The Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show host and NAACP Image Award winner will slip into the magical role from Oct. 16 to Jan. 3.

“I’ve taken my family, my nieces and nephews, to see this musical and I never dreamed that I would one day be a part of the ‘Aladdin’ family. So I am beyond thrilled,” Shepherd tells The Associated Press.

“All of the children that are coming in that theater, I want them to feel the same way I felt when I was a little girl, and I saw Stephanie Mills in ‘The Wiz,’” she says.

Shepherd is taking dance and voice lessons and belting out her soon-to-be signature song, “Friend Like Me,” on long walks through the city to prepare for the wisecracking, high-energy role that won James Monroe Iglehart a Tony Award in 2014.

Weren't there any easier options? “My whole career has never been the easy way,” she replied. “My whole life is, ‘If it scares you, then you say yes.’ And this is no different because it’s completely out of my comfort zone.”

The role will mark Shepherd's second trip to Broadway. In 2014, she played the evil Stepmother in “Cinderella.” Her other theater credits include the off-Broadway shows “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” “Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words” and Joy Behar’s “My First Ex-Husband.”

Shepherd, a podcaster and author who was a co-host of “The View” and had her own talk show, “Sherri,” said she's asked her Broadway friends for help.

“I’m talking to my friends, Kristin Chenoweth; Steven Boyer, who was in ‘Kimberly Akimbo;’ Wayne Brady — anybody I know who has been on Broadway. I am calling them up going, ