was pulled from a destroyed house, and in the villages of Doueir and Kfar Rumman, drone strikes killed a person on a motorcycle and a Lebanese soldier. Nine people were killed in strikes in the villages of Qannarit, Sohmor and Shehour.

Plumes of smoke rose into the sky over southern Lebanon and Israeli jets flew low over the coastal city of Tyre on Saturday. Residents there told The Associated Press they were relieved that Tyre had been spared in recent days but the sounds of Israeli planes reminded them the war is not over.

Many doubted a ceasefire — even if agreed on — would hold.

“Our entire lives would change if there’s a ceasefire,” said Hussein Khoshman, a Tyre resident.

Netanyahu's office did not immediately comment on the ceasefire efforts. On Friday, Netanyahu posted on X that, on his orders, the Israeli army had “struck powerfully” 150 Hezbollah targets, killing dozens of militants.

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the Israeli forces were operating in a “forward defense zone” and would continue doing so.

Iranian and US officials cancel travel to Switzerland

After Iran said its officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that the fighting in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place, U.S. Vice President JD Vance also postponed his trip.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the semi-official ISNA news agency on Saturday that Pakistan's interior minister will arrive in Iran as part of continued negotiation efforts. Baghaei had said earlier that consultations through mediators were ongoing regarding the next phase of negotiations to draft a final U.S.-Iran agreement.

Because the initial deal was signed digitally earlier this week, the talks in Switzerland were not urgent, and plans were underway to hold a meeting in the coming days, he said.

The Swiss foreign ministry said diplomats were in talks on Saturday in the town of Bürgenstock on how to implement the U.S.-Iran deal, without offering details.

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Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Abby Sewell in Beirut, Samy Magdy in Cairo and Jamey Keaten in Zurich, Switzerland, contributed to this report.

The fashion powerhouse has shown menswear in its stately Milan palazzo the last two seasons, drawing an A-list crowd Friday evening that also included “Crazy Rich Asians” star Henry Golding, “Avengers” actor Tom Hiddleston, U.S. actor Scott Eastwood.

Outside, eager fans braved a heatwave to glimpse of arriving celebrities and were rewarded as Thai actor Nichakoon Khajornborirak, nicknamed Meen, and Korean actor Kim Woo-bin each took a moment to turn and wave as the crowd snapped photos. Domingo took a slide on his way inside, as he circled back to his car to grab his hand fan.

“I was not going to leave that fan in that car. Then my heel just slid, and I was safe. But I got the fan, which was the most important thing,” Domingo said after the evening show, which followed a very hot and humid early summer day in Milan.

From Brooklyn to the Hamptons

Daytime suits from Ralph Lauren’s luxury Purple line quickly morphed into tuxedo shirts and stiff bow ties under trailing patchwork denim coats that showed signs of distress. Looks were finished with berets worn askew, aviator glasses and pocket watch chains.

“Today I saw it felt like 1920s-inspired,” Domingo said, stopping to listen to Nat King Cole play in the background. “It’s evocative of what we saw today. A mixture of old and new.”

On the more casual side, colorful madras plaids held together the sportier Polo collection of layered knitwear, rugby shirts and light puffers more adapted to a mountain festival or night-time beach party than a Milan heatwave. Some looks were straight out of the “Preppy Handbook,” with pink and green happily colliding. Cheekily, the coveted Polo Bear motif on knitwear wore outfits matching the runway.

“I saw beautiful cravats and vests mixed in with like workwear, all the things I love about Ralph, bringing things from day to night, from the street, from urban communities to East Hampton,” Domingo added. “It was a great mix. Getting a car from Brooklyn and going to East Hampton, you feel like you fit right in.”

From Purple to Polo, timeless accessories

Formal and casual looks gradually converged throughout the collection, without regard for occasion. Runway casting was similarly age- and race-inclusive.

Silk scarves accenting suits became colorful bandanas on casual looks. Ties became belts and were sewn together to make bags, suggesting a reusability on trend with up-cycling. Footwear ranged from leather fisherman’s sandals to velvet slippers and espadrilles to rain-resistant duck boots. For bags, men can choose from Ralph Lauren-branded canvas totes or luxury snakeskin portfolios and bags.

Eastwood said he had his eye on a snakeskin bag. “This is just a classy brand that’s timeless,’’ said Eastwood, adding that his father, actor and director Clint Eastwood, and brand founder Ralph Lauren go way back.

Golding said Ralph Lauren had long supported him in his career, and that “the Purple label is just my go-to for anything refined.”

“Este no es un estado de excepción para restringir la vida de la gente. Es un estado de excepción para devolverle la libertad a la gente”, dijo el mandatario en un mensaje a la nación.

Paz explicó que la medida busca garantizar el suministro de combustible que arrecia en la nación a raíz de los cortes de ruta, que han dejado camiones cisterna varados. Además, hay escasez de oxígeno medicinal y alimentos.

El decreto prohíbe “bloquear calles, avenidas, caminos y carreteras que afecten la circulación y el abastecimiento”, y dispone que las Fuerzas Armadas apoyen de forma temporal a la policía "para recuperar el orden, liberar las vías y proteger a la población”.

Según la Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras, actualmente hay más de 40 puntos de bloqueo. La capital, La Paz, y la vecina ciudad de El Alto son las más castigadas por los cortes de ruta. Las protestas se mantienen en cuatro de las nueve regiones del país, siendo el departamento central de Cochabamba una de las zonas con mayor afectación.

La medida puede durar hasta 90 días, pero podrá anularse antes "si cesan los bloqueos, la violencia y las amenazas contra la población”, explicó el gobierno en un comunicado. El estado de excepción no limita el derecho al debido proceso ni las garantías constitucionales y permite que la población mantenga sus actividades cotidianas, agregó.

Los cortes de ruta han dejado a La Paz desabastecida de alimentos y combustibles y han causado al menos 17 fallecidos, la mayoría por falta de atención médica debido a los bloqueos, de acuerdo con el Defensor del Pueblo y organizaciones de derechos humanos.

El viernes por la noche, Paz firmó un acuerdo con uno de los sindicatos obreros, cuyos responsables pidieron levantar los cortes. La Central Obrera Boliviana se desmarcó de los sindicatos campesinos del altiplano de La Paz y los afines al expresidente Evo Morales (2006-2019), que mantenían las protestas.

Los campesinos rechazan dialogar con el gobierno de Paz y exigen su dimisión inmediata.

Las movilizaciones comenzaron con demandas sectoriales que, según los manifestantes, no fueron atendidas por el gobierno.

Por su parte, el ejecutivo acusa a Morales de promover las protestas desde su feudo cocalero en el Chapare, en el centro del país. El exmandatario se refugia en esa región desde octubre de 2024 para evitar declarar ante la justicia en un caso de presuntos abusos a una menor.

The win assured the United States would win Group D and eliminated Turkey from any chance of advancing to the knockout round with its second straight loss. Paraguay will face Australia in the final match of the group stage next Thursday with second place in the group on the line. Paraguay will need to win to finish second.

“It’s unforgettable,” Galarza said. “This is the most beautiful stage in the world, playing amongst the best. I’m so proud. I hope that Paraguay is happy.”

Paraguay was short-handed after Miguel Almiron was issued a red card late in the first half for violating a new rule banning players from covering their mouth during a confrontation.

But goalkeeper Orlando Gill made several key saves to preserve the lead in a game when Turkey 32-7 edge in shot attempts at goal.

“It was very hard,” midfielder Andres Cubas said. “These games are very tough, especially one man down. We have to highlight the great group effort and commitment we showed as a team to keep fighting and do this until the end.”

Paraguay bounced back from a 4-1 loss in the opener against the U.S. team thanks in part to a lineup change made by Gustavo Alfaro. Galarza, who plays for Atlanta United of the MLS, was put into the starting lineup after sitting out the opener and rewarded his coach when he sent a left-footed shot from about 25 yards into the net just 1:05 into the game.

Turkey nearly got the equalizer later in the first half but Mert Muldur's header off a free kick hit the cross bar and goal post.

Muldur was in the middle of the confrontation in stoppage time in the first half that led to Galarza's ejection.

Almiron and Mulder exchanged words following a foul near midfield. Almiron covered his mouth while saying something to Mulder, who immediately appealed to referee Ivan Barton for punishment.

Barton went to video review and quickly ruled that Almiron would be given a red card and ejected under a new rule put in place for this year’s World Cup.

Turkey dominated possession for a second straight match but once again it wasn't enough as the Turks followed up the 2-0 loss to Australia with another defeat that assures they will have a short stay in their first World Cup appearance in 24 years.

Turkey qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2002 and had high hopes after reaching the quarterfinals of the European championships two years ago but was unable to advance despite entering the tournament as a favorite to advance from the group.

Turkish midfielder Arda Guler called his team’s performance at the World Cup “embarrassing.” The 62 shots in two games for the Turks are the most in any two-game span without scoring as far as records go back to 1966, according to Opta Stats.

“We should have scored some goals,” Guler said. “We should have won these games so apologies to the Turkish people.”

Orlando Gill made a save on a tricky deflection on a shot by Merih Demiral early in the second half and again on a long range attempt from Abdulkerim Bardakci midway through the half to preserve the lead. Gill then stopped Can Uzun from in close late in the half and Deniz Gul sent the rebound wide.

Merih Demiral's header late in stoppage time went wide, ending Turkey's last hope.

“I’m sad,” Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella. “I’m sad but I’m also very proud of my players. They gave absolutely everything right up until the final whistle. That’s what football is like. ... We came very close to equalizing but you also need to accept situations like this.”

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The 30-year-old lefty issued a leadoff walk in the seventh to Cal Raleigh before Julio Rodríguez flied out. Naylor then lined a double up the right-center alley for Seattle's first hit.

Boston led 5-0 after scoring four runs in the top of the seventh.

Suarez retired the first 10 batters he faced before walking Raleigh in the fourth. Suarez followed by striking out Rodríguez and getting Naylor to line out to second base.

Suarez is in his first season with Boston after spending his first eight with Philadelphia. He went 12-8 in each of his last two seasons with the Phillies.

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In this special report, Hughes takes us on a historic journey, rediscovering the origins of Juneteenth in its birthplace of Galveston, Texas.

The Local 10 special report also highlights Opal Lee, a retired teacher and counselor, who advocated for decades to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday.

Before the Fish took on the San Francisco Giants, the stadium was treated to a performance of the Black national anthem, with moving vocals by Lady Laurana — who didn’t miss a chance to speak on the importance of the night.

Local personalities also got in on the celebration. 99 Jamz radio personality Brandi Troup threw out the first pitch, and Marlins mascot Billy made his usual appearance.

The night was all about recognizing and celebrating Black excellence.

Vinícius Júnior scored and assisted on one of Cunha's two goals as five-time champion Brazil eliminated Haiti from the World Cup with a 3-0 victory on Friday night.

“To be at a World Cup, to imagine that, it can be so wonderful,” Cunha said. “It’s a dream fulfilled.”

Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation that qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1974, became the first team guaranteed not to reach the knockout round of the expanded 48-team tournament. Meanwhile, the Seleção got the decisive performance they needed.

“It was what I expected from this match,” coach Carlo Ancelotti said.

Ancelotti also said Neymar is expected to return from a right calf injury and play for Brazil next week against Scotland in its final group match. Neymar, Brazil’s career scoring leader with 79 goals, missed the first two games.

Brazil got plenty of scoring punch from Cunha on Friday.

The Manchester United standout got the start and showed with every surf-and-slide goal celebration why he should have been in the starting lineup in Brazil's listless 1-1 draw against Morocco. Ancelotti made the surprising decision in the opener to instead insert Cunha as a late substitute.

Cunha thrilled the Brazilian fans who made up the bulk of the 68,324 spectators at Lincoln Financial Field when he tapped in a rebound for his first career World Cup goal. He then sent a left-footed strike into the upper left corner for a 2-0 lead in the first half against the overmatched Haitians.

Brazil forward Raphinha, who was subbed out with an injury in the first half, had an early goal disallowed on an offside call that only temporarily muted the yellow-clad Seleção fans in an otherwise festive atmosphere at the home of the two-time Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles — whose cheerleaders did their part to rally the crowd.

Haitian fans danced and sang “Grenadye Alaso” (“Grenadiers to the Attack”), the traditional battle cry of the national team. Brazilians chanted back with reminders that their country is a five-time World Cup champion and the home of the king of soccer: “A thousand goals, a thousand goals, a thousand goals, a thousand goals, a thousand goals! Only Pelé, only Pelé!”

Cunha added to the frivolity in Philadelphia, home to nearly 6,000 Brazilian immigrants, when he flashed his familiar surfing celebration.

Vinícius, whose 32nd-minute goal helped Brazil earn the draw against Morocco, helped Brazil get on the board when his shot was stopped by goalkeeper Johny Placide and Cunha was there to slam home the rebound to make it 1-0. Cunha extended both arms as if trying to catch some tasty waves and was mobbed his teammates.

Vinícius slid a pass through the defense to find Cunha and he powered one high into the net that Placide never had a chance to stop to make it 2-0. Cunha slid on his stomach on the Kentucky bluegrass and mimicked a swimming motion that all but put Haiti in the drink — and validated the Brazilians’ fans decision not to tempt fate and dress the Rocky statue outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in team gear.

Vinícius closed the half with a goal and that was enough to keep Brazil — seeking its first World Cup title since 2002 — happy before it closes Group C play with Neymar expected in the lineup against Scotland on Wednesday in Miami Gardens, Florida.

“He’s a very important player; he’s my idol,” Vinícius said. “He always gave me tons of support. And we just hope he can play the next game and help us win the World Cup.”

Brazil kept pace with Morocco atop the group, with Scotland one point behind.

“Our first game was totally different because we had the pressure of being our first one,” Vinícius said. “Everyone was feeling lighter today and the field was also in a better condition, so we were able to do our soccer.”

For Haiti, just making the World Cup for the first time in 52 years was a satisfying accomplishment.

“What was positive was that we didn’t give up,” coach Sébastien Migné said. “The morale was there for the second half. They showed that they deserved to be here at the World Cup. Unfortunately, today we played against Brazil. There was too much of a gap.”

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La protesta ocurre durante el escrutinio de más del 99% de las actas electorales y mientras se realizan diversas impugnaciones de votos de ambos bandos. Fujimori, de Fuerza Popular, va primera con 50.116%, mientras Sánchez, de Juntos por el Perú, suma 49.884%, según el cómputo preliminar de la Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE), organizadora de los comicios del 7 de junio.

Los seguidores de Sánchez caminaron por las calles de la capital de Perú gritando “Keiko con mis votos no te metas” y “no al fraude, el voto se respeta” además de portar letreros que decían “Castillo libertad” en referencia al sentenciado socio político de Sánchez, el expresidente Pedro Castillo (2021-2022).

Aunque Sánchez no ha mencionado al momento de que hubo fraude en la segunda vuelta presidencial, sus seguidores repitieron esa frase durante la manifestación. Los abogados de Sánchez también alegaron durante la jornada, ante los jueces electorales, que hubo “fraude”, pero no dieron pruebas de esa acusación.

El partido de Sánchez busca que las autoridades no sumen más de 300.000 votos de sufragantes en el extranjero. Más del 60% de esos votos favorecieron a Fujimori, de acuerdo con datos de la ONPE. Según datos electorales oficiales, los votos del extranjero fueron claves en la ventaja de Fujimori sobre el progresista.

Sánchez dijo temprano a la prensa que sus cuestionamientos se deben a que desde el extranjero no se enviaron supuestamente a la ONPE las digitalizaciones de las actas —donde se registran los votos de cada mesa electoral— antes de retornarlas a Lima y que las actas fueron transportadas vía aérea presuntamente sin las medidas de seguridad necesarias.

En el otro lado, Fujimori indicó a la prensa local que esperaba “con serenidad” el resultado del balotaje y que las protestas en Perú se “deben respetar”, pero pidió a los manifestantes de Sánchez que “no se dejen llevar por narrativas y comentarios que lo que buscan en realidad es generar más odio y divisiones entre peruanos”.

La cancillería, encargada del retorno de las actas electorales desde el extranjero, y la ONPE han negado el viernes que se hayan incumplido las leyes electorales. Las misiones observadoras internacionales de la OEA y la Unión Europea coincidieron en que la segunda vuelta presidencial de Perú se desarrolló sin incidentes.

Las elecciones presidenciales de Perú han estado salpicadas el último quinquenio por acusaciones de fraude emitidas por los candidatos que perdieron. En el balotaje de 2021, Keiko Fujimori aseguró que encontró indicios de “fraude en mesa” y pidió anular 200.000 votos que favorecían a Pedro Castillo. Los seguidores de Fujimori marcharon en Lima protestando incluso frente a la casa del titular del Jurado Nacional de Elecciones.

El tribunal electoral de Perú ha indicado que declarará al ganador a mediados de julio como plazo máximo.

The charismatic Frenchman, who was hired to save Tunisia after its 5-1 loss to Sweden in its opening match, said his side must earn at least a point against Japan to have any chance of qualifying for the knockout stage for the first time in its seven World Cup appearances.

World Cup newcomer Cape Verde’s 0-0 draw against European champion Spain – the tournament’s biggest upset so far – “gives us hope,” Renard said.

“When you are organized and together, you are able to compete. We have to follow this example and not be scared of defeat,” said Renard, who is at his third World Cup as coach after leading Morocco in 2018 and Saudi Arabia in 2022.

Japan is ranked 17th in the world by FIFA, 37 spots higher than Tunisia. The Samurai Blue have not lost since falling 2-0 to the U.S. in a friendly on Sep. 9, 2025.

Renard, 57, was hired to replace Sabri Lamouch after the loss to Sweden last Sunday. He has had only a few days to get to know the squad and prepare for the match Saturday in Monterrey.

“I’ve met with an open-minded group,” Renard said. “They want their revenge. We know that we must go above and beyond against this Japanese team.”

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu, who is the longest serving coach in the country’s history, expects a different Tunisia team from the one that lost to Sweden.

“Renard will bring out the best in the players,” Moriyasu said. (Renard) is definitely firing up the players. I’m sure that comes through in their team talks, so we are prepared to face an entirely different team.”

Renard is known for his fiery team talks, most notably in 2022 when his viral halftime speech preceded Saudi Arabia’s unexpected 2-1 comeback victory over eventual champions Argentina.

After previous successes throughout his career, such as winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Zambia in 2012 and Ivory Coast in 2015, some began referring to Renard as the “wizard.” But Renard wouldn’t promise any magic.

“I am no wizard,” he said. “The coach is not the key; the key is the players.”

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A 72-year-old man became ill from the heat on June 12 while hiking the South Kaibab Trail and died before rescue crews could reach him. Four days later, a 67-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman also appeared to suffer from heat-related illnesses while hiking the North Kaibab Trail and died before help arrived, the U.S. National Park Service said in a statement.

Despite a rapid response and aerial support, all three hikers were dead by the time first responders reached them, the park service said.

The Grand Canyon has seen an uptick in heat-related illnesses in recent weeks and urged inner canyon hikers to stay off trails between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., park officials said.

The bodies were taken to the Coconino County Medical Examiner office and investigations of the deaths are ongoing, the National Park Service said.

In a court filing Friday, Kennedy Center lawyers said the institution plans to “maintain an operational model” after the July 5 date when it was initially scheduled to shutter for renovations. Under that status, the Kennedy Center's public spaces will still be accessible but the stages may largely be silent.

“The Court’s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,” the lawyers wrote in the filing.

The Kennedy Center has been forced to reassess its plans after a May ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper upended many notable moves imposed by a board dominated by President Donald Trump's allies. Cooper said Trump's name was illegally added to the building and ordered it taken down. He blocked the closure and gave the institution's leadership — along with Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, an ex-officio board member who filed the lawsuit — until Friday to provide a status update.

The venue said its management would present the board with several renovation options to consider for a vote. The options would include a complete closure or a partial closure that would allow “some continued public access and limited programming in spaces unaffected” by the work. A third option would “consider a highly limited series of phased closures to address only the Center’s most serious infrastructure needs while scheduling and maintaining a full slate of programming.”

Kennedy Center lawyers said the recommendations have not been finalized and a vote would happen in mid-July.

Beatty's lawyers, meanwhile, argued the Kennedy Center hasn't fully complied with Cooper's order. While Trump's name has been removed from the building, they took issue with a tarp that was put in place to cover the areas where the letters had been installed. There appears to be no immediate effort to remove the tarp.

They also argued that without making an effort to return to some form of programming, the Kennedy Center would effectively be closing the institution despite Cooper's ruling.

“Having gutted staff and programming, Defendants believe they can sit back and allow their pre-planned shutdown to commence,” Beatty's lawyers wrote in the filing.

Con la firma del acuerdo todavía quedan dos gremios movilizados que mantienen tomadas varias carreteras vitales, uno de ellos es el sindicato campesino Tupak Katari que mantiene bloqueos carreteros que han aislado a La Paz del resto del país y los cocaleros afines al expresidente Evo Morales (2006-2019), cuya única demanda es la dimisión del mandatario.

“Este es un gran paso para pacificar el país, no somos traidores, pero hay que saber en qué momento retirarse para evitar mayor sufrimiento al pueblo”, dijo el líder de la COB Mario Argollo cuyo movimiento comenzó exigiendo aumento salarial pero después pasó a demandar la renuncia de Paz al que acusan de haber “traicionado” a las bases que supuestamente le dieron la victoria en las urnas el año pasado.

“Hay sectores que tienen justas reivindicaciones y otras que están infiltradas políticamente y buscan desestabilizar el gobierno. Hay que analizar qué hemos hecho bien y que otras cosas debemos cambiar desde el gobierno”, afirmó, por su parte, Paz tras la firma y en alusión a los seguidores de Morales. El expresidente ha sugerido la renuncia del mandatario y la convocatoria a nuevas elecciones.

Paz convocó al sindicato Tupac Katari a negociar mientras acusó a Morales de “afanes conspirativos” para salvarse de la justicia que le inició una investigación por el presunto abuso de una menor cuando era mandatario. El exgobernante se mantiene atrincherado en su feudo cocalero del Chapare en el centro del país después de que la justicia lo declarará rebelde por no comparecer ante un juez.

Los cortes de ruta mantienen a más de 3.000 camiones varados en los bloqueos carreteros mientras que los gremios empresariales presionan al gobierno para despejar las carreteras que han dejado pérdidas cercanas a los 3.000 millones de dólares, según la Cámara Nacional de Comercio.

Los cortes de ruta han dejado a La Paz desabastecida de alimentos y combustibles y han provocado al menos 17 fallecidos, la mayoría por falta de atención médica debido a los bloqueos, según el Defensor del Pueblo y organizaciones de derechos humanos.

Douglass won the final in 23.59 seconds, bettering the mark of 23.61 set by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden in July 2023. Sjostrom previously owned the seven fastest times in history.

“Wow, that’s crazy. I think I’m still in shock,” Douglass told NBC Sports in an on-deck interview. “That’s a lot faster than I ever thought I would go tonight or ever.”

Gretchen Walsh was second in 23.78, making her the fourth-fastest performer ever.

Anna Moesch was third in 24.30 at the Indiana University Natatorium.

Douglass had already won the 200 individual medley and 200 breaststroke at the meet, while Walsh had won the 100 free.

Douglass, a 24-year-old from Pelham, New York, is a five-time Olympic medalist. She earned silver in the 50 free at the 2024 world championships, but didn't compete in the event at the 2024 Paris Games.

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Two ugly three-putts led to a pair of double bogeys early in Friday's round for DeChambeau and he never recovered. He shot 5-over 75 to finish at 145 and lead an all-star cast of former U.S. Open champions who fell short of the cut line, which landed at 144.

DeChambeau, the 2020 and ‘24 champion, failed to make the top 60 and has now missed the weekend at all three majors this year. He joined 2017 and ’18 winner Brooks Koepka, 2021 winner Jon Rahm and defending champion J.J. Spaun on the sideline for the weekend where Wyndham Clark, the 2023 champ, will start with a four-shot lead at 7 under.

Koepka shot 77 to miss by six and snap the longest active streak of 11 straight made cuts at the U.S. Open.

Rahm also spent some time on the leaderboard Thursday and looked like a good bet for the weekend when he made the turn Friday. A string of four straight bogeys and a double on the back nine sent him packing with a 78 that left him two shots short of the cut.

Spaun shot 7-over 77 in the first round and not even his eagle on the par-5 fifth toward the end of the day kept him from being a bit player in the threesome featuring Scottie Scheffler, who shot 68 to head into the weekend at 140. Spaun missed by four.

As always, the cut produced its distinct brand of drama as the sun began to set on Shinnecock.

A lot of it revolved around Dylan Wu. After he made a bogey on the par-5 16th, the cut line jumped from 3 to 4 over. He was sitting in the rough off the 18th fairway with these possibilities: make par to make the cut at 4 over; make birdie to push the number back to 3 over, costing 12 other players spots for the weekend; or make bogey and miss the cut himself.

He lashed the shot over the green and finished a delicate up and down with a 7-foot putt, meaning he'll be one of the 72 players with tee times Saturday.

Other notables:

— Harris English couldn't cash in for birdie from 35 feet on No. 9 and missed his first cut in 11 appearances at the Open.

— Chris Gotterup needed a 6-footer on 18 to make it on the number.

— Jacob Bridgeman locked down a two-putt par from 70 feet on No. 18 to make it on the number.

Nobody went through more of a roller coaster than Patrick Reed, who finished his round on the front nine. He made double bogey on No. 4 to fall to 6 over, but answered with an eagle on the par-5 fifth to get back on the number. He bogeyed No. 8 and needed a birdie from 50 feet on his last hole, which barely came up short.

It marked only the second missed weekend in 12 U.S. Opens for the 2018 Masters champion, who is eligible to return to the PGA Tour in August after moving to LIV Golf in 2022.

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Polls are open for early voting and Election Day across the region as Colombians choose between liberal candidate Iván Cepeda, endorsed by sitting President Gustavo Petro, and right-winger Abelardo de la Espriella, who has the backing of President Trump.

South Florida Congressman Carlos Giménez highlighted the importance of the diaspora vote, pointing to Peru as an example of expat ballots making a tangible difference — largely benefiting the conservative candidate there, often called El Tigre.

“If you don’t think your vote counts all you have to do is a look at the recent elections in Peru,” Giménez said.

What started as a nonpartisan call for Colombian voters in South Florida to exercise their rights took a turn, sounding more like a political rally favoring the pro-Trump candidate — held outside the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections office, beneath the logo and name of Supervisor Alina Garcia.

Weston Commissioner Fabio Andrade celebrated the attendance of a member of the Espriella campaign at the press conference. When asked whether the event amounted to an endorsement, Garcia’s office walked a careful line.

“Our office remains a-political,” a representative said. “We are here to encourage people to go out to vote, and that’s the important thing. The most important thing is for the Colombians who can vote, to please go out and vote.”

Colombia’s election has been plagued with skepticism, with the outgoing president accusing the Trump administration — without evidence — of interfering in the process.

There was also a last-minute change of polling location. Colombians in South Florida are now being asked to vote at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami instead of the consulate in Coral Gables, due to safety concerns.

Early voting continues Saturday. Election Day is Sunday — Father’s Day

You can click here to see the list of polling locations.

Yan had a bogey-free afternoon round to get to 10 under in breezy conditions at Blythefield Country Club. The 30-year-old American is winless on the LPGA Tour.

“I feel like I struck it pretty well the last two rounds,” Yan said. “And I putted well, so that kind of adds up to birdies.”

Lottie Woad of England and Cassie Porter of Australia were a stroke back. Woad shot 66, and Porter had a 68.

“Definitely challenging,” Woad said. “Wasn’t as windy as yesterday, but definitely still there. So I think the pins were maybe a little more tricky so just had to play smart to a few of them.”

First-round leader Yan Liu of China was 8 under with Minji Kang of South Korea. Liu had a 70, and Kang shot 68.

Two-time winner Brooke Henderson was 5 under, following an opening 73 with a 66. Defending champion Carlota Ciganda was 3 under after a 69.

Second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul missed the cut, shooting 74-70.

University of Oregon star Kiara Romero also dropped out with rounds of 72 and 73. She's the No. 1 amateur in the world and was the low amateur at the U.S. Women’s Open, where she tied for sixth.

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Saturday and Sunday will be hot, humid and, perhaps, a touch hazy at times. A mix of sun and clouds will be the general rule each day with the possibility of scattered showers and storms, particularly during the afternoon. Temperatures will make a run for the low 90s — humidity will make it feel like the triple digits.

Late last month, the National Science Foundation — which operates a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system — posted on its website that it would be removing a number of systems. But now the administration is backtracking after fierce bipartisan backlash.

The system provides critical data on the world’s oceans. Equipment anchored to the sea floor and underwater gliders collect real-time data, allowing scientists to monitor ocean health — including shifts in ocean chemistry and changes to the powerful currents that drive global weather and climate.

The initiative was slated to operate for three decades, but on May 21, the National Science Foundation — which runs the system through federal funding — announced it would be removing equipment from a number of sites, including ones off the coasts of Alaska, North Carolina and Greenland.

The move sparked fierce bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley called out the decision, saying “dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative is supreme stupidity, costing taxpayers millions of dollars and destroying a vital source of climate data.”

On Wednesday, Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined Merkley to pass bipartisan legislation to block the use of federal funds to dismantle the system until the NSF conducts a “thorough review and assessment” of the network with input from scientists and coastal communities.

The foundation responded Thursday, saying it “remains committed to ocean sciences, to responsible stewardship of its research infrastructure and to supporting the stakeholders that depend on it.”

Experts had feared the United States was taking its eyes off the oceans at a time when climate change is fueling devastating storms — and following an alarming study into a so-called “cold blob” or “warming hole” in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, which has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, known as AMOC, works like a conveyor belt — pulling warm water from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere, where it cools, sinks and flows back south. Research suggests the critical system of ocean currents is weakening as human-driven global warming causes ice to melt and sends a surge of freshwater into the ocean, disrupting the currents’ delicate balance of heat and salinity.

Some scientists are now warning that AMOC is heading toward a breaking point that could occur as early as this century. If it were to collapse, it would be a global catastrophe — causing sea levels to rise on the East Coast of the United States, plunging Europe into a deep freeze and shifting the monsoon in Africa, leading to prolonged droughts.

The Trump administration has not commented on the bipartisan legislation or explained why it decided to cut funding in the first place.

The 176 measures aim to further decentralize Cuba’s state-run economy, which has been left gasping by a tightened embargo under President Donald Trump. Under the island’s current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country’s resources are allocated.

The plan includes more space for private businesses, imports and exports without state intermediation, free hiring of personnel, authorization for private banks and investment by Cubans abroad. It even permits fast-food chains to establish themselves on the island.

“Elements that for decades were listed as pillars of the revolutionary economy, such as the state monopoly on foreign trade and the centralization of productive forces, have been dismantled,” said Luis Carlos Battista, a Cuban-American political scientist and lawyer who is a doctoral candidate at the University of Salamanca.

Cuban leaders like former President Raúl Castro – who still wields significant power on the island – have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba's economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles. In passing the reform, Cuban authorities cautioned that implementation could be slow, and noted measures will not be viable if the U.S. does not lift the energy and financial embargo on the island.

Since January, Cuba has been under a harsh energy and financial embargo imposed by the U.S., effectively blocking Cuba off from fuel, it's main energy source, and deepening the crisis had already been deteriorating for the past five years. Blackouts have lasted up to 20 hours a day and have restricted access to health services, transportation and education.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that they are maintaining a policy of maximum pressure to change the island's political and economic system, which has endured for six decades despite U.S. pressure. They have not ruled out the use of military force.

Castro grandson says Cuba not even ‘slightly’ a threat to U.S.

In an i nterview published Friday, in the United Arab Emirates-based The National, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, grandson of the revolutionary leader, reiterated that Cuba “doesn't even slightly represent a threat” to the U.S.

Rodriguez Castro said in the video interview that Cuba's government was seeking a “very Cuban” economic model.

“Our country must seek a path to economic development where we must inevitably diversify our economy, diversify the way we do business and diversify the way we do investments,” he said.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that the proposed measures were based on an analysis of the Vietnamese and Chinese models, communist countries with market economies.

What is likely to pose a significant barrier are U.S. sanctions on Cuba, said Lee Schlenker, a research associate at the Quincy Institute in Washington.

“With these new measures, along with others that are likely on the table, they will only have a true effect if complemented with the gradual lifting of U.S. prohibitions and sanctions more broadly,” he said.

Without sanctions being lifted, Schlenker and other analysts said many of the presented measures will be inapplicable, especially due to the limitations and prohibitions imposed on potential investors, who are penalized in the U.S. financial system if they do business with Cuba.

Beyond that, there are a number of other obstacles that could stymie significant reforms, ranging from mistrust from potential investors to what Battista, the Cuban-American analyst called “slow and inefficient” bureaucracy.

Despite these obstacles, the Cuban government faces a short window for obtaining results, said Paolo Spadoni, associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University in Georgia.

“If Cuban leaders hope to survive this unprecedented crisis and the pressure from the United States, they must move quickly with the implementation of reform and the achievement of tangible results,” Spadoni said.

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The reforms include unprecedented free-market measures aimed at opening up the struggling island’s economy as pressure from the U.S. and the European Union heightens.

“We are at a moment when what we have is not working, and if new measures come, even if they are capitalist, but the population can improve, eat better and stay afloat, then the measures are welcome,” state sector worker Omara Oliva said.

Havana resident Olian Valdes said, “First: let’s see if they are implemented. Second: let’s see if it is a principle, but they have something behind it, as usual when they say it is blue and then they tell you ‘No, it is Prussian blue,’ so that has to be seen.

“In my opinion, the ordinary Cuban doesn’t care whether they do it or not, because they have nowhere to invest, nothing to do, and they will benefit the minimum, because more resources may enter the country, but the prices with the salary are going to be the same.”

The announcement comes after months of increasing pressure from the U.S. and high-level talks between the two countries that have included Raúl Castro’s grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, who told an international audience that the country poses no threat to the U.S.

The U.S. has levied numerous sanctions against Cuba and has indicted Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by Miami exiles.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the emergency plan and the policy document prepared by the Communist Party’s Central Committee were shaped by the experiences of China and Vietnam, two communist countries that have introduced market-oriented economic reforms while maintaining one-party rule.

Count Local 10 Cuba analyst Andy Gomez among the skeptics of the recent move.

“This is like reshuffling the chairs on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg,” he said. “These reforms are probably 60 years too late.”

Gomez said in his view, the communist island doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to actually execute on the more than 175 reform proposals that would ― for the first time since 1959 ― privatize large sectors of its socialist economy.

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That includes opening the door to private banks to private real estate development.

“I don’t see in any of the stuff that I have read in the reforms that they introduced (Thursday) that gives the foreign investor the confidence of investigating Cuba, making sure that their money is safe,” he said. “So we have to wait and see.”

It all comes as the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for human rights sanctions in a move Gomez said “further isolates Cuba.”

“The humanitarian emergency is not the product of any external embargo,” the resolution states, “But the direct consequences of the regime’s own model and failures.

Embodied, it goes on to say, by GAESA — a Cuban military conglomerate the resolution describes as corrupt.

“The only step that they can take is to take some of the money that GAESA, the military economic conglomerate, has assets and begin to implement them and help the Cuban people,” Gomez said. “I don’t think they will.”

He added, “People need to understand (that) this is no longer a Marxist ideology. This is a mafia. This is a group of people that have taken the monies that they have made through GAESA. And we see it from their kids and grandkids living all over the world like millionaires.”

As for when political change may come to the island, Gomez said “it’s going to take time.”

“Here we are in the United States celebrating this year 250 years of democracy,” he said. “And I would say that our civil society in the United States right now has some serious cracks in the system.”

That, he said, underscores the idea that building an open, plural democracy in the country is far from a quick endeavor.

Associated Press reporter Andrea Rodriguez contributed to this report.

Vendors set up across the park, offering handmade jewelry and bold statement pieces crafted with African fabrics and beads -- items that carry meaning beyond their appearance.

“We want to be able to find something that says this is from home,” said vendor Ruky Afanu. “You’re not from Ghana or anywhere from Africa but you can use these things to say this is us. This is a part of our representation.”

The holiday commemorates the day the last enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were free -- more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. And while people gathered from different backgrounds, organizers say that’s part of the power of the day.

“I think we are all one people,” Afanu said. “Our great grandfathers, ancestors are from Africa. We are one people.”

Juneteenth is celebrated one day a year, but a group of young ambassadors from different Miami neighborhoods are on a mission to keep that conversation going the other 364 days.

Constance Robinson, founder of the South Florida Miss Juneteenth pageant, said she created it after realizing how many people were unfamiliar with the holiday.

“I created a pageant that had a base in our city so they can spread the freedoms that we share,” Robinson said.

South Florida’s reigning Miss Juneteenth, Ciara Johnson, said visibility is key to keeping the history alive.

“It’s not talked about enough,” Johnson said. “The more they see us, the more it gets talked about.”

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Authorities said it happened just before 11 a.m. Thursday in the 3900 block of Northwest South River Drive.

Police said the video shows Andre Christian Lopez, 31, stopping his vehicle and pulling his girlfriend back inside as she tried to escape.

They said she eventually managed to break free, but Lopez chased after her and began kicking her in the head, pushing her to the ground and later bashing her head against the SUV as he forced her back inside. Police said she was able to successfully escape again a few minutes later.

Authorities said a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy eventually found Lopez in the 1700 block of Northwest 81st Street, in the unincorporated West Little River area, and took him into custody.

In an interview with Miami Springs police, he admitted to beating his girlfriend, calling it a “regular occurrence,” according to an MSPD report.

Police said Lopez’s girlfriend was uncooperative and told officers she didn’t want anyone to get in trouble.

Jail records show Lopez, facing charges of kidnapping and battery, was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Friday afternoon.

Las autoridades informaron que ocurrió poco antes de las 11 a.m. del jueves en la cuadra 3900 de Northwest South River Drive.

La policía indicó que el video muestra a Andre Christian Lopez, de 31 años, deteniendo su vehículo y obligando a su novia a regresar al interior mientras ella intentaba escapar.

Según las autoridades, ella logró liberarse inicialmente, pero Lopez la persiguió y comenzó a patearla en la cabeza, la empujó al suelo y posteriormente le golpeó la cabeza contra la SUV mientras la obligaba a volver al vehículo. La policía dijo que ella logró escapar nuevamente unos minutos después.

Las autoridades informaron que un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade finalmente localizó a Lopez en la cuadra 1700 de Northwest 81st Street, en el área no incorporada de West Little River, y lo arrestó.

Durante una entrevista con la Policía de Miami Springs, admitió haber golpeado a su novia y calificó el hecho como algo “habitual”, según un informe del MSPD.

La policía indicó que la novia de Lopez no cooperó con la investigación y les dijo a los agentes que no quería que nadie se metiera en problemas.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Lopez, quien enfrenta cargos de secuestro y agresión, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight hasta la tarde del viernes.

Sgt. David Hunsberger, a spokesperson for the Florida City Police Department, said the teen was shot in the leg in the 1700 block of Northwest Third Terrace.

Hunsberger said medics airlifted the boy to Jackson South Medical Center and described his condition as “stable.”

He said detectives “are on scene and are actively working on this incident.”

Police did not release any details about possible suspects.

Uno de los incendios forestales, denominado “Quarry 2”, al este de Krome Avenue, ha sido el más extenso, consumiendo más de 17,000 acres hasta el viernes.

Esto provocó varios cierres de carreteras en Miami-Dade.

Las autoridades continuaron cerrando Krome Avenue entre Okeechobee Road y Southwest Eighth Street.

Además, el viernes, las autoridades cerraron los carriles en dirección sur de la autopista Florida’s Turnpike desde Okeechobee Road hasta Northwest 41st Street.

Los agentes de la Patrulla de Carreteras también cerraron Southwest Eighth Street, conocida como Tamiami Trail, desde Krome Avenue hasta State Road 29 en el condado Collier.

Las cenizas de los tres incendios forestales se desplazaron por millas durante la semana.

Patrick Mahoney, del Servicio Forestal de Florida, dijo que el clima no ha ayudado.

“El calor y el viento han sido un problema, pero también la sequía”, dijo. “Quiero decir, todavía está muy seco por aquí”.

Las malas condiciones llevaron a equipos de varias agencias a trabajar día y noche para evitar que el incendio se siguiera propagando desde el aire. Helicópteros arrojaron cubos de agua sobre el incendio.

“Nuestros bomberos están haciendo un gran trabajo”, dijo Mahoney. “Para esto entrenamos. Esto es lo que hacemos”.

El jueves, un bombero del Servicio Forestal de Florida fue trasladado de urgencia a un hospital del área tras sufrir un episodio relacionado con el calor, pero se espera que se recupere.

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Many of the hardest hit areas saw rainfall rates top 3 inches an hour, an incredible rate that triggered rapid water rises, spawning numerous flash flood emergencies yesterday, with floodwaters overrunning roads and pouring into homes, launching dozens of high-water rescues along parts of the Gulf Coast.

The New Orleans National Weather Service Office, which covers southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi, issued 18 flash flood warnings on Thursday across their parish and county warning area, the second most issued of any calendar day for the office going back nearly 40 years, and second only to Aug. 12, 2016, during one of Louisiana’s worst floods in recent memory.

According to the Associated Press, nearly 200 homes were flooded in rural Avoyelles Parish in east-central Louisiana, about 30 miles southeast of Alexandria. A privately-owned rain gauge at nearby Plaucheville, Louisiana – part of the Citizen Weather Observing Program (CWOP) volunteer-based weather observing network – reported a whopping 23.35 inches of rain in 24 hours, with nearly all of it falling in a 6-hour period between 6 AM and noon local on Thursday. If verified by the National Weather Service, this would set a record for the most rainfall in a 24-hour period ever observed in the state of Louisiana, according to records maintained by NOAA (the current 24-hour rainfall record for Louisiana is 22 inches in Hackberry, Louisiana, from Aug. 28-29, 1962).

Over a foot of rain was also recorded on Thursday just inland of Gulfport-Biloxi along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, 4.49 inches of rain fell to the east at Mobile Regional Airport, nearly doubling the previous record for the day set in 2004, though higher totals nearing double-digits were reported along I-65 just north of Mobile near Saraland.

Nearly 100 reports of damage from high winds associated with Arthur’s remnants were confirmed across the southeast U.S., with the bulk of wind damage focused over western and central Georgia. A few tornadoes across southern Louisiana and Mississippi have also been confirmed so far from Thursday.

Flooding lingers in post-Arthur’s wake

Moderate to major river flooding will persist along the I-10 corridor across the central Gulf Coast in the wake of Thursday’s intense rainfall.

Although rainfall totals will be generally lower today than Thursday, due to saturated soils and the possibility of locally high rainfall rates from slow-moving storms, a moderate risk (threat level 3 of 4) remains for parts of the central Gulf Coast through Saturday morning, which could lead to additional scattered flash flooding.

Arthur’s remnants bailing into the western Atlantic, re-development unlikely

The remnant low-pressure that was once Tropical Storm Arthur was being swept eastward through the Carolinas Friday morning ahead of an advancing cold front.

The low-pressure system will swing off the Carolina coast by Friday afternoon and head quickly into the western Atlantic. While models show an outside shot at re-development over the open Atlantic into early Saturday, any re-development will come primarily from non-tropical processes, and its proximity to frontal boundaries will keep the low-pressure area either non-tropical or subtropical at best.

Regardless of re-development, the low-pressure area will get whisked out to sea over the weekend and poses no additional threat to land.

Otherwise, tropical development isn’t expected across the rest of the Atlantic basin through next week.

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BSO officials told Local 10 News that 911 dispatchers received a call at approximately 10:08 a.m. reporting a possible drowning involving a boy in a pool at a home near the 1600 block of Southwest 63rd Terrace.

Authorities said BSO deputies and North Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene and transported the boy to Broward Health Coral Springs, where he was later pronounced dead.

Authorities have not released the boy’s identity.

“I’m so sorry for your loss. I have experienced something like this. My younger sibling passed away due to drowning, so I understand what you’re going through,” a neighbor said in a message to the family while speaking to Local 10’s Rosh Lowe.

Sky 10 flew over the scene just before 11 a.m., as Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and fire rescue crews were outside the home. Crime scene tape could be seen around the pool area as authorities continued to investigate.

Investigators said BSO Homicide Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

BSO officials said adults should closely and constantly supervise children around water, avoid distractions while monitoring them, keep small children within arm’s reach and use safety barriers such as fencing, locks, alarms or sensors to prevent access to pool areas.

Officials also recommend teaching children how to swim or float on their backs, keeping rescue equipment and a phone nearby, and learning CPR.

Broward County offers water safety information and swim lessons through its Water Smart Broward program.

No other details about the incident were immediately released.

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According to investigators, Mary Ann Dubatowka. was last seen at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday near the 400 block of Tilford West in Deerfield Beach.

Authorities said Dubatowka was last seen wearing a white nightgown.

They said Dubatowka is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes.

According to her family, Dubatowka experiences mental illness.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact BSO Missing Persons Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

Según los investigadores, Mary Ann Dubatowka fue vista por última vez aproximadamente a las 10 p.m. del martes cerca de la cuadra 400 de Tilford West en Deerfield Beach.

Las autoridades dijeron que Dubatowka fue vista por última vez usando un camisón blanco.

Indicaron que Dubatowka mide aproximadamente 5 pies y 9 pulgadas de estatura, pesa alrededor de 150 libras y tiene cabello rubio y ojos azules.

Según su familia, Dubatowka padece una enfermedad mental.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero debe comunicarse con el detective Leonard Charla, de la Unidad de Personas Desaparecidas de la BSO, al 954-321-4274 o con la línea de no emergencias de la BSO al 954-764-4357.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el primer ataque ocurrió poco antes de las 8:45 p.m. cerca de Southwest 67th Avenue y 40th Street.

Los agentes informaron que un hombre fue golpeado, apuñalado y despojado de su vehículo durante un robo armado de vehículo.

Personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladó a la víctima a un hospital local en estado crítico.

Según el detective Angel Rodriguez, el sospechoso huyó del lugar en el vehículo de la víctima, pero la violencia no terminó allí.

Poco tiempo después, los agentes respondieron a otros dos robos armados y robos de vehículos. El primero fue reportado cerca de Southwest 137th Avenue y 56th Street, seguido por otro en una gasolinera cerca de Southwest 157th Avenue y 88th Street.

Las víctimas de esos incidentes fueron hospitalizadas, pero se encuentran en condición estable, dijo Rodriguez.

Mientras los agentes buscaban a los responsables, localizaron uno de los vehículos robados en el área de Southwest 152nd Avenue y 72nd Street y observaron a una persona que coincidía con la descripción del sospechoso huyendo del lugar, dijo Rodriguez.

Según Rodriguez, el sospechoso fue puesto bajo custodia después de que los agentes lo persiguieran a pie.

Los detectives de robos ahora trabajan para determinar si el sospechoso es responsable de los tres incidentes o si participaron sospechosos adicionales en la violenta ola de delitos.

La investigación continúa en curso. La identidad del sospechoso aún no ha sido divulgada.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade (MDSO), Amir Ayesh fue arrestado después de que dos víctimas distintas fueran rociadas con un líquido desconocido el 9 de mayo por Ayesh, quien pasaba junto a ellas en un vehículo negro.

Los detectives dijeron que los dos incidentes ocurrieron con apenas minutos de diferencia en el área de Northeast 10th Avenue y 171st Street.

Las autoridades indicaron que detectives de la Oficina de Seguridad Nacional pudieron vincular a Ayesh con ambos incidentes mediante videos de vigilancia que lo mostraban utilizando una pistola de agua para rociar a las víctimas desde su automóvil.

Según la detective Samantha Choon, una orden de arresto fue firmada el 11 de junio, acusando a Ayesh de dos cargos de agresión con prejuicio, “un agravante de delito grave según la ley de Florida”.

Indicó que Ayesh fue detenido el jueves en Plantation con la asistencia del Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Florida y el Departamento de Policía de Plantation.

Fue trasladado a la cárcel principal del condado Broward y eventualmente será transferido al condado Miami-Dade.

“La MDSO sigue comprometida con la investigación de delitos que tengan como objetivo a personas por su raza, religión, etnia u otras características protegidas”, escribió Choon en un correo electrónico enviado a Local 10 News.

El arresto de Ayesh se produce meses después de que otros dos hombres fueran arrestados por acusaciones similares.

En ese caso, la Policía de Miami Beach dijo que Michael Dean Emerson, de 19 años y residente de Coral Springs, y Dominic Angelo Martinez, de 18 años y residente de Tamarac, utilizaron una pistola de agua para rociar a un hombre judío en Mid-Beach en enero.

La policía indicó que el dúo eligió a la víctima debido a su fe.

Cualquier persona con información adicional relacionada con la investigación más reciente puede llamar a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-TIPS.

About a dozen people deported from the U.S. arrived in Sierra Leone Thursday, the second deportation flight to the country after nine West African migrants landed there last month, Erica Reilly, an attorney representing one of the migrants, said Friday.

Sierra Leone is one of at least nine other African nations that the U.S. has struck third-country deportation deals with. Authorities have said they are only taking in citizens of West African countries. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have also reached similar agreements with the U.S.

A briefing pamphlet that lawyers said was distributed to the migrants upon their arrival in the capital, Freetown, reads that the government and contractors are working to “return you home as quickly and safely as possible.”

The pamphlet, a copy of which was seen by the AP, was distributed by Kenvah Solutions, ⁠a private contractor that the Sierra Leone government said it hired to handle the deportees' accommodation, food, healthcare and transfer.

The pamphlet describes Sierra Leone as a “temporary transit location,” stating that “no long-term settlement is provided for or permitted.”

Kenvah Solutions and the Sierra Leonean authorities did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that are not their own, advocates say, all part of the broad U.S. crackdown on immigration. Immigration lawyers said the Trump administration uses deportations to third countries as a legal loophole to indirectly force asylum seekers back to their home countries.

Sierra Leone’s foreign minister, Timothy Kabba, said last month that the government’s agreement with the Trump administration is supported by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. government.

The program is capped at 25 deportees per month and 300 per year, according to the ministry. It did not specify the duration of the arrangement.

Reilly, the attorney representing a Nigerian man among those deported Thursday, said the migrants had legal protections from U.S. courts to not be deported to their home countries after judges ruled they faced credible fears of persecution. Now they are left with little ability to prevent being sent there.

“They’re put in a position where they just don’t have a say at all,” Reilly said.

Earlier this month, rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body, accusing the central African nation of forcing deportees from the United States back to their home countries in violation of their rights.

“The U.S. government knows exactly what’s going to happen in the vast majority of these situations,” Reilly said. “Our government is just saying, ‘What happens to them after they leave the United States is not our problem.’”

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On his Truth Social platform, Trump praised both Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson, writing: “Both have had amazing careers, and have been with me from the beginning. They are MAGA and America First all the way!”

The move represents a hedging of Trump's bets in a primary season where he has seen some of his endorsed candidates fall short, rare defeats that have stirred doubts about his clout as he approaches the back half of his second term.

Trump previously gave Evette his “Complete and Total Endorsement." He also said “A BIG added plus” for her campaign is that Henry McMaster Jr. — the son of the current governor, a close ally — may be Evette’s running mate. But the 38-year-old lawyer later said he would not be considered for the post.

On social media Friday, Evette posted: “I was proud to come in first as President @realDonaldTrump's endorsed candidate for Governor on June 9th. Looking forward to doing it again on June 23rd.”

Wilson said in a social media post Friday, “I am honored to have the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump.” Swiftly thereafter, Wilson issued a news release which in part enumerated the legal briefs he's filed in support of Trump's policies on issues including restricting birthright citizenship, on which the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled.

Moments after Trump's double-endorsement post, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said on social media that he was backing Wilson, who he predicted “will lead with humility, courage, and an optimistic vision for our state.”

A person familiar with Scott’s thinking but not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Associated Press that the senator had been making calls for Wilson, helping fundraise and encouraging Trump to back his candidacy.

Evette has called Trump’s endorsement a “golden ticket” for Republicans seeking office in South Carolina, but the results have been a mixed bag in other races for governor. The Republican president’s choices in Iowa and Georgia lost this month.

Has Trump double-barreled a primary endorsement before?

Just before a 2022 U.S. Senate primary in Missouri between former Gov. Eric Greitens and Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Trump just endorsed “ERIC," presumably meaning either candidate, both of whom claimed the endorsement. Schmitt won the nomination and the office.

Arizona's primary is not until next month but Trump has been endorsing Republican candidates for governor for the past two years. In late 2024, Trump said that he was endorsing housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson. His choice angered some of his biggest allies in the state, who are suspicious of Robson's long-standing ties to the party's business establishment. Then in April 2025, Trump said he was backing U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs — in addition to Robson.

How are Trump-endorsed governor candidates doing this year?

It has been a bit of a jumble when it comes to Trump's 2026 primary picks so far.

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, in Ohio, and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, in Alabama, secured backing from Trump early in their campaigns for governor, and they went on to dominate their primaries. Like Evette, former state Sen. Mike Mazzei got Trump's backing in his bid for Oklahoma governor in a crowded field without a clear front-runner, and advanced to an Aug. 25 runoff.

But Trump's chosen gubernatorial candidates have failed in other contests. Aided by more than $100 million — mostly from his personal fortune — billionaire healthcare tycoon Rick Jackson battled his way to the Republican nomination in Georgia over Trump's pick, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones.

U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, endorsed by Trump the same day as Evette, failed in his Iowa governor bid, losing to businessman Zach Lahn.

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And then it all changed in a New York minute.

Four holes later, he was 11 shots behind and scrambling just to make it to the weekend at Shinnecock Hills.

“Just rocks,” Johnson said.

It was a little more than pebbles in the sand that caused this stunning meltdown in the second round, but it left him a little dazed and more than a little frustrated.

His mishaps started on the 11th when a gust knocked down his tee shot and it wound up in the right bunker. The next shot came out soft, rolled back down the false front into another bunker, and he failed to get up-and-down, making double bogey.

“Where I was standing it felt firm, but it came out soft,” he said of the first sand shot. “These bunkers are very difficult — or at least I'm having a hard time with it.”

Two soft bogeys followed, one of them on the 13th hole when he had a lob wedge from a 117 yards that went so far it landed on the slope at the back of the green. His pitch went past the pin and off the green and he had to scramble from there.

But the real damage came on the 15th from the right rough, and a shot that wound up in the right bunker guarding the green. He thought that would be fine, an easy place to make par, until it was anything but that.

His first shot took a hard turn to the left, went down the false front and into the left bunker. The next shot stayed in the bunker. The third one was a rocket that sailed over the green and caused two volunteers sitting next to the grandstand to scramble for cover.

“Three in a row with rocks,” Johnson said. “I hit a rock coming out and it shot it straight left. The next one hit a rock and it came out soft. And the third one hit rock and went into the ball.”

When he chipped cautiously to avoid going back into the bunker, he had a 25-foot putt that nervously ran 3 1/2 by the hole. He made that for 8.

The upside is he should be safe for the weekend, his third straight cut he made in the majors. But he couldn't help but wonder where he could have been except for the rocks.

“It's the ones you can't see," Johnson said. “Obviously, the big ones on top you can move them. I could see them but there we in the sand, and it's one of those things whether you can move them. If I move them it would improve my lie.”

At least he bounced back by hammering a drive — his ball speed has measured as high as 194 mph this week — and a 7-wood to 25 feet on the 615-yard 16th hole for a two-putt birdie. He finished with a pair of pars for a 77 and was at 3-over 143.

Most frustrating is Johnson, who is in the last year of his U.S. Open exemption from winning in 2016 at Oakmont, felt like he was on the right track. He made a rash decision to change back to the old loft on his irons before the LIV event in South Korea, finished fourth and then tied for fifth in Spain.

And here he was, chasing Wyndham Clark until he was hanging on by the seat of his pants. He lost an opportunity, but not all hope.

“The swing is good. I feel good,” Johnson said. “On this golf course, you're never really out of it. A couple of good days, I can get back in the mix.”

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The suspect, Alejandro Martinez, 33, has since been arrested, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday.

According to MDSO, the first attack happened shortly before 8:45 p.m. Thursday near Southwest 67th Avenue and 40th Street.

Deputies said a man was beaten, stabbed and robbed of his vehicle during an armed carjacking.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel transported the victim to a local hospital in critical condition.

According to Detective Angel Rodriguez, Martinez fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle, but the violence did not end there.

A short time later, deputies responded to two additional armed robberies and carjackings. The first was reported near Southwest 137th Avenue and 56th Street, followed by another at a gas station near Southwest 157th Avenue and 88th Street.

Surveillance video obtained from a nearby 7-Eleven at Miller Drive and Southwest 137th Avenue shows one of the victims stumbling into the store while holding his neck and suffering from visible injuries to his arm. Other people inside the store appeared to come to the man’s aid.

Omar Orozco, who was working behind the counter at the time, told Local 10 News that the victim in that case told him he had been robbed.

“What the guy said who was bleeding said that it happened in the parking lot. He took his phone and his wallet,” Orozco said.

The victims in those incidents were hospitalized, but are in stable condition, Rodriguez said.

As deputies searched for the suspect, they located one of the stolen vehicles in the area of Southwest 152^nd Avenue and 72^nd Street and spotted a person matching the description of the suspect running away from it, Rodriguez said.

According to Rodriguez, Martinez was taken into custody after deputies chased him on foot.

“After interviewing the subject, detectives learned in addition to the armed robberies/carjackings, the individual was also involved in two additional incidents (Midwest and Hammocks Districts) where he beat the victims, causing them to be transported by MDFR to area hospitals (unknown conditions),” Rodriguez said.

Jail records show Martinez is facing a slew of charges that include attempted felony murder, armed robbery with carjacking, armed robbery with a weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/

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

The investigation remains ongoing.

It came after a heavy exchange of fire killed 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers.

Hezbollah and Israel went to war shortly after the outbreak of the wider conflict, with Hezbollah firing rockets and drones at civilian communities in northern Israel and Israel seizing large swaths of southern Lebanon.

The interim agreement to end the Iran war has already reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively closed, cutting the global economy off from significant supplies of oil and natural gas. The deal would also relaunch talks on Iran’s nuclear program, the core issue over which Israel and the U.S. began the war on Feb. 28.

But the accord already faces threats, chiefly from Lebanon, with the fighting there leading to a delay in the start of talks planned for Friday in Switzerland. The agreement calls for a halt to military operations in Lebanon and for its sovereignty to be respected. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah is a party to the deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon until the threat is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon, which Iran says is also a condition of the deal.

Firing goes on along Lebanese border

Hours after officials told news organizations about the truce, Israeli artillery fire could still be heard from northern Israel along the Lebanese border, and a large explosion was seen erupting inside Lebanon, according to an AP journalist in northern Israel.

Word of the attempt to halt the fighting came from two regional officials and a U.S. official. The effort was mediated by Qatar, the U.S. and Iran, the regional officials said. The three officials were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was supposed to end at 4 p.m. local time, according to a second U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly and also spoke on condition of anonymity.

A Hezbollah official said an agreement to stop fighting could be announced soon, but he stopped short of confirming it was in place. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Netanyahu’s office did not immediately comment. However, Netanyahu posted Friday on X that, on his orders, the Israeli army had “struck powerfully” 150 Hezbollah targets, killing dozens of militants.

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military has not received different instructions from the government. He said Israeli forces were operating in a “forward defense zone” and would continue doing so.

The Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, posted on X that Israel “remains firmly committed to an immediate ceasefire” if Hezbollah honors the agreement and ceases hostilities.

Iranian and U.S. officials cancel travel to Switzerland

Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that the fighting in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place, according to the two regional officials, an Iranian official and a fourth person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations behind the scenes. U.S. Vice President JD Vance also postponed his trip.

The future talks are supposed to bring about a permanent end to the conflict.

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said consultations through mediators were ongoing regarding the next phase of negotiations to draft a final agreement.

Because the initial deal was signed digitally earlier this week, the talks in Switzerland were not urgent, and plans were underway to hold a meeting in the coming days, he said.

Fighting forces families to flee from villages

The Israeli military said four soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, were killed in an attack on a tank in a village near the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. An explosive drone attack wounded another five, military officials added.

Israel then launched multiple strikes against “Hezbollah infrastructure sites” in Nabatiyeh and other areas, according to a military statement, which accused the militant group of “blatant ceasefire violations.”

Later, the military said it also struck targets in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, with Lebanese media saying the village of Douris was hit.

“Israel will not tolerate attacks on our soldiers or on our territory, and it will exact a very heavy price from Hezbollah for these attacks,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

Hezbollah acknowledged targeting Israeli tanks and said its attacks were in response to what it called Israel’s own violation of the ceasefire. It said the attacks came after Israeli forces attempted to reach the northern side of Ali al-Taher hilltop, a strategic point that overlooks Nabatiyeh and that Israeli troops have been trying to capture.

In southern Lebanon, many were forced to flee their villages.

“The situation is lawless, we couldn’t stay,” said Mustafa Zain, who was with his six daughters in a pickup truck.

Israel’s actions have created a rift between Israel and the U.S., with Trump becoming increasingly critical of his close ally Netanyahu, who is also facing increasing criticism at home.

Much still needs to be resolved

The discussions in Switzerland were expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran maintains it is peaceful, though it has highly enriched uranium that could be used to build multiple atomic bombs, should it choose to do so, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Those talks are expected to be difficult. The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.

The interim deal gives negotiators 60 days to come up with a nuclear agreement, but that can be extended. It outlines lucrative incentives if Iran does reach a new agreement, including the eventual lifting of all international sanctions and a $300 billion fund for postwar reconstruction.

Already Iran has won some concessions. Following the signing of the interim deal, the U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran’s ports and is allowing it to sell its oil freely. The deal also calls for Iran’s assets to be unfrozen — though it’s not clear how quickly.

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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Madhani reported from Zurich. Associated Press journalists David Rising in Bangkok, Abby Sewell and Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Samy Magdy in Cairo, Malak Harb in Tyre, Lebanon, Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Areej Hazboun in Jerusalem contributed to this story.

So how does it work, with 48 teams criss-crossing 16 cities across three countries? Iran has been forced to comply with what White House FIFA task force head Andrew Giuliani said were previously mandated rules stemming from the war, but those restrictions also align with FIFA guidelines for general team travel.

Team Melli made the 127-mile (204-kilometer) charter flight from Tijuana International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport the day before its opening 2-2 draw against New Zealand on Monday, a typically short trip that team captain Mehdi Taremi said instead took five hours, including security and immigration checks.

Iran returned to Mexico right after the match, which ended about 8 p.m. Pacific. The team had hoped to stave off travel for a day after the game.

The team's request to travel to LA two days before Sunday's match against Belgium was also denied, the federation said late Thursday, adding that it will lodge a complaint with FIFA. In a statement, the federation noted Sunday's earlier kickoff — noon Pacific — and said it believes “such restrictions are inconsistent with the principle of providing equal conditions for all participating teams and may negatively affect teams’ preparation processes.”

“We are the only team that are participating in the World Cup that we are at the host cities just 24 hours and it is not fair,” Iran soccer secretary-general Hedayat Mombeini said through a translator Friday. “All these limitations on us, it has negative effects on our physical and mental things on our players.”

But the Iran team’s travel schedule itself is not unusual for short distances in this tournament. And FIFA's 2026 World Cup regulations state in Article 18.3 that “each team shall travel from its team base camp to the match venue one day before matchday (MD‑1) and in exceptional cases on MD‑2, and shall return to their team base camp after the match (on MD/MD+1).”

The restrictions on the Iran team have not been lifted despite an interim agreement to end the war. Some team officials and support staff have been unable to secure visas to the U.S., and player Mehdi Torabi had to visit the U.S. consulate in Tijuana to get a new visa after the first match.

Many teams have been arriving in host cities the day before their matches. For Friday's group-stage match against Australia, the U.S. made the roughly 980-mile (1,580-kilometer) flight from their base in Orange County, California, to Seattle on Thursday. The team intended to return to its hotel in Laguna Niguel after the match.

Some CONCACAF teams preferred to arrive on the day before games for World Cup qualifiers at Mexico City, where sports performance experts advise players won't have time to acclimatize to the altitude so should get there as close to kickoff as possible.

Bosnia-Herzegovina has the longest group stage travel, at 5,878 miles (9,460 kilometers) in total. The Dragons had a roughly 1,660-mile (2,670-kilometer) flight each way from Salt Lake City to Toronto, 590 miles (950 kilometers) to Los Angeles and 690 miles (1,110 kilometers) to Seattle.

Bosnia's travel is far shorter than the 9,000-mile (14,484-kilometer) trek for the U.S. at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the longest among the 32 nations. The Americans went from their base camp in Sao Paulo to Natal, a distance of 1,436 miles (2,311 kilometers), three days before their opener against Ghana. They made the 1,832-mile (2,948-kilometer) trip to Manaus two days before of their game against Portugal and the 1,321-mile (2,126-kilometer) journey to Recife two days in front of their match against Germany.

Four years ago in Qatar, all stadiums were within 31 miles (50 kilometers) of downtown Qatar, enabling for teams to stay in one hotel throughout the tournament.

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The Americans advanced to the knockout round of the World Cup without their injured star forward, beating Australia 2-0 on Friday for their second straight victory in the expanded 48-team tournament. The U.S. then won Group D when Paraguay beat Turkey 1-0 early Saturday morning.

“C.P. is a fantastic player — the quality and the leadership that he gives us,” said Folarin Balogun, who scored two goals in the 4-1 victory over Paraguay on June 12. “We didn’t have him today, but I think you saw we’re still capable to go out there and get a result and put up a performance.”

As the Group D winner, the U.S. will play a round-of-32 match on July 1 in Santa Clara, California, against a third-place group finisher.

Pulisic, who plays for AC Milan and has 33 goals in 87 international appearances, missed Friday’s match because of a calf injury.

Playing without a talent like Pulisic could have derailed previous American World Cup teams. But much has changed since the last time the U.S. hosted the World Cup in 1994, when it advanced by being one of the best third-place teams. The Americans lost to eventual champion Brazil in the round of 16.

The U.S. has won consecutive games at a World Cup for the first time since 1930. The Americans have scored six goals, one off their record for a World Cup, and received contributions throughout their roster.

Alex Freeman, the youngest player on the team at 21 and the son of former NFL wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Antonio Freeman, made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute off a set piece. Freeman headed in a deflected shot by Sergiño Dest for his first career World Cup goal. The goal was confirmed after a video review.

“(He) is doing a fantastic job,” coach Mauricio Pochettino said of Freeman. “The evolution is massive. He’s so humble. He wants to learn. He always listens. He’s a player that you really enjoy being with him. Not only coaching, but being with him.”

The U.S. took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute after a run down the left sideline by Balogun.

He directed a centering pass toward striker Ricardo Pepi, who started in place of Pulisic. The ball never reached Pepi, deflecting off Australia defender Cameron Burgess and into the Socceroos’ net for an own-goal.

“I want to be dangerous, I want to create opportunities,” Balogun said. “It might not always be myself that scores, but if I can force an error that gives us the lead, then for me it's like a goal as well. It was a special start to the game to give us the momentum.”

The Americans did not score after halftime, but the way they so thoroughly dominated Australia in the opening 45 minutes left an impression on Socceroos coach Tony Popovic.

“It did not surprise us because their quality is clear,” Popovic said. “Their power is clear. Their athleticism is clear. They are not surprising in what they did.”

Expectations will only increase for the U.S. as momentum builds around the team. The Americans' start to the tournament has not changed Pochettino's perception of his squad and its potential.

“I think it’s much better when you show good performances and win the games,” Pochettino said. “I think that makes it easier, everything. But, at the same time, it’s (important) to keep believing.”

The U.S. learned it can get out of the group stage without Pulisic. And it has the roster to make a deep run.

“We know how vital Christian is to the team and how much he can contribute in the game,” Freeman said. “For us it was, we have Ricardo Pepi, who came in and had an amazing game. I think that just shows how (good) our roster is.”

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Tyre, Lebanon’s fourth largest city, has been devastated by the Israel-Hezbollah war that reached a reported ceasefire Friday, with damaged buildings and structures reduced to rubble seen on almost every street following intense Israeli airstrikes.

Muharram is among the holiest months for Shiite Muslims and marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein, and his 72 companions in the battle of Karbala in the seventh century in present-day Iraq.

Dilbani and hundreds more gathered Friday in a lot in the coastal city for a mourning ceremony, many wearing scarves or holding portraits of relatives killed.

Portraits of Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Kassem and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei were placed above the podium, with the lot surrounded by red and black banners with Hussein’s name. A young girl held a portrait of Khamenei as she stood next to her father, who wept while listening to the sermon. The attendees wore black as they would at a funeral.

The devastating war in Lebanon makes the month of Muharram even more meaningful for its Shiite Muslims. Some residents placed banners with Hussein’s name on the ruins of their homes.

The mourning over the deaths of Hussein and his companions reaches to its peak on Ashoura, the 10th day of Muharram, which millions observe worldwide.

After Hezbollah fired rockets toward northern Israel on March 2 in solidarity with its ally Iran, Israel launched massive aerial bombardments that regularly struck Beirut and flattened large areas of southern and eastern Lebanon. Over one million Lebanese remain displaced, and Israeli ground forces invaded the country, controlling swaths of southern Lebanon. Almost 4,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Hezbollah meanwhile fired rockets and launched drone attacks into northern Israel.

“Given what has been happening in our world today, and seeing the martyrs and the destruction, no human mind can bear all of that unless they are a believer in the teachings of Imam Hussein,” said Sheikh Abdulkareem al-Rahi, one of the event’s organizers.

Shiite Muslims say Hussein’s values teach steadfastness and the importance of fighting against injustice, no matter how difficult.

“We learned from Imam Hussein’s teachings the struggle and martyrdom, and to stay on his path and to offer our youth,” Dilbani said. “I have three more sons, and I am willing to offer more of them if there is a need.”

Lebanon has been scrambling for a ceasefire, and the United States’ ceasefire agreement with Iran includes ending hostilities in the tiny Mediterranean country, though the fighting has not ended. Hezbollah has maintained that it will continue fighting as long as Israel continues to strike and occupy parts of southern Lebanon.

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to halt fighting Friday, although the failure of past ceasefires has left many in Lebanon skeptical.

A cleric speaking through a sound system at the event slammed Hezbollah critics who say they lost the war, despite the heavy losses, comparing their situation to that of the revered imam in Karbala.

Imam Hussein’s teachings "are an institution, in every way, in their values and their pride,” said Sheikh Ibrahim Qassir, the imam of the town of Deir Qanoun En Nahr near Tyre, which was widely damaged during the war.

“And that is why we are still here, and we will be victorious, and victorious, and victorious.”

His family confirmed his death in a statement to People, saying he “passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family.” No location or cause of death was provided.

Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash quickly on the screen in the opening credits. But they knew his work.

Burrows got his start in television relatively late at age 35 in 1974, directing episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and “Laverne & Shirley.”

He cocreated “Cheers,” directing 243 of the 273 episodes, as well as all 246 episodes of “Will and Grace.”

He also helmed multiple episodes of such hits as “Frasier,” “Friends” and “Mike & Molly” and the pilots of “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

Sweet spot of script, performance and chemistry

“When I direct a television show, I try to reach that sweet spot where the best script meets the best performance and the best chemistry between performers,” Burrows wrote in his 2022 memoir “Directed by James Burrows.” “Hitting that exact moment, where these factors land in combination, results in the sweetest and most enduring laugh.”

His family said, “Burrows understood that great comedy was never simply about laughter. It was about humanity, connection, and truth. That understanding became the foundation of a career that forever changed television.

“But beyond his remarkable achievements, Burrows will be remembered for something even greater: his kindness, generosity, and unwavering belief in the people around him. He possessed a rare ability to make everyone better and was known for remembering every person he met by name, making colleagues at every level feel seen, valued, and appreciated,” the family statement said.

The majority of Burrows' shows aired on NBC, whose “Must See TV” slogan promoted its Thursday night lineup in the early 1990s that included “Friends” and “Frasier.”

“Jimmy Burrows was the man behind the curtain. He knew how to make us laugh, what buttons to push and was the absolute master of getting the most out of every joke,” NBC said in a statement. “His loss to the television comedy world is immeasurable. Every time you have a smile on your face watching ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ ’Taxi, ‘Cheers,’ ‘Will & Grace,’ ‘Friends’ and countless others, think of Jimmy and know he made all our lives funnier.”

Following in his father's path

Born James Edward Burrows on Dec. 30, 1940, in Los Angeles, he moved to New York when he was 5 years old. He spent five years in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus until his voice started to change. He attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art.

His father was writer, director and producer Abe Burrows, whose Broadway hits included “Guys and Dolls” and “Can-Can.” The elder Burrows also mentored Larry Gelbart, future creator and producer of the TV show “MASH.”

The younger Burrows spent hours of his youth in theaters and studios watching his father work, dining with him at such famed New York haunts as Sardi’s and Gallagher’s and meeting celebrities who attended his father’s New Year’s Eve parties.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, Burrows attended the graduate program of the Yale School of Drama, where his classmates included actor-comedian Robert Klein, playwright John Guare and film director John Badham.

At Yale, he was required to take directing classes and he got hooked.

Burrows’ first sitcom experience was as Burl Ives’ dialogue coach on “O.K. Crackerby!” which was directed by his father and ran for one season on ABC in 1965.

From there, he was an assistant on “The Patty Duke Show.” He moved back to New York and worked for Broadway producers Lee Guber, Frank Ford and Shelly Gross. He first met actor Moore while working on the Broadway production of “Holly Golightly,” an adaptation of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” that was directed by his father.

Burrows eventually worked as a stage manager for various road productions, where he met such actors as Hugh O’Brien, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Julie Harris.

Catching a break with Mary Tyler Moore

By 1974, after working in dinner theater and summer stock, he turned on his television and saw Moore’s eponymous TV show. He wrote her a letter asking if there was any opening “small or smaller” at her production company that he could fill, according to his memoir.

Moore’s husband and business partner, Grant Tinker, invited Burrows to Los Angeles to direct an episode of the comedy. He apprenticed for MTM Enterprises, which had four sitcoms on the air at the same time.

Burrows cited his theater background for learning how to give actors direction and block out scenes. He’s credited for being one of the first sitcom directors to increase the typical multicamera television shoot from three to four cameras.

The common thread between Burrows’ shows were the bonds between friends and unrelated families, whether it was the motley crew of regulars meeting at the bar in “Cheers” or the drivers working toward a better life in “Taxi” or the 20-somethings sharing the same apartment building in “Friends.”

“The best sitcoms transcend the screen and reach out and grab the audience by the throat and by the heart,” Burrows wrote in his memoir.

Actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman worked with Burrows over 16 seasons between “Taxi” and “Cheers.”

“He was the very best at his craft. His positive spirit, boundless energy, and tireless work defined what it takes to run a show and keep people laughing,” they said in a statement. “He will always be in our hearts.”

Burrows relished discovering new acting talent while directing more than 75 pilots that were picked up as series.

“Having directed over a thousand shows means that almost any night you can turn on your television or go online and find a show that I directed. I’m very proud of that,” he wrote in his memoir.

In 2019, Burrows was an executive producer on live productions of “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” with famous actors re-creating episodes of those 1970s comedies.

“Jimmy was the greatest comedic television director in the history of the medium,” his agent Rick Rosen said in a statement. “He directed the most iconic, defining shows of generations. Always a gentleman, it was an absolute honor to represent him.”

Burrows was married in 1997 to Debbie Easton, whom he met when she worked as a hairstylist on “Frasier.” Daughters Kat Schatzow, Ellie Gluck and Maggie Burrows, who followed her father into directing, are from his first marriage to Linda Solomon, who died in 2004. His stepdaughter Paris is from his wife’s previous marriage. He has a sister, Laurie Burrows Grad, and seven grandchildren.

The outbreak has claimed more than 200 lives out of 894 confirmed cases since May 15, with up to 35,000 contacts, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of cases is believed to be higher because the outbreak was confirmed weeks late.

Africa CDC Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya told The Associated Press in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, that the current outbreak — the worst ever at this stage — is yet another reminder for Africa to invest more in its health sector to reduce its reliance on foreign partners.

“If this outbreak was in Europe, the United States or other continents, they would already have developed a vaccine and medicine,” Kaseya said.

“We don’t want to be a continent begging every day. We want to be a continent of people who know what they are doing and who are respected because they are doing the right thing,” he added.

Response efforts have been challenged by the lack of approved vaccines or treatments for the Bundibugyo virus. The more common Zaire virus, for which there is a vaccine, was responsible for most of Congo’s past 16 outbreaks of the disease.

At the epicenter in Congo's eastern Ituri province where burials have become routine, including of babies. Health workers labor with little rest as they battle attacks from angry residents and widespread skepticism.

Vaccines have long been a problem for African countries

Consecutive health shocks, including COVID-19, have triggered efforts to boost local vaccine manufacturing in Africa, although not much has been achieved yet.

The continent, whose population is projected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050, produces less than 1% of its vaccine needs and 3% of medicine that is brought in from abroad, making millions of people vulnerable to epidemics.

While efforts are in place to speed up the development of vaccines and diagnostics, Kaseya said he is unsure a vaccine will be available by the end of the year.

The Africa CDC head added that the peak of the Ebola outbreak is still to come because of slow progress in identifying and monitoring contacts.

Officials are yet to identify the outbreak's patient zero and still need to trace more than 35,000 people who have come in contact with infected individuals, he added.

"This is why we are accelerating our fundraising to put on the ground so many teams to look for any contact, direct or indirect, and to start following them,” Kaseya said.

As part of the plan to push African states to financially support the agency’s efforts, Kaseya said South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to fly to Ituri Province in Congo and to Uganda next week in support of the mobilization of funds.

A newly established African Epidemic Fund has received pledges totaling about $80 million from African governments, while a broader donor conference held this week generated pledges of about $910 million, he said.

“We need to take care of ourselves," Kaseya said. "We need to say, ‘It’s time for us to really think strongly about how we can manufacture medicines and vaccines to meet our own needs.'"

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Musambi reported from Nairobi, Kenya. AP writer Chinedu Asadu in Abuja, Nigeria contributed.

“I knew there was going to be a tsunami of Tartan Army (Scotland fans),” said Jason Waddleton, a Scotland native and owner of The Haven, a Scottish restaurant and bar in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood since 2010.

He was right.

First, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey agreed to temporarily extend bar and restaurant hours during the World Cup. Next came thousands of Scots — one estimate is as high as 50,000 — descending on the Boston area, including nearby Providence, Rhode Island, which has become a home base for many of them over the past few weeks.

Then it was the Tartan Army marching through Boston’s streets following the country’s opening win over Haiti last week — taking over the city’s famed Fenway Park alongside Red Sox Nation after the team dubbed it “Scottish Heritage Celebration Night.”

And the taps have been running nonstop.

World Cup fans in Boston, especially the Scots, have put a serious strain on the beer supply in a city that is accustomed to big drinking holidays in St. Patrick's Day and the Fourth of July.

The Haven, which has long served Scotland's top-selling beer, Tennent's Lager, has gone from four kegs a week to ordering 50 just for this week. Other bars have sold out of Tennent's and have tripled their orders to make sure it doesn't happen again. Sam Adams said its Boston taproom ran out of their famed Samuel Adams Boston Lager last weekend after Scottish fans descended on the city.

“We’ve basically blown through our own allocation. We still have it and we’ll get more in on Monday,” Waddleton said.

The celebratory atmosphere intensified Friday as Scotland prepared to play its second World Cup match of the tournament outside Boston.

“They know how to party, how to make friends and influence people,” Waddleton said of the Scots.

Scots fill pubs in the Boston area, challenging beer reserves

One of the most sought-after beverages in Boston pubs over the last week is Tennent's Lager.

Once only available at The Haven, before the tournament started Tennent’s made deals and distributed kegs of its product to 80 bars in Boston and surrounding areas.

Samantha Crawford, the international marketing manager for Tennent’s, said they started preparing to distribute their product to the U.S. as soon as Scotland qualified for the the World Cup in November. They've also sent supplies to Miami bars ahead of Scotland's match against Brazil next week.

“It’s been a long time in the making. The next day we got to work,” she said of the preparations to make sure the beer is stocked in the U.S. She said the beer is ingrained in the sports culture in Scotland.

Many area bars and restaurants have been caught by surprise

Mivan Spencer, owner of Caffe Dello Sport in Boston’s North End, said he is used to handling large crowds for major soccer tournaments, but has been surprised by the amount of business he’s seen during the World Cup.

“After the first weekend of matches I definitely ran out of almost everything,” Spencer said. “Luckily I have a couple other restaurants I borrowed product from to get me through.”

The first thing he sold out of was Tennent’s, before quickly selling out of Peroni.

Spencer said he’s since tripled his usual alcohol order for this week, saying it’s so “I don’t run out of a single thing.”

Over at High Street Place, a food hall in downtown Boston, beverage supplies that were expected to last a week were consumed in four days, said Lauren Johnson, a senior marketplace manager at the venue.

“Fortunately, we have great partners, and our distributors were able to pivot quickly and increase subsequent orders to keep pace with demand seamlessly,” she said.

Tapping in — and out — of iconic Boston beer Sam Adams

Sam Adams said its Boston taproom ran out of their famed Samuel Adams Boston Lager last weekend. From Thursday to Sunday, the Boston-based brewer said the Tartan Army drank four times as much Boston Lager as the establishment typically sells during a four-day holiday stretch like the Fourth of July.

To date, Sam Adams has sold more than 4,000 pints of Boston Lager, resulting in about 90 empty kegs, said Devon Sage, a Sam Adams spokesperson.

“We’ve had to schedule four ‘emergency deliveries’ to the Taproom,” Sage wrote in an email.

Soccer diplomacy comes to Massachusetts because of the World Cup

Politicians in Massachusetts have also joined in on the soccer craze.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been a fixture at Boston’s fan festival and made appearances at several watch parties. Gov. Healey declared June 18 “World Cup Fans Appreciation Day” and was spotted at The Haven behind the bar pouring drinks for patrons.

It brought a smile to Waddleton’s face, though he said the governor may need to work on her bartending skills a little.

“Maura Healey needs to learn how to pour a pint before getting that Sunday shift she asked for," Waddleton said. “But we can work on that.”

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Associated Press writer Kimberlee Kruesi, and freelancers Ken Powtak and Caterina McGuigan contributed to this report.

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Many of the provisions were already on hold because of an earlier, preliminary court ruling. But it is resulting in one major change: The state's Planned Parenthood affiliates say the new ruling means they're going to start prescribing abortion pills to patients there for the first time since 2018.

The ruling is a clear legal victory for abortion rights advocates, but it's not the final word. An appeal and another ballot measure are on tap.

A 72-hour waiting period is one of the provisions the judge nixed

Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang's ruling Thursday came months after she held a 10-day trial on the issue earlier this year.

She ruled on whether 40 different state laws conflicted with the 2024 amendment. In most cases, she sided with abortion rights groups — and against the state government, which was arguing that the laws should be enforced.

She overturned a number of provisions including a requirement that women seeking an abortion see a doctor in person twice at least 72 hours apart, and another requirement that the initial dose of abortion pills, which are the most common way abortions are obtained, be taken in the presence of the prescribing doctor.

But she didn't throw out a requirement that patients see a doctor in-person to confirm gestational age and rule out an ectopic pregnancy.

Missouri has a history of abortion restrictions

Missouri was the first state to enforce a ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade.

Even before the ban went into effect, other laws already on the books meant that abortion was not readily available for many women in the state.

In 2024, the state's voters made it the first to adopt a constitutional amendment to undo a ban, allowing abortion until fetal viability, which is generally considered to be somewhere past 21 weeks into a pregnancy, though there’s no fixed time frame. The two Planned Parenthood affiliates that operate in the state sued to undo abortion restrictions immediately after voters approved that state constitutional amendment.

Abortion pill access is expected to expand

After this week's ruling, Planned Parenthood said it would offer appointments starting next week for medication abortion.

“For too long, politicians forced patients to leave the state for an evidence-based and trusted form of abortion care,” Emily Wales, president and CEO of Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said in a statement. “Now, that care is coming home and with it, we move closer to fulfilling the promise of reproductive freedom Missourians demanded.”

The ruling also affirmed that the clinics could continue to offer abortion procedures.

Two different surveys of providers conducted for groups that support abortion rights — the Guttmacher Institute and the Society of Family Planning — estimated that in the second half of 2025, somewhere around 300 abortions each month were provided in Missouri. Those were from providers in other states that prescribe and send abortion pills to women in states with abortion bans or restrictions. Those providers are in states with laws that week to protect prescribers from legal action in states with bans — another issue that's being contested in court.

Guttmacher found that in 2024, Missouri women traveled to bordering Illinois and Kansas for about 12,000 abortions.

The ruling won't be the final word

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said she will appeal this week's ruling.

“This is exactly the Pandora’s box we warned of, and the women of Missouri will pay the price,” Hanaway said in a statement.

Abortion will also be on the ballot again in November, when voters are being asked to approve a measure that would undo the 2024 amendment.

Some cities recycle. Some don’t. And as landfills near capacity, officials say solutions need to be found quickly.

Broward County believes it has one.

The county’s Solid Waste Authority has unveiled a master plan aimed at tackling Broward’s growing trash problem, but its future depends on whether enough cities choose to embrace it.

Broward County generates about 20,000 pounds of waste every minute, or roughly 5 million tons a year, and officials say the situation is reaching a critical point.

“We’re at a critical juncture right now,” said Mike Ryan, mayor of Sunrise and chairman of the Broward Solid Waste Authority.

“We’re running out of landfill capacity and we’re running out of the ability to burn our way out of this,” Ryan said.

The crisis prompted action in 2023 when Broward County and 28 cities joined forces to create the Solid Waste Authority, launching an effort to reduce waste, boost recycling and divert more trash from landfills.

“When we realized what a crisis we are facing, both economically and environmentally, the cities came back together to try to figure out can we fix this fragmented system and work better together than separately?” Ryan said.

The result is a master plan that would guide Broward County’s waste management strategy for the next four decades.

“The master plan recognizes that we have to do better at diverting our trash from the landfill and waste energy. We have to do better at recycling and repurposing, and ultimately we have to do better at controlling our economic destiny,” Ryan said.

At the heart of the plan is a push to reduce waste and dramatically expand recycling efforts.

“The state goal is 75% to 70%. Right now, if we’re getting credit for what we’ve burned, we’re at 39%. If you don’t have the credit for what we’ve burned, we’re below 30%,” Ryan said.

Ryan warned that as landfill capacity shrinks and disposal options become more limited, the cost of handling Broward’s waste could eventually become unsustainable for residents and businesses.

“The brilliance of this plan is that when we combine our tonnage, and we work together, we can get the best pricing,” Ryan said. “But we can also extract the value that is in trash. And trash is a series of commodity streams.”

The Solid Waste Authority says the plan is already proving its value through partnerships with the Florida Panthers and City Furniture. Now it needs buy-in from Broward cities.

So far, the response has been unanimous. All 15 municipalities that had voted approved the plan, as did Broward County.

“So our work right now is to convince the rest of the cities not only is this a good plan to tackle recycling, but that it’s necessary to protect our residents and our businesses from skyrocketing trash costs that are going to come,” Ryan said.

The authority is also taking its message into Broward classrooms, encouraging students to become ambassadors for the effort.

“I’m here to encourage my peers and also the students in Broward County to sort of stand up and also use their voice,” said Fort Lauderdale High School student Mikyle Sukoo.

“If we do not start recycling, if we do not start advocating for ourselves, that we are going to grow in a deep, deep hole,” Sukoo said.

Students like Sukoo are attending city commission meetings and urging officials to consider their future when voting on the master plan.

“If the commissioners see the urgency in the students, you know, that the students advocating for this and fighting for this, they’re going to want to say yes. They’re gonna lean toward yes more,” Sukoo said.

The master plan requires approval from 80% of the population in the 28 cities that are participating. The deadline is Aug. 14.

If that threshold is not reached, the Solid Waste Authority and its master plan will be dissolved.

“Our hope is that the cities recognize not only is this good for the environment, but it’s good economics,” Ryan said.

“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the right decision.”

Wednesday night, Coral Springs voted unanimously to approve the master plan, bringing the total number of participating cities to 16.

Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach and Hallandale Beach are the only Broward cities not part of the Solid Waste Authority. If the plan passes, they can join at any time.

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The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red stripe above it. The plane's left side, where the president boards, features the presidential seal, while the tail of the aircraft has a massive American flag on it.

“This plane was transformed into a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said from inside the massive Joint Base Andrews hangar, as a couple hundred assembled Air Force personnel looked on. He spoke after stepping off the new plane in a dramatic flourish, as his signature tune “God Bless the USA” played.

He confirmed that he would be taking the new jet to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, next month and indicated he would be returning to China “at some point,” presumably a reference to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that China is hosting in November. His return from the Group of 7 summit in France this week was the last planned trip aboard the old Air Force One, he said.

“Now, when we land at airports in London and in Germany and different places, nobody tops this one, and that’s the way we have to have it for our country,” Trump said, noting that the colors and the design were to “my taste, I will say."

He added that the new Air Force One will do a flyover during the July 4 celebrations next month.

The gift from Qatar is serving as a “bridge” aircraft to carry the president until the new planes ordered directly from Boeing arrive. That is currently slated for 2028.

The administration formally accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar last year to be used as the presidential airplane, despite questions about the ethics and legality of accepting such an expensive gift from a foreign government. Trump has insisted in the past that he would not fly around in the Qatari jet once he leaves office and said it would instead be donated to a future presidential library.

Trump on Friday said the U.S. was in a “little bit of a logjam” as they awaited the delivery of the new jets directly from Boeing, which had originally been scheduled for 2024 but have been delayed. He recalled asking the emir of Qatar for use of one of their planes.

"See, a normal president wouldn’t do this. A normal president wants to stay away from aircraft," Trump said Friday. “But our country has to be represented properly.”

The Air Force said in a news release Friday that any plane deemed Air Force One “must meet rigorous security requirements” and that the Qatari plane “was modified under a disciplined engineering approach that prioritized these exact core capabilities above all else.” The Air Force also said “much of the previous head of state interior layout” of the plane was kept intact.

The Air Force has said in the past that security modifications to the jet would cost less than $400 million.

Trump's efforts to reimagine the presidential airplane date back to his first administration, when he directed that an incoming fleet of new jets would adopt a color scheme that was nearly identical to that of his personal airplane. Then-President Joe Biden reversed the decision in March 2023 as an Air Force review suggested that the darker colors could increase costs and delay delivery of the new jets, but once Trump returned to office, he returned to his desired colors for the plane.

Other government jets that carry other top administration officials will also use the similar red, white and navy color scheme, the Air Force said earlier this year.

An Air Force spokesperson, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, told The Associated Press that the two current planes, known as VC-25As, will not be retiring. Instead, they will remain in the fleet until the new Boeing planes, referred to as VC-25Bs, come into service, the spokesperson said.

It is unclear how the older jets will be used but the spokesperson said that both the Qatari jet as well as the VC-25As will be available for use and “the Presidential Airlift Group will select the appropriate aircraft for each mission based on operational requirements.”

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This story has been updated to correct the name of the air base to Joint Base Andrews, not Andrews Air Force Base, its former name.

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Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Konstantin Toropin contributed to this report from Washington.

Such is life in a world teeming with cell phone cameras and viral video. Such is life in professional golf, a sport built on managing failure and harnessing emotions — and where success one week, or one year, doesn’t always carry over to the next.

Clark’s spot at the top of the U.S. Open leaderboard after his second round at Shinnecock on Friday brought up expected reminders of his emotion-filled journey through a sport — a life, really — that Clark himself acknowledged nobody truly ever masters.

“I was on top of the world in my game, at least when I won the U.S. Open, and then had some good years,” the 32-year-old said. “Then, next thing you know, I’m apologizing for breaking a locker."

Much as tennis great John McEnroe will always have “You cannot be serious!” alongside the seven grand slam singles titles he won in another of sports' biggest pressure cookers, Clark will always have the broken locker at Oakmont. He will always have the underhanded fling of the driver that smashed an advertising board and snapped off the clubhead at the PGA Championship, a few months before the locker debacle.

Because of that, he’ll probably also always have his share of detractors and critics — people watching for his next burst of brilliance on the golf course, but also waiting for the next big blowup.

“I’m fierce, competitive, love the game, respect the game, and I just had a bad moment,” Clark said. “Hopefully, I can win those people back.”

His breakthrough three years ago at LA Country Club was tinged with tears and stories of the personal growth Clark had to make to reach that point.

Much of it had to do with the emotional residue left from his mom’s death in 2013 — a family tragedy that he conceded had left him spiraling.

“I didn’t show any emotion off the course," Clark explained after his victory that day. “But when I was on the golf course, I couldn’t have been angrier.”

The easy way for the armchair psychologists (and sports pundits) to explain things after that win was to conclude that Clark’s victory proved he had harnessed the emotion, turned the page and beaten back all the demons.

It’s never that simple.

“For any of us, this is a process,” Clark’s sports psychologist, Julie Elion, wrote in her new book ’Mastering Your Mental Game.” “Golfers don’t reach the top and then stay there forever.”

Clark followed the U.S. Open win with 18 months of good golf, including a win at Pebble Beach. Last year was something different — he only had two top-10 finishes, did not make the FedEx Cup playoffs and was nowhere to be seen at the Ryder Cup.

“Mastering our mental game in golf or reaching a state of growth or self-improvement in life isn’t always a permanent condition,” Elion wrote. “It takes more work over more years, and there are frequently hills and valleys.”

At Shinnecock, where Clark will head into the weekend at 7-under par, four shots ahead of Xander Schauffele and three others, he finds himself back on the rise again. He recently took to social media to tell the world he had a new girlfriend, Emily Tanner, who held hands with him as they exited the 18th green after Friday’s round of 1-under 69.

Four weeks ago, Clark won the Byron Nelson for his first victory in 28 months.

“I kind of looked at it objectively and took a bird’s-eye view on it and said, ‘OK, I’m not hitting it good off the tee, I’m not putting as good as I was,’” he explained about his turnaround. “And I said, ‘All right, I’ve got to attack that.’”

He hired a swing coach, Pat Coyner at Cherry Hills, near where Clark grew up outside of Denver.

He's been hitting his driver straighter of late. His iron game has improved dramatically (up 110 spots in the analytic-driven stat: strokes gained on approach shots). He found a new putter, which has helped him dial in dramatically over the past four weeks, during which he also finished third at the Memorial and played in the final group last Sunday at the Canadian Open.

Never more did it look in sync than Friday on No. 18, where he sank a 35-footer to finish the day in red numbers.

Now, a chance for another breakthrough. With a win, he would celebrate again. But he knows as well as anyone that it wouldn't mean the work — both on and off the course — is behind him.

“I just think with the mental game there’s ebbs and flows,” Clark said. “If you think of it as climbing Everest, sometimes you go up, sometimes you have to go down to go back up. I think that’s kind of what happens both on the golf course and off the golf course. Right now I’m trending back up, which is nice.”

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The Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride — the biggest party in South Florida celebrating love, diversity, equality and inclusion — is happening this weekend, despite fears it may not even happen.

“It has been daunting,” said Stonewall Pride producer Jameer Baptiste.

Legislation passed by the state of Florida earlier this year bars local governments from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives or events like Pride. It doesn’t go into effect until Jan. 1, 2027.

Soon after the bill passed, many sponsors pulled out.

“There have been people that have backed out — businesses, companies,” Baptiste said. “You’ve been a sponsor with us over five years, over a decade, and now you’re pulling out — is it truly because your budget has shrunk or is it because of what’s going on politically?”

The city of Wilton Manors, where most of its elected officials are members of the LGBTQ+ community, stepped in to provide safety.

Last year, a man was detained after police said he tried entering the parade with a weapon, which is not allowed. It was the first time metal detectors were used and they went off, helping police make the arrest. Organizers say they’re spending more on security this year than ever before.

Still, the spirit of the event is very much alive.

“It’s really reinvigorating our community to come together and show our strength and resilience,” Baptiste said. “So while you’re out having fun out there, remember that hard work, sweat and tears went into making this possible — that your light isn’t dimmed.”

The Saturday event features a glow night parade, entertainment and food.

“Everybody come out — make sure if you’re an ally, support, come out,” Baptiste said. “It’s all about that resilience and the definition of unity, community and belonging.”

Las autoridades de la BSO informaron a Local 10 News que los operadores del 911 recibieron una llamada aproximadamente a las 10:08 a.m. reportando un posible ahogamiento de un niño en una piscina de una vivienda cerca de la cuadra 1600 de Southwest 63rd Terrace.

Las autoridades dijeron que agentes de la BSO y equipos de North Lauderdale Fire Rescue respondieron al lugar y trasladaron al niño a Broward Health Coral Springs, donde posteriormente fue declarado muerto.

Las autoridades no han divulgado la identidad del niño.

“Lamento mucho su pérdida. He pasado por algo similar. Mi hermano menor falleció por ahogamiento, así que entiendo por lo que están pasando”, dijo un vecino a Rosh Lowe, de Local 10.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena poco antes de las 11 a.m., mientras agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward y equipos de rescate permanecían afuera de la vivienda. Se podía observar cinta de escena del crimen alrededor del área de la piscina mientras las autoridades continuaban investigando.

Los investigadores dijeron que detectives de la Unidad de Homicidios de la BSO investigan las circunstancias que rodean el incidente.

Funcionarios de la BSO indicaron que los adultos deben supervisar de cerca y de manera constante a los niños cerca del agua, evitar distracciones mientras los vigilan, mantener a los niños pequeños al alcance de la mano y utilizar medidas de seguridad como cercas, cerraduras, alarmas o sensores para impedir el acceso a las áreas de piscina.

Las autoridades también recomiendan enseñar a los niños a nadar o flotar boca arriba, mantener equipo de rescate y un teléfono cerca, y aprender reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP).

El condado Broward ofrece información sobre seguridad acuática y clases de natación a través de su programa Water Smart Broward.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el incidente.

“Hey, buddy,” North Carolina's Forbes said, beaming and extending his hand to the Oklahoma coach.

“You thought we were going to fight?” Johnson said, turning to reporters.

The college baseball lifers have known each other for decades, since they spent long days and nights scouting the same talent showcases and engaging in recruiting battles during long runs as assistants.

“I always thought if we met up together," Forbes told Johnson, “we'd be hunting.”

Oh, they're hunting together all right.

North Carolina will be looking for its first national title in baseball and Oklahoma for its third when the schools square off in Game 1 of the best-of-three series at Charles Schwab Field on Saturday. The start of the game was moved up five hours to 3 p.m. EDT because of a forecast calling for storms at night.

The Tar Heels and Sooners have taken different routes to reach the same destination.

North Carolina (53-12-1) has lost consecutive games just once, in early March, and has been ranked no lower than No. 4 by D1Baseball.com the last two months.

Oklahoma (41-22) was ranked as high as No. 8 and then lost six of nine series in Southeastern Conference play. The Sooners finished 11th in the SEC and were unranked when they entered the national tournament off losses in seven of nine games.

“I think the SEC just offers a great preparation, period, for this type of tournament,” OU's Trey Gambill said. “There’s no breaks. Just like in this tournament, you’re not playing any bad teams. You’re not playing any mediocre teams. You’re playing the best of the best. So the SEC just prepared us for always being ready to put our best out there.”

Both teams went 3-0 in CWS bracket play. The Tar Heels have won five straight, and the Sooners are on a season-best eight-game streak.

The Game 1 pitching matchup pits North Carolina ace Jason DeCaro (11-2) against 6-foot-6, 237-pound left-hander Cord Rager (6-3), one of three freshman starters for the Sooners. DeCaro went 6 2/3 innings and struck out nine in Carolina's 6-2 win over Mississippi last Friday. Rager walked none and struck out eight in seven innings of a 9-0 win over Alabama last Saturday.

SEC streak on line

Oklahoma will be going for the Southeastern Conference's seventh straight national title and 18th overall, which would tie the Pac-12 for most.

The SEC is assured of having the champion, runner-up or both for the 20th time since 2000. The Sooners are the 10th different SEC team to reach the finals over that span.

ACC's first finals since 2015

North Carolina is the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to make the CWS finals since Virginia in 2015.

The Tar Heels are trying to become the third ACC program to win a national title in baseball. Wake Forest won the first in 1955 and Virginia the second in 2015.

North Carolina (2006-07, 2026) and Virginia (2014-15) are the only ACC programs to play in the finals since the best-of-three format started in 2003.

Power surge

DeCaro will face a Sooners team that's averaging 10.4 runs per game with 22 homers during their eight-game win streak. They've gone deep eight times in the CWS, including five in an 11-4 win over Georgia on Wednesday. OU has 45 homers in its 20 games since May 1 after hitting 46 homers in its first 43.

“What Jason’s going to do is what he’s been doing,” Forbes said. “We don’t care what the offense has been, what they’re doing, how hot they are. He’s going to go right after them with his stuff. You start being tentative, you start getting negative counts, then that offense gets even better.”

Call him K-den

North Carolina is 28-0 when Caden Glauber pitches. The freshman leads the Tar Heels with 106 strikeouts and 13.76 per nine innings, and he has allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings over three CWS games.

Another freshman reliever, lefty Jackson Rose, pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief in a 12-7 win over West Virginia and has a 2.15 ERA over 50 2/3 innings this season.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Amir Ayesh was arrested after two separate victims were sprayed with an unknown liquid on May 9 by Ayesh, who was passing by them in a black vehicle.

Detectives said the two incidents occurred within just minutes of each other in the area of Northeast 10th Avenue and 171st Street.

Authorities said Homeland Security Bureau detectives were able to link Ayesh to both incidents through surveillance video that showed him using a water gun to spray the victims from his car.

According to Detective Samantha Choon, an arrest warrant was signed on June 11, charging Ayesh with two counts of battery with prejudice, “a felony enhancement under Florida law.”

She said Ayesh was taken into custody Thursday in Plantation with assistance by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Plantation Police Department.

He was transported to the Broward County Main Jail and will eventually be transferred to Miami-Dade County.

“MDSO remains committed to investigating crimes that target individuals based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or other protected characteristics,” Choon said in an email to Local 10 News.

Ayesh’s arrest comes months after two other men were arrested for similar accusations.

In that case, Miami Beach police said Michael Dean Emerson, 19, of Coral Springs, and Dominic Angelo Martinez, 18, of Tamarac, used a water gun to spray a Jewish man on Mid-Beach in January.

Police said the duo targeted the victim because of his faith.

Anyone with additional information related to the latest investigation is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that the public interest in the material outweighed whatever privacy rights Biden had, but she effectively put her ruling on hold for up to three weeks so Biden could appeal.

The recordings were obtained by special counsel Robert Hur in the course of his investigation into whether Biden improperly retained classified documents while a senator and vice president. Republicans in Congress demanded them after Hur declined to file charges against the then-president.

Biden's Democratic administration refused to turn over the recordings and transcripts from 2016 and 2017, leading congressional Republicans to hold his attorney general, Merrick Garland, in contempt.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department authorized the release of the materials. That led Biden last month to sue to seek to block the release to a staffer at the conservative Heritage Foundation who had formally requested the records.

Biden objected to the release as an invasion of privacy, saying the recordings included him discussing sensitive personal matters such as the death of his older son, Beau Biden. But Friedrich found that the administration redacted that material.

The judge wrote that the materials “contain no mention of highly sensitive topics like illness or death, nor do they mention any non-public persons, including members of Biden's family.”

Representatives for Biden did not immediately comment but asked Friedrich to bar release of the material while they appeal her decision. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Friedrich was nominated by Trump, a Republican, in 2017.

Hur’s yearlong investigation led to a 345-page report that questioned the effects of Biden’s age and his mental competence but recommended no criminal charges against the then-81-year-old. Hur said he found insufficient evidence to prosecute a case in court successfully.

The transcripts of five hours of Biden interviews with federal prosecutors was released that same year. While Biden was adamant that he treated classified information seriously, the transcript shows that he was at times fuzzy about dates and details and he said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents he handled.

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This week, we have two.

Royal Palm Grill & Deli in Homestead has been inspected 14 times since July 2023, six of those required a follow-up, and records show Royal was ordered shut in 2024 for a roach issue.

Recently, 35 violations.

Over in Miami Beach, Coyote Taqueria on Collins Avenue also makes the list.

Records show since November 2023, Coyote has been inspected 7 times and “met inspection standards” for all of them until now.

31 violations on a recent inspection.

Thirty or more violations is not bad luck, it’s a choice, and it’s unacceptable. You have to do better.

**ROYAL PALM GRILL & DELI

806 N. KROME AVE.

HOMESTEAD

INSPECTION DATE 5/28

35 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 10/24 (ROACH ISSUE)

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Repeat Violation.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed at cook line.”

“Ceiling tile missing. Observed ceiling tile missing above prep table with prep sink.”

“Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored next to handwash/food preparation sink exposed to splash. Observed bread toaster stored next to handwash sink at front counter exposes to splash.”

“Clean utensils stored between equipment and wall. Observed knives stored under slicer in the kitchen with old food debris under.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed 1 dead roach on floor across prep sink. Observed 1 dead roach on floor in front of reach in cooler at dry goods storage area.”

“Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee Red Bull stored on white cutting board across the cook line in the back kitchen.”

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

“Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed plastic containers stacked together not properly air dried under prep table with prep sink.”

“Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed in the back kitchen.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed floor under cooking equipment and cold holding coolers soiled.”

“Food stored on floor. Observed 1 case of oil stored on floor under the handwash sink near the dishwasher.”

“Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed at reach in freezer near walk in cooler. Observed at reach in freezer near restroom. Repeat Violation.”

“In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed at oven door in the back kitchen.”

“In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.”

“Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed interior of microwave soiled with old food debris.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed interior hood filters soiled with accumulated dust.”

“Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Observed employee open water bottle stored at reach in cooler near walk in cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed box of cups stored on floor at dry goods storage area.”

“Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed at cook line. Repeat Violation.”

“Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Observed at cook line.”

“Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Observed under prep table across the triple sink.”

“Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee charged customer and then proceeded to scoop ice. No handwash.”

“Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands.”

“Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands.”

“Employee washed hands with cold water.”

“Employee washed hands with no soap.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed approximately 7+ live flies landing on unwashed tomatoes at dry goods storage area. Observed approximately 10+ live flies flying and landing on unwashed onions at dry goods storage area.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed diced tomatoes (46F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler across oven. As per operator for more than 6 hours. Observed rice (47F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler across oven. As per operator for more than 24 hours.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed diced tomatoes (46F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler across oven. As per operator for more than 6 hours. Observed rice (47F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler across oven.”

“Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Observed Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 200+ppm).”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed baking sheets used to bake corn bread heavily soiled with old grease.”

“Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed handwashing sink used to store clear cup at front counter.”

“No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at handwash sink near the dishwasher.”

“Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed noodle soup at reach in cooler near walk in cooler not date marked. As per kitchen manager for less than 7 days.”

**COYOTE TAQUERIA

1351 COLLINS AVE.

MIAMI BEACH

INSPECTION DATE 5/27

31 VIOLATIONS

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.”

“Accumulation of debris on exterior of ware washing machine.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed ceiling vents soiled.”

“Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed pan not inverted at cook line.”

“Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Observed RIC at cook line and WIC at 50F.”

“Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Repeat Violation.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Repeat Violation.”

“Food stored on floor. Observed raw chicken container on floor inside WIC.”

“In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed at cook line.”

“No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed at bar area.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets inside RIC soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.”

“Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Repeat Violation.”

“Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.”

“Air gap between water supply inlet and flood rim of equipment/sink is less than one inch. Observed at 3 compartment sink.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked chicken (46F - Cold Holding); cheese (46F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler by cook line HWS. As per chef from previous day. Observed cooked beef (50F - Cold Holding); cooked chicken (52F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (52F - Cold Holding); pico de gallo (50F - Cold Holding) inside WIC as per chef from previous day.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked chicken (46F - Cold Holding); cheese (46F - Cold Holding) at reach in cooler by cook line HWS. As per chef from previous day. Observed cooked beef (50F - Cold Holding); cooked chicken (52F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (52F - Cold Holding); pico de gallo (50F - Cold Holding) inside WIC as per chef from previous day.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed black beans (119F - Hot Holding); cheese sauce (126F - Hot Holding); cooked corn (120F - Hot Holding) at steam table, as per chef from an hour prior.”

“Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by the inability to answer basic food safety questions. Observed employee unaware of minimum cold holding temperature.”

“Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Observed at bar area.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed can opener blade soiled. Observed slicer soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Handwash sink removed from food preparation/dishwashing area. Must be reinstalled in the same location where removed. Observed HWS removed at end of cook line.”

“No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment ware washing machine or wiping cloths.”

“No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. Repeat Violation.”

“No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress.”

“Observed mop sink removed and replaced with oven.”

“No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Observed employees Franco Peladez , Amanda Diaz hired 3 months prior.”

“No soap provided at handwash sink. Observed at bar area.”

“Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed cooked beans, cooked chicken, cooked pork inside WIC with no date marked, as per employee from previous day. Repeat Violation.”

“Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed cleaning spray at bar area unlabeled.”

En el Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, junto a familiares de desaparecidos y sillas vacías con algunos nombres de esas personas, Arévalo anunció el inicio del mecanismo como una “herramienta para dar respuesta a la pregunta de dónde están”.

El anuncio tiene lugar después que el gobierno informara el miércoles que impulsa un plan de reparación y dignificación de las víctimas y el mecanismo de búsqueda de los desaparecidos durante el conflicto a casi tres décadas de la firma de los acuerdos de paz.

“Con este instrumento estamos haciendo lo necesario para garantizar el derecho a la verdad, la memoria y la reparación integral... para que se cumplan garantías de no repetición”, destacó el presidente y reiteró que es para atender la deuda histórica de Guatemala con las víctimas del conflicto y sus familias. Además, para "atender a víctimas de desaparición en contextos actuales”, agregó.

Elvyn Díaz, comisionado presidencial por la Paz y los Derechos Humanos, dijo que el mecanismo forma parte de un Plan de resarcimiento y dignificación de víctimas del conflicto armado.

Entre 1960 y 1996 Guatemala vivió un conflicto armado entre el ejército y grupos guerrilleros que, según comisiones de la verdad, se saldó con la muerte de por lo menos 200.000 personas y otros 45.000 desaparecidos. Este año se cumplen 30 años de la firma de los acuerdos que pusieron fin a la guerra.

Por años ningún gobierno buscó a los desaparecidos a pesar de la exigencia de familiares que se organizaron y formaron varias agrupaciones y fundaciones. Mientras tanto, una propuesta de ley para la búsqueda de los desaparecidos ha permanecido durante diez años en el Congreso sin discutirse.

Paulo Estrada, de la organización de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidas, resaltó que esta es la primera vez que un gobierno voltea su mirada a los desaparecidos. “Hoy puedo decir que por décadas de preguntar dónde están nuestros desaparecidos, por fin vemos una luz”, señaló.

Estrada aseguró que aún hoy buscar a los desaparecidos genera hostigamiento, intimidación y amenazas y que esperaba que se les permita tener acceso a archivos militares y lugares como zonas, brigadas, destacamentos y recintos militares para las tareas de localización. Tras búsquedas particulares cientos de cuerpos han sido encontrados en lugares donde el ejército acampó durante esa época.

Con un clavel rojo en la mano, Rosalina Tuyuc, líder histórica y fundadora de la Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (Conavigua), dijo que esperaba que el mecanismo dé frutos. “Todas las familias que estamos aquí siempre seguimos la esperanza de encontrarlos. Nos alegra que aunque sea 30 años después el Ejecutivo decida crear este mecanismo", manifestó.

Maco Garavito, de la organización Liga de Higiene Mental, consideró que la creación del mecanismo servirá para sanar heridas de la guerra.

Fredy Peccerelli, director de la Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala (FAFG) — reconocida internacionalmente por su labor de exhumación en zonas de conflictos armados como Siria, Libia, Myanmar, Colombia y México —, refirió que junto a familiares de víctimas ha encontrado a más de 4.000 desaparecidos y exhumado unos 9.000 cuerpos durante décadas de trabajo en esos sitios.

The 40-year-old was named player of the match in Cape Verde’s goalless draw on Monday, a display that brought him international attention and a surge in popularity on social media.

Among the fans cheering him on in the U.S. are his father, Jose Pedro Dias, and brother, Delmiro Évora Nascimento, who also is a soccer player. Vozinha’s mother, who had initially faced difficulties obtaining a visa, is also expected to arrive in the United States ahead of Sunday’s game.

Speaking before Thursday’s training session at Cape Verde’s training base in Tampa, Vozinha said having his family nearby was one of the most meaningful aspects of his World Cup experience.

“They always support me in everything I do, so having my mother here is something special. My father is here too, and my brother as well, so I’m very happy,” he said.

Vozinha’s full name is Josimar José Évora Dias. His father said he was named after Josimar, a defender in Brazil’s squad in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

“I watched the matches and fell in love with the Brazilian national team,” Dias said. “I really enjoyed it and there were a few players who stood out; one of them was Josimar, a right-back, who scored two goals and really made his mark at that World Cup.”

Like other fans cheering on the team at its training base in Tampa, Dias was beaming with pride over Cape Verde’s successful start to its first ever World Cup.

“As a father, I feel immense pride. All Cape Verdeans right now feel proud to be Cape Verdean and of Cape Verde’s current performance; it’s something we could never have imagined would be possible,” he said.

Vozinha’s brother agreed.

“I’ve no words to describe this moment,” he said. “We just have to live it because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime moment for a professional footballer – to be at the World Cup, to play against Spain, to put in the performance he did.”

RVs full of Cape Verde fans, dressed in the blue of the nation’s flag and adorned with matching beach hats and flags as capes, arrived in the small parking lot outside the training ground in Tampa.

One of them, Benjamin Ferrera, called the draw with Spain “unbelievable.”

“I don’t have words for it, because nobody expected it. We are just 500,000 people on small islands. To be on this type of stage with the world watching us is just magnificent,” he said.

Ferrera was born in Cape Verde but now lives in Massachusetts, which hosts the largest portion of the Cape Verdean diaspora in the United States and is sometimes called Cape Verde’s 11th island.

He is also part of the security team at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, one of the host venues at this year’s tournament.

“We’re all about joy,” Ferrera said. “When I grew up, I always heard that Cape Verde doesn’t have football, that we would never make a World Cup. Today I’m proud to say we’re here and we are going to make history.”

The archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa was the only one of the four debutants at the tournament to avoid defeat in its first game. If you ask Andreia Levy, an organizer for the Cape Verde supporters’ group, 12 Sharks, it was fate.

“Of course, I trusted the guys,” she said. “We knew that it was possible to do something here.”

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Zach Pascuzzi is a student in the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.

En su primera entrevista desde que comenzaron las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba a principios del año, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, quien se reunió en privado con el secretario de Estado estadounidense Marco Rubio en San Cristóbal en febrero, subrayó al medio emiratí The National News que su país estaba dispuesto a sostener conversaciones “cordiales”.

“Cuba no representa la más mínima amenaza a los intereses y la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos… Seguimos ofreciendo esa relación civilizada, esa relación de respeto e igualdad”, expresó Rodríguez Castro en una entrevista publicada el jueves.

Sin tener cargo gubernamental en la isla, Rodríguez Castro —jefe de la custodia de su abuelo— se desempeñó como negociador en los últimos meses.

Desde enero, Cuba se encuentra bajo un cerco energético y financiero de Estados Unidos que ha agravado la crisis que padece desde hace cinco años y que ha tenido un fuerte impacto en la vida diaria, con apagones de hasta 20 horas y limitaciones en los servicios de salud, el transporte, la industria y la educación.

El presidente Donald Trump ha reconocido que su política de máxima presión busca un cambio de sistema político y económico en Cuba.

Aunque el mandatario cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel advirtió que la isla podría encarar aperturas económicas, no abandonará su modelo socialista.

Rodríguez Castro aseguró que para Cuba “es difícil sostener cualquier tipo de conversación, negociación, diálogo en un ambiente tan hostil”.

Plan aperturista requiere fin de sanciones

En tanto, expertos dijeron el viernes que las medidas de libre mercado aprobadas por el Parlamento cubano son positivas, aunque consideran que su implementación podría atravesar muchas dificultades y algunas requieren la eliminación de sanciones estadounidenses.

“Elementos que durante décadas fueron enumerados como pilares de la economía revolucionaria, como el monopolio estatal del comercio exterior y la centralización de las fuerzas productivas, han sido desmantelados”, dijo a The Associated Press el politólogo y abogado cubanoamericano Luis Carlos Battista.

La víspera la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular aprobó un paquete de 176 medidas que incluyen desde más espacio para las empresas privadas y la posibilidad de importar y exportar sin intermediación estatal hasta permisos para que cadenas de comida rápida se instalen en la isla.

Sin embargo, Battista indicó que existen “numerosas dificultades” para su implementación, entre ellas la burocracia “lenta e ineficiente” y la desconfianza de los potenciales empresarios e inversores.

Por su parte, el investigador asociado del Instituto Quincy en Washington, Lee Schlenker, sostuvo que “habrá que ver cómo se desarrollan realmente, cómo se implementan y aplican; si se politizarán, si se aplicarán de forma selectiva o si, verdaderamente, todos los actores económicos serán tratados bajo las mismas condiciones”.

Ambos resaltaron además que si no se levantan las sanciones impuestas por Washington a Cuba —como las que castigan financieramente a los socios del conglomerado estatal GAESA — muchas de las medidas serán inaplicables.

“Sólo tendrán un efecto real si se complementan con el levantamiento gradual de las prohibiciones y sanciones estadounidenses”, indicó Schlenker.

Paolo Spadoni, profesor asociado en el Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de Augusta University, en Georgia, advirtió que el éxito de la reforma dependerá de la agilidad para aplicarla por parte de las autoridades isleñas.

“Si los líderes cubanos tienen esperanza de sobrevivir a esta crisis sin precedentes y a la presión estadounidense tienen que moverse rápido con la implementación de la reforma y el logro de resultados tangibles”, comentó a AP.

Expectativas mixtas

Los cubanos recibieron con sensaciones ambiguas la reforma.

Para Adolfo Sánchez, un empleado de un negocio privado de 63 años, “creo que con esas medidas va a haber una mejoría... en este momento tan difícil que estamos viviendo".

“Si tengo 30 horas sin corriente, ¿cómo voy a ver los anuncios en la televisión? Me voy para el trabajo a oscuras y regreso a la casa a oscuras”, se quejó Juana Pérez, una vendedora de artículos para el hogar de 54 años. “Esto va a seguir peor y peor cada día”, dijo con pesimismo.

Carrying a cross, people stood at a distance as the small coffin was lowered into the ground by masked and gloved health workers, and a Catholic priest prayed over her body.

“It’s a feeling of sadness because we have lost one of our own, a daughter of the church,” said Father Innocent Ndogo.

“As we have always said, the Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.”

Ituri, the region at the center of the current outbreak, has reported more than 90% of the cases. The response has been complicated by residents clashing with healthcare professionals over disrupted burials and the response to the outbreak, which has been militarized at times.

The impersonal nature of safe burial practices and the severity of the epidemic were evident on Friday as only healthcare workers in protective gear were allowed to handle the coffin and the burial.

Bundibugyo, the type of Ebola in this outbreak, has no approved treatment or vaccine, and even some health workers have said they don’t have the masks, gloves and other gear to protect themselves.

During a visit to Bunia on Friday, Congolese Health Minister Roger Kamba said that there were now 933 confirmed cases and 245 deaths from the current outbreak. Kamba also stated that all health centers will be free in Ituri and that healthcare workers bonuses will be doubled.

There are 35,000 suspected potential contacts, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

Despite the rapid spread of the current outbreak, it is still not nearly as deadly as a 2014 outbreak of Ebola that killed more than 11,000.

With no approved vaccines or treatments, the Bundibugyo strain was not tested for in the early days. This lack of testing is one of the reasons the outbreak has spread to such an extent. The more common Zaire virus, for which there is a vaccine, was responsible for most of Congo’s past 16 outbreaks of the disease.

Alex Lock, a communications officer at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, asked people to resist feeling indifferent.

“She was a baby. She had her whole life ahead of her. Unfortunately, she was taken by the disease, a disease that, as you know, is transmitted from one person to another,” Lock said.

Although the outbreak is concentrated in Ituri, cases have also been recorded in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces and have spread across the border to Uganda, where 19 confirmed cases have been reported and two people have died.

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The dogs were removed from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin facility that bred beagles for research, before arriving at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee.

Now, the beagles are headed to a rescue partner in New York — with help from Pilots to the Rescue.

“Seeing those videos it’s heartbreaking that they’re all in cramped quarters and being tortured,” said Michael Schneider, CEO of Pilots to the Rescue.

The organization previously helped transport some of the dogs from Wisconsin to West Palm Beach and is now helping move them to their next destination.

“This is our second transport. So the first transport we did in our main rescue plane, from Wisconsin, so we were at ground zero,” Schneider said.

Schneider said getting the dogs to their next stop quickly helps reduce stress, especially after what they experienced.

“Because these beagles have been mistreated and they’re a little skittish, the faster we can get them from point A to point B, the less stress on the animals,” he said.

Schneider told Local 10’s Isabella Martin that the flight is being made possible through donated support, including a board member providing flight skills and contributing to the costs, while Boeing is sponsoring some of the flight hours.

As the plane prepares for takeoff, the 15 beagles are leaving their past behind with every mile — and for the people who helped rescue them, every hour in the air is worth it.

Los perros fueron retirados de Ridglan Farms, una instalación de Wisconsin que criaba beagles para investigación, antes de llegar a Big Dog Ranch Rescue en Loxahatchee.

Ahora, los beagles se dirigen a una organización de rescate asociada en Nueva York, con la ayuda de Pilots to the Rescue.

“Ver esos videos es desgarrador. Están todos en espacios reducidos y siendo torturados”, dijo Michael Schneider, director ejecutivo de Pilots to the Rescue.

La organización ayudó anteriormente a transportar algunos de los perros desde Wisconsin hasta West Palm Beach y ahora está colaborando para llevarlos a su próximo destino.

“Este es nuestro segundo traslado. El primero lo hicimos en nuestro principal avión de rescate desde Wisconsin, así que estuvimos en el punto de origen”, dijo Schneider.

Schneider señaló que llevar a los perros rápidamente a su siguiente parada ayuda a reducir el estrés, especialmente después de lo que han vivido.

“Debido a que estos beagles han sido maltratados y están un poco asustadizos, cuanto más rápido podamos llevarlos del punto A al punto B, menos estrés sufrirán los animales”, dijo.

Schneider dijo a Isabella Martin, de Local 10, que el vuelo es posible gracias a apoyo donado, incluido un miembro de la junta directiva que aporta sus habilidades de vuelo y contribuye a los costos, mientras que Boeing patrocina parte de las horas de vuelo.

Mientras el avión se prepara para despegar, los 15 beagles dejan atrás su pasado con cada milla recorrida y, para las personas que ayudaron a rescatarlos, cada hora en el aire vale la pena.

Both trains were traveling south to London St. Pancras station when they collided outside the town of Bedford around 5:15 p.m., according to information on rail tracking websites. Emergency services deployed a number of resources to the scene including an air ambulance and hazardous incident team from the East of England Ambulance Service.

“We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,’’ police said in a statement. “A major incident has been declared, and officers are continuing to respond at the scene alongside colleagues from Bedfordshire Police and the local Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Services.''

The East of England Ambulance Service later said that 11 people had very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured and 56 had minor injuries.

Eddie Dempsey, the general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, said the fatality was a train driver.

Peter Knapp, a passenger, said he was in the rear train when the collision occurred without any warning.

“There was a moment of being flung into the chair in front, and then I saw smoke," Knapp said. “People were crying, screaming. People were so scared and confused.”

“I got up and I saw a lot of people who were unable to speak, had broken legs," he added. "And then I managed to get out of the train and because I’m quite thin I was able to squeeze out through the gap in the doors.”

Photos and videos posted on social media showed dozens of people, some with bandages but many who appeared uninjured, standing and sitting among emergency vehicles parked on a road that runs parallel to the train tracks.

The RMT union, which represents many railway workers, said it was monitoring the situation and expressed its concern over reports of “serious injuries” sustained by both train staff and passengers.

East Midlands Railway said in a statement that the 4:40 p.m. train from Corby to St. Pancras had been involved in the collision with the 3:50 p.m. train from Nottingham to the same station. The company said it had canceled all trains to and from St. Pancras for the rest of Friday and it was unable to confirm the schedule for Saturday.

The Dallas Wings rookie joins No. 3 pick Awa Fam as part of the new 5-on-5 league that will play all over the world from November to April.

So far about a dozen players have said they’ll be playing in Project B, headlined by Nneka Ogwumike, Alyssa Thomas, Jonquel Jones, Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Mitchell. Many young players from around the world are expected to play in the league as well.

Project B will feature six teams with 11 players and compete in seven two-week tournaments across the globe in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Valencia, Spain, and Tokyo have already been announced as two of the cities that will host the new league. Tokyo will have games from March 25-April 4.

Host Broadcast Services, the broadcaster of the FIFA World Cup, will be the league’s production partner. They plan to stream all games.

Project B will have 66 players divided into six teams. According to the organization, women’s players will receive larger salaries than those currently offered by the WNBA. Fudd is making $500,000 as the No. 1 pick. The former UConn star had an NIL deal with Unrivaled, but that was only for college.

Fudd is averaging 12.7 points while shooting 50.7% from the field.

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Polling currently has Donalds as the front-runner for the Republican nomination and the congressman, who represents the Fort Myers and Naples areas, has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.

In a one-on-one interview with Local 10 News, he spoke about whether he’d be on the debate stage with the other Republicans seeking the office.

“If the race was close and we were battling it out, we’d be debating right now,” Donalds said.

It certainly isn’t happening at the “Sunshine State Showdown” being put on by the Republican Party of Florida.

The party says candidates must meet three benchmarks to qualify for an official gubernatorial debate: at least 10% in the polls, $10 million raised and 10,000 donors.

Right now, only Donalds meets all three requirements.

“Campaigns, like everything else in life, (are) a competition,” Donalds said. “It’s not a charity. You don’t just get to show up because you have a title or because you think you’re owed anything.”

In the past, Donalds has used the phrase “participation trophy” surrounding the topic -- something one of his competitors, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, fought against this week, talking about his service as a Green Beret.

“That ‘participation trophy’ line is a bit of a slap in the face,” he said. “This is my ‘participation trophy.’”

Even Gov. Ron DeSantis says his party’s debate guidelines might be too stringent.

“I wouldn’t have qualified when I ran in ‘18 for what they were trying to do,” he said.

But Donalds is holding firm.

“The dynamics are totally different and I respect the governor and all that he’s done, but this is not 2018,” he said, having said earlier that “it’s not about ‘who does it hurt?’, it’s about who’s taking their message to the people of Florida.”

The Sunshine State showdown is still holding congressional debates and will have forums for all of the gubernatorial candidates to speak individually, but there is no formal debate for them.

That’s set for June 27 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Local 10 Digital Journalist Chris Gothner contributed to this report.

Las encuestas actualmente muestran a Donalds como el favorito para la nominación republicana y el congresista, que representa las áreas de Fort Myers y Naples, ha sido respaldado por el presidente Donald Trump.

En una entrevista individual con Local 10 News, habló sobre si estará en el escenario de debate con los otros republicanos que buscan el cargo.

“Si la contienda estuviera reñida y estuviéramos compitiendo de cerca, estaríamos debatiendo ahora mismo”, dijo Donalds.

Ciertamente eso no está ocurriendo en el “Sunshine State Showdown” organizado por el Partido Republicano de Florida.

El partido dice que los candidatos deben cumplir tres criterios para calificar a un debate oficial para gobernador: al menos 10% en las encuestas, haber recaudado $10,000,000 USD y contar con 10,000 donantes.

En este momento, solo Donalds cumple con los tres requisitos.

“Las campañas, como todo lo demás en la vida, son una competencia”, dijo Donalds. “No es una organización benéfica. No puedes simplemente presentarte porque tienes un cargo o porque crees que se te debe algo”.

En el pasado, Donalds ha utilizado la frase “trofeo de participación” sobre este tema, algo contra lo que uno de sus competidores, el vicegobernador Jay Collins, se manifestó esta semana al hablar de su servicio como Green Beret.

“Esa frase de ‘trofeo de participación’ es un poco una falta de respeto”, dijo. “Este es mi ‘trofeo de participación’”.

Incluso el gobernador Ron DeSantis dice que las reglas de debate de su partido podrían ser demasiado estrictas.

“Yo no habría calificado cuando me postulé en 2018 con lo que estaban tratando de hacer”, dijo.

Pero Donalds se mantiene firme.

“La dinámica es totalmente diferente y respeto al gobernador y todo lo que ha hecho, pero esto no es 2018”, dijo, después de haber afirmado anteriormente que “no se trata de ‘¿a quién perjudica?’, sino de quién está llevando su mensaje a la gente de Florida”.

El Sunshine State Showdown todavía realizará debates para el Congreso y tendrá foros para que todos los candidatos a gobernador hablen individualmente, pero no habrá un debate formal entre ellos.

Eso está programado para el 27 de junio en el Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

El periodista digital de Local 10 Chris Gothner contribuyó a este informe.

United States coach Mauricio Pochettino made the announcement during an interview with Fox about 90 minutes before the kickoff at Lumen Field in Seattle. On Thursday, Pochettino said Pulisic is in a “much better” spot than he was last Friday, and that he would be available for the Americans' next game against Turkey if he could not play against Australia.

“Today, he was training in the morning in the camp and I’ve seen the feelings are good,” Pochettino told Fox on Friday. “I hope as soon as possible he can be ready to be selected again and to be part of the team. Now, we need to be focused on our team and the players that are going to play."

The move is a setback for a U.S. team that defeated Paraguay 4-1 in its opener on June 12 and with a win would clinch advancement to the round of 32.

Pulisic left the game at halftime after helping create the opening goal by splitting a pair of defenders before passing to Weston McKennie, then setting up Folarin Balogun for the second goal.

Pochettino said the 27-year-old attacker was kicked in the back of his left calf during a training session ahead of the game and felt tightness during the match. Pulisic trained on his own in the leadup to the game against Australia.

Pulisic has 33 goals in 87 international appearances.

Pepi was the only addition to the U.S. starting lineup. Pochettino decided to insert the 23-year-old striker, who was one of the final cuts from the 2022 World Cup roster, over a few other accomplished players.

Brenden Aaronson, a winger who had four goals and five assists for Leeds last season, and Tim Weah, a Marseille forward who can impact a game with his speed on either wing, both remain on the bench.

Gio Reyna, who scored the Americans’ final goal against Paraguay and has provided moments of dynamic playmaking from the wing, will be a reserve once again.

With Pepi in for Pulisic, the U.S. hopes to reward its supporters and justify the wave of momentum that is building around the team.

“What excites me is that the entire world, the entire nation is behind us,” midfielder Cristian Roldan said. “I think that they enjoyed watching us play, and at the end of the day what we want to do is inspire and motivate the next generation. ... We have to build off it, and that’s the truth. We can’t just talk about it: We have to show out against Australia.”

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Investigators with the Miami Police Department said Dhir Patel would visit the store “to sell items” in exchange for money.

It happened at Savonches, a retailer that, according to its website, sells “rare luxury clothing, bags, accessories, jewelry, watches and more.” It’s located at 78 NW 37th St.

An MPD arrest report states that Patel, of Boynton Beach, “would walk throughout the store selecting merchandise” during his visits and detectives said “CCTV footage reportedly shows the subject concealing clothing items inside a bag he brought with him.”

Police said the thefts happened during a period from March 30 to last Monday. All told, investigators said he stole about $41,550 worth of designer goods.

“We originally started at $41,000 since we’ve calculated it up, it’s about $55-to-60,000 now,“ owner Louis Negrich later told Local 10 News.”

MPD officers said they arrested Patel on a grand theft charge on Saturday after he came back to the store to sell more items. Authorities said he made a confession, which was redacted from the publicly-released report.

“Just don’t steal,” Negrich said. “It’s just as simple as that. It’s just, everything comes back to bite you.”

Court records show Patel posted a $5,000 bond and was released from jail.

In a statement on Friday, Patel’s attorney’s, Amelia Ravelo and Richard Cooper, said that their “client maintains his innocence and will vigorously defend against these allegations.”

“These charges don’t tell a complete account of what actually happened here. More evidence will come to light in due time,” they said. “We ask the public not to rush to judgment while the facts are reviewed through the legal process.”

The Obamas, joined by former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton, also read “Where the Wild Things Are" to 25 school children at the Chicago Public Library branch inside the center. When the former president read Maurice Sendak's line about being “king of all the wild things,” Michelle Obama interjected with, “Although there were no kings,” to applause.

Later, awed guests shook hands with the Obamas against the backdrop of a colorful, 38-foot-tall painting depicting a map of Chicago stretching to the ceiling, inspired by Carl Sandburg’s 1914 poem about the city: “stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders.”

“It was perfect. It was great,” said 18-year-old Houefa Agassounon from Chicago after the surprise visit from the Obamas. “I was literally crying. I asked for a hug and everything.”

She wrote a letter to the Obama Foundation last year, asking if she could be there when it opened. She said meeting the Obamas was a bonus.

“This is just the greatest thing of my 18 years of life,” she said.

The Juneteenth opening followed a star-studded dedication ceremony where the Obamas gave rousing speeches to an audience including three former presidents, their former first ladies, and a host of politicians, A-list celebrities, musicians, athletes and others. Thousands more joined the livestream from a nearby park.

A weekend of events is planned for the sprawling campus on Chicago's South Side near where the Obamas lived and began his political career. It is adjacent to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in the lakefront park, and not far from the University of Chicago.

Tickets for the general public are sold out through the end of November. But those lucky enough to score them for the first day got the unexpected thrill of meeting the Obamas themselves.

The campus includes a towering museum that covers the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, while public spaces include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground and athletic center, basketball courts and a picnic area with grills.

The tower’s design is meant to depict four hands coming together in solidarity. Wrapped around one side are 5-foot tall concrete capital letters, an excerpt of Obama’s 2015 speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. It begins, “You are America.”

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Davie Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to a minor crash involving a vehicle towing a petting zoo trailer.

They said a man was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the crash.

Officials also confirmed that the animals inside the trailer — including goats, ducks and chickens — were not injured but needed a safe place to wait while crews helped the owner transfer them into a replacement trailer.

Davie firefighters said they assisted with moving the animals and helped keep them calm and secure until the traveling petting zoo was back on the road.

They said all the animals safely made it into the new trailer following the crash.

No other details about the crash were immediately released.

Funcionarios de Davie Fire Rescue informaron que las unidades respondieron a un accidente menor que involucró un vehículo que remolcaba un tráiler de zoológico interactivo.

Indicaron que un hombre fue trasladado a un hospital cercano con lesiones que no ponen en peligro su vida tras el accidente.

Las autoridades también confirmaron que los animales dentro del tráiler, incluidos cabras, patos y gallinas, no resultaron heridos, pero necesitaban un lugar seguro donde esperar mientras las unidades ayudaban al propietario a trasladarlos a un tráiler de reemplazo.

Los bomberos de Davie señalaron que ayudaron a mover a los animales y a mantenerlos tranquilos y seguros hasta que el zoológico interactivo itinerante pudo volver a la carretera.

Indicaron que todos los animales fueron trasladados de manera segura al nuevo tráiler después del accidente.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el accidente.

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Today, the 41-year-old South Florida resident is a licensed psychotherapist, nonprofit founder, wife and mother of three adult children. She is also a foster parent who has opened her home to children in need, helping provide the stability and love she once longed for herself.

But Rodriguez’s journey to success began with trauma, loss and uncertainty.

“Family for me started with my biological family,” Rodriguez said. “However, that was disrupted and I was placed in care and moved from foster home to foster home.”

As a child, Rodriguez was sexually assaulted. Her mother struggled with substance abuse, and Rodriguez eventually went to live with her grandmother. Instead of finding the safety she needed, she faced additional hardship.

“Unfortunately, my grandmother struggled with alcohol abuse and her abuse of alcohol caused her to physically abuse me for many years,” Rodriguez said.

Eventually, Rodriguez found her way to Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, a turning point she credits with changing the course of her life.

“When I walked through these doors as a teenager, I didn’t know how impactful it would be,” she said.

After time at Miami Bridge, Rodriguez was placed with a foster mother she still calls “Mom” today.

“Miami Bridge was the last group home and my last stop was my foster mother who I call mom now,” she said.

For the first time, Rodriguez experienced what it felt like to be valued, protected and supported.

Another major turning point came when she became a mother herself at just 17 years old.

“I have a whole human to be in charge of and I want to do something for her,” Rodriguez recalled.

Determined to build a better future, Rodriguez graduated from high school and enrolled in college with the support of her foster mother and case manager.

A psychology course sparked a passion that would shape the rest of her life.

“I took this one psychology course and this is what I want to do,” she said.

To help support herself and her daughter, Rodriguez modeled while attending school. She earned a bachelor’s degree, followed by a master’s degree in mental health. She later completed a doctorate and continues pursuing advanced education.

“I got my doctorate, and I’m on my third doctorate and I’m running my own practice with therapy,” she said.

Today, Rodriguez owns a therapy practice and leads Sadie’s Daughter, a nonprofit organization named in honor of her late mother. The organization advocates for children and young adults in foster care, providing resources, mentorship and support.

“I feel like anyone can be a Sadie’s Daughter or a Sadie’s child or Sadie’s kid,” Rodriguez said.

The nonprofit has already helped hundreds of young people, and Rodriguez hopes its reach continues to grow.

“There have been hundreds of kids served and I hope the numbers continue to grow as the years go by,” she said.

Her commitment to foster children extends beyond her professional work. Nearly four years ago, Rodriguez and her family became foster parents.

“We have been fostering for almost four years now,” she said.

During that time, 14 children have come through their home.

“And we have had 14 children come through our doors, (who) we have raised and brought up as our own,” Rodriguez said.

For Rodriguez, the most important lesson she hopes to pass on is one she learned through her own experiences.

“What is the greatest gift you have and can give to your children? Empathy,” she said.

Those words now define the mission of a woman who once knew neither empathy nor empowerment, but who has dedicated her life to helping others heal.

Her message to children facing difficult circumstances is simple:

“You woke up this morning. You’re here. Your story doesn’t stop here,” she said.

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Las autoridades federales ordenaron el año pasado la retirada de los rebaños de un territorio indígena protegido en la isla fluvial más grande del mundo, la isla de Bananal. Argumentaron que la tierra estaba reservada para los pueblos indígenas y la conservación, y que los rebaños que ganaderos externos mantenían en la zona eran ilegales y contribuían a la degradación del hábitat.

Para cumplir la orden, los vaqueros arrearon más de 100.000 reses fuera de la isla cuando los ríos estaban lo suficientemente bajos. Pero la retirada ha creado nuevos problemas para los residentes indígenas, que habían llegado a depender del dinero que ganaban al arrendar la tierra a los ganaderos.

Los hechos subrayan el desafío de equilibrar la conservación, los intereses indígenas y la presión del agronegocio, uno de los sectores más poderosos de Brasil, que es el mayor productor de carne de res del mundo. Esta industria representa cerca del 20% de la producción global y el 6% del producto interno bruto del país.

La protección de los territorios indígenas es considerada ampliamente como una de las formas más eficaces de frenar la deforestación en la Amazonía, la selva tropical más grande del mundo y un regulador clave del clima global.

Brasil ha avanzado en la reducción de la deforestación, pero la ganadería sigue siendo su principal motor. Los ganaderos talan grandes extensiones de bosque para que el ganado pueda pastar.

El estado de Tocantins, donde se encuentra la isla de Bananal, fue uno de los estados con mayores niveles de deforestación en Brasil en 2025, según MapBiomas, una organización sin fines de lucro que monitorea el uso del suelo. La biodiversidad está amenazada debido a que los árboles que absorben la contaminación son reemplazados por ganado que emite metano, un gas de efecto invernadero que contribuye al calentamiento global.

El ganado produjo beneficios y conflictos en la isla

La ley brasileña prohíbe la actividad comercial en tierras indígenas. La cría de ganado solo se permite para subsistencia.

Sin embargo, en la práctica, varias partes de la isla de Bananal se arrendaron durante décadas. Bajo el sistema informal, los ganaderos pagaban a los líderes de las aldeas una cuota mensual de unos 15 reales (3 dólares) por cabeza, muy por debajo de los aproximadamente 60 reales (12 dólares) que se cobraban fuera de la isla.

Cuando había más de 100.000 cabezas de ganado en la isla, los ingresos mensuales por arrendamiento podían alcanzar 1,5 millones de reales (290.000 dólares). Los pagos iban a los caciques indígenas, quienes entregaban parte del dinero a asociaciones locales.

“Con los años, el ganado ha cubierto muchos de los gastos de nuestra comunidad”, afirmó Cleiton Javae, cacique de la aldea Txuiri, mencionando escuelas, medicinas, transporte y festividades tradicionales.

Pero algunos residentes sostienen que el dinero se concentró entre los líderes y no benefició a los cerca de 5.000 habitantes de más de 40 aldeas.

“La ley exige consulta y beneficios compartidos”, señaló Leandro Milhomem, jefe del IBAMA, la agencia ambiental de Brasil, en Tocantins. “En cambio, algunos caciques tenían importantes recursos mientras, en la misma comunidad, los niños morían de desnutrición”.

Residentes indígenas dijeron a la AP que los vaqueros también cercaron partes de la isla y restringieron el acceso a zonas de cultivo que estaban destinadas al uso comunitario.

Los líderes que respaldaban acuerdos con ganaderos dicen que esos incidentes fueron aislados y sostienen que se ha culpado a la cría de ganado por fallas más amplias de política pública. Aun así, reconocen que el sistema se salió de control debido a que los ganaderos llevaron mucho más ganado del declarado.

“La situación se volvió insostenible, y retirar el ganado fue la única alternativa”, afirmó Javae.

Los residentes indígenas dicen que son dueños del ganado que queda en la isla. Pero las autoridades ambientales incautaron en marzo 550 cabezas de ganado y emitieron 21 actas de infracción, según documentos revisados por The Associated Press. En una de ellas se menciona a un vaquero que dijo que un cacique indígena le pidió que afirmara falsamente que el rebaño era de propiedad indígena para evitar sanciones.

La ganadería provocó acidificación del suelo y avivó incendios forestales

La isla de Bananal se ubica entre los ríos Javae y Araguaia, en la confluencia de los principales estados productores de soya y ganado de Brasil: Tocantins, Mato Grosso y Pará.

Cuando los colonizadores europeos llegaron a la zona a fines del siglo XVIII, encontraron la isla habitada por pueblos indígenas y cubierta de bananales silvestres que inspiraron su nombre: Ilha do Bananal, en portugués.

La región permaneció prácticamente ignorada por los colonos y el gobierno brasileño hasta la década de 1950, cuando fue designada como área protegida. Al mismo tiempo, las autoridades comenzaron a promover la ganadería no indígena mediante acuerdos de arrendamiento con comunidades locales.

La ganadería ofreció a las aldeas una posible fuente de ingresos, pero también alimentó la desigualdad y los problemas ambientales.

La ganadería provocó acidificación del suelo y avivó incendios forestales, según la agencia ambiental de Brasil; en diversas investigaciones se encontró que los incendios a menudo se iniciaban cerca de áreas de pastoreo. Los ganaderos han usado durante mucho tiempo el fuego para gestionar la tierra y renovar los pastizales.

En la isla viven tres grupos indígenas: los javae, los karaja y los ava-canoeiro. Durante mucho tiempo, los javae han mantenido estrechos vínculos con ganaderos no indígenas. Muchos forasteros se casaron con mujeres indígenas y se asentaron en la isla. A través de esas relaciones, los ganaderos obtuvieron acceso para desarrollar una actividad económica dentro de un territorio legalmente protegido.

Las culturas tradicionales de la isla y las prácticas no indígenas se aprecian en los contrastes. Casas de ladrillo se alzan junto a estructuras de madera y palma techadas con paja. En la aldea Txuiri, los niños juegan con arcos y flechas cerca de una iglesia protestante. En otra aldea, Boa Esperanca, Lucirene Javae, la más anciana de la comunidad, se preparaba un día reciente para asar tortugas para el almuerzo mientras veía videos de cocina en YouTube.

Los pueblos indígenas de Brasil replantean modelos económicos

Los javae trabajan con The Nature Conservancy, una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la conservación de tierras, para desarrollar un plan de gestión territorial en la isla que tenga en cuenta sus necesidades sociales, ambientales y económicas, junto con vías para satisfacerlas.

Líderes javae y otros representantes indígenas visitaron en mayo al pueblo macuxi en Roraima, un estado del norte de la Amazonía considerado un modelo de uso de la agricultura para generar ingresos y fortalecer los derechos territoriales.

En la década de 1980, líderes macuxi comenzaron a criar ganado para ayudar a recuperar territorio bajo presión de agricultores, mineros y acaparadores de tierras. El área fue demarcada oficialmente como territorio indígena apenas en 2005.

Hoy, los macuxi poseen colectivamente unas 45.000 cabezas de ganado, de acuerdo con Ivo Aureliano Macuxi, defensor de los derechos indígenas y miembro del Consejo Indígena de Roraima.

Las experiencias de los macuxi y de los pueblos de la isla de Bananal reflejan un debate más amplio entre grupos indígenas en Brasil sobre cómo equilibrar la actividad económica con la protección de sus derechos y del medio ambiente, afirmó.

Ese debate también ha avanzado en la minería. El juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil, Flávio Dino, dictaminó en febrero que el pueblo Cinta Larga, que vive en una región que abarca los estados amazónicos de Mato Grosso y Rondonia, tiene derecho a extraer minerales dentro de su propio territorio.

Aureliano sostuvo que las comunidades indígenas necesitan marcos legales que respalden sus territorios y respeten la diversidad de los 391 pueblos indígenas de Brasil.

“No se puede aplicar un único modelo como plantilla para otras tierras indígenas”, afirmó, sino que hay que adaptar los planes a “cada región, cada territorio, cada pueblo”.

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Hoy, esta residente del sur de Florida de 41 años es psicoterapeuta licenciada, fundadora de una organización sin fines de lucro, esposa y madre de tres hijos adultos. También es madre de crianza y ha abierto las puertas de su hogar a menores necesitados, ayudándolos a encontrar la estabilidad y el amor que ella misma anheló durante su infancia.

Pero el camino de Rodriguez hacia el éxito comenzó con trauma, pérdida e incertidumbre.

“La familia para mí comenzó con mi familia biológica”, dijo Rodriguez. “Sin embargo, eso se interrumpió y fui colocada bajo cuidado y trasladada de un hogar de crianza a otro”.

Cuando era niña, Rodriguez fue víctima de agresión sexual. Su madre tenía problemas de abuso de sustancias y, finalmente, Rodriguez fue a vivir con su abuela. En lugar de encontrar la seguridad que necesitaba, enfrentó nuevas dificultades.

“Desafortunadamente, mi abuela tenía problemas de abuso de alcohol y su consumo de alcohol provocó que me maltratara físicamente durante muchos años”, dijo Rodriguez.

Con el tiempo, Rodriguez llegó a Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, un punto de inflexión que, según ella, cambió el rumbo de su vida.

“Cuando crucé estas puertas siendo adolescente, no sabía cuán impactante sería”, dijo.

Después de pasar por Miami Bridge, Rodriguez fue colocada con una madre de crianza a quien todavía llama “mamá”.

“Miami Bridge fue el último hogar grupal y mi última parada fue mi madre de crianza, a quien ahora llamo mamá”, dijo.

Por primera vez, Rodriguez experimentó lo que significaba sentirse valorada, protegida y apoyada.

Otro momento decisivo llegó cuando ella misma se convirtió en madre a los 17 años.

“Tengo a un ser humano completo a mi cargo y quiero hacer algo por ella”, recordó Rodriguez.

Decidida a construir un mejor futuro, se graduó de la escuela secundaria e ingresó a la universidad con el apoyo de su madre de crianza y de su administradora de caso.

Un curso de psicología despertó una pasión que definiría el resto de su vida.

“Tomé un curso de psicología y supe que esto era lo que quería hacer”, dijo.

Para mantenerse a sí misma y a su hija, Rodriguez trabajó como modelo mientras estudiaba. Obtuvo una licenciatura, seguida de una maestría en salud mental. Más adelante completó un doctorado y continúa cursando estudios avanzados.

“Obtuve mi doctorado, estoy en mi tercer doctorado y dirijo mi propia práctica de terapia”, dijo.

Hoy, Rodriguez es propietaria de una práctica de terapia y dirige Sadie’s Daughter, una organización sin fines de lucro nombrada en honor a su difunta madre. La organización defiende los derechos de niños y jóvenes adultos en el sistema de cuidado de crianza, brindando recursos, mentoría y apoyo.

“Siento que cualquiera puede ser una hija de Sadie, un hijo de Sadie o un niño de Sadie”, dijo Rodriguez.

La organización ya ha ayudado a cientos de jóvenes y Rodriguez espera que su alcance siga creciendo.

“Ha habido cientos de niños beneficiados y espero que esas cifras sigan creciendo con el paso de los años”, dijo.

Su compromiso con los menores en cuidado de crianza va más allá de su trabajo profesional. Hace casi cuatro años, Rodriguez y su familia se convirtieron en padres de crianza.

“Hemos sido padres de crianza durante casi cuatro años”, dijo.

Durante ese tiempo, 14 menores han pasado por su hogar.

“Y hemos tenido 14 menores que han pasado por nuestra casa, a quienes hemos criado y cuidado como si fueran nuestros propios hijos”, dijo Rodriguez.

Para Rodriguez, la lección más importante que espera transmitir es una que aprendió a través de sus propias experiencias.

“¿Cuál es el mayor regalo que tienes y que puedes darles a tus hijos? Empatía”, dijo.

Esas palabras ahora definen la misión de una mujer que alguna vez no conoció ni la empatía ni el empoderamiento, pero que ha dedicado su vida a ayudar a otros a sanar.

Su mensaje para los menores que enfrentan circunstancias difíciles es simple:

“Te despertaste esta mañana. Estás aquí. Tu historia no termina aquí”, dijo.

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On Friday, the Oscar-winning actor posted an Instagram video in which she grins as she reveals a baby bump and hurries off camera. The 43-year-old Hathaway captioned the video “Baby, I'm yours” and for the soundtrack used the Barbara Lewis hit of the same name.

When asked for confirmation, a Hathaway spokesman responded, “I think the video is pretty obvious.”

Hathaway and husband Adam Shulman are already the parents of Jonathan Shulman and Jack Shulman. Friday's news arrives at an especially busy time for the actor, whose films this year include “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “Mother Mary” and “The Odyssey.”

Funcionarios de Lauderhill Fire Rescue informaron que las unidades acudieron al incendio y señalaron que la familia no pudo permanecer en la vivienda, ubicada en la cuadra 2000 de Northwest 43rd Terrace, después del incidente.

Las autoridades indicaron que el menor fue transportado por una unidad de soporte vital básico para ser evaluado. No han divulgado el género ni la identidad del menor.

Los investigadores señalaron que el incendio se originó por una olla dejada sin supervisión sobre la estufa.

Indicaron que la madre y dos menores fueron desplazados por el incendio, y que se contactó a la Cruz Roja Estadounidense para ayudar a la familia con alojamiento temporal y servicios de apoyo.

Hasta el momento no se han reportado otras lesiones.

Take Folarin Balogun who scored twice in the United States’ opening win over Paraguay. He chose to play for the U.S. where he was born instead of England where he grew up or Nigeria where his parents came from.

Or Yasin Ayari, who picked Sweden over his father’s native Tunisia, a decision that came into focus as Sweden defeated the North African team 5-1 with two goals from Ayari.

And there’s Ayyoub Bouaddi, an 18-year-old standout who switched national teams from France to Morocco just weeks before the tournament kicked off.

The World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada is the biggest melting pot in the tournament’s history. Decades of migration are reflected in the rosters of major European teams like France, England and Germany. Meanwhile, many teams in Africa and the Caribbean rely heavily on their diaspora, made easier by a relaxation of FIFA’s eligibility rules.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of players at this World Cup are playing for a country other than the one in which they were born. Many with mixed backgrounds switched allegiances when turning senior, following their heart – or their ambition.

Players from France are everywhere

Nearly 100 players at this World Cup were born in France, but only 23 of them play for the French national team. The others – France-born players with family ties worldwide – make up significant parts of the squads of Algeria, Cape Verde, Congo, Ghana, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Tunisia.

Bouaddi, one of the top performers in Morocco’s 1-1 draw with Brazil, was born in France and nurtured at top-tier club Lille. He played for France at the youth level and was captain of France’s under-21 team as recently as March, but switched to Morocco, where his family came from, just in time for the World Cup.

"I’m very proud of my decision and very happy to represent my country, Morocco,” he said before the tournament. “My family is happy and I hope great things will come in the upcoming competitions.”

Moroccan soccer federation president Faouzi Lekjaa personally visited Bouaddi at his home and met with the president of Lille to outline the North African kingdom’s soccer ambitions and the professional environment it offers, according to Moroccan state television.

Morocco, which in 2022 became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals, relies heavily on players from its diaspora in Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It has 19 foreign-born players in its 26-man squad.

Defender Achraf Hakimi was born in Madrid and Real Madrid forward Brahim Diaz played one game for Spain before his FIFA switch to Morocco was processed in 2024.

A complex choice for the children of immigrants

Some of the biggest profiles of soccer had to make a choice. Kylian Mbappé was eligible to play for Cameroon or Algeria because of his family background but chose France where he was born and raised. Spain’s Lamine Yamal could have played for Morocco, his father’s homeland.

Brothers Désiré and Guéla Doué took separate paths. Both were born in France but Désiré plays for France while Guéla chose to represent Ivory Coast, where their father is from.

They’re not the only brothers who have ended up on separate World Cup teams. John Souttar represents Scotland while his brother Harry plays for Australia. Nico and Iñaki Williams were born in Spain to Ghanaian parents and while Nico chose to play for Spain, Iñaki picked Ghana.

Tunisia tried to recruit Ayari, the Sweden midfielder who plays for Brighton in the Premier League, for its national team based on his father’s Tunisian background. However, his father, Azzouz Ayari, pushed back. He told Swedish media that he felt his son should represent the country in which he was born and raised.

“I am an immigrant, but my children, no. Yasin is a Swede, with Tunisian background,” Azzouz Ayari told newspaper Aftonbladet. “I want him to play for Sweden because I want him to feel that he is giving back to the country that really took care of him.”

Sweden fans won’t argue with that decision. Ayari scored twice in the team’s opener against Tunisia but muted his celebrations out of respect for his father’s home country.

Birthright citizen Balogun chose the US over England

Balogun’s two goals in the 4-1 win against Paraguay made him – and his background – more widely known to the American public. He played for England at youth level, except for a brief stint with the U.S. under-18 team, but switched to represent the United States in 2023.

That was possible because of birthright citizenship rules in the U.S. – Balogun was born in New York, while his Nigerian parents were visiting.

Balogun has cited the passion of U.S. soccer fans that he experienced while visiting a training camp in Florida in March 2023 as part of the reason why he decided to represent the United States. When they found out he was in Florida, many fans urged him to play for the U.S. national team. He also met with U.S. team officials.

“I’ve always said the fans gave me so much motivation and showed me so much support. The most important thing has always been to be able to repay that,” Balogun said after the Paraguay game last week. “I just want to continue to show the fans I made the right decision."

Whether he could have gotten a place in the highly competitive England squad is unclear. At the time, then-England coach Gareth Southgate said they were monitoring his progress but couldn't promise anything.

FIFA sets the rules

Switching nationalities is nothing new in soccer. Some of the sport’s biggest stars represented multiple countries, including Ferenc Puskás, who was the leader of Hungary’s “Mighty Magyars” in the 1950s but played for Spain at the 1962 World Cup.

That Spain squad also included Puskás’s Real Madrid teammate Alfredo Di Stéfano, whose international career started with his native Argentina.

In modern soccer, FIFA intervened in 2004 amid concern Brazilian players were being naturalized with a passport too easily by other countries, including Qatar.

A “clear connection” with the country was insisted on, which could be two years of residence or a grandparent born there.

FIFA’s then-president Sepp Blatter later aimed to “stop this farce” warning that at a 32-team World Cup “you will have 16 full of Brazilian players.”

The residence demand on players aged 18 or over became five years in 2008, and a proposal at the 2011 FIFA Congress by the United Arab Emirates to cut it to three was rejected.

Dual- or multiple-national players have been “cap-tied” by FIFA to any team they represented in a senior competitive game. Those who played only in friendlies or at youth level could apply to switch.

FIFA eased its rules in 2020 to allow more eligibility changes, but players are locked to a nation if they play at a finals tournament of the World Cup or continental championship.

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AP reporter Akram Oubachir in Casablanca, Morocco, contributed to this report.

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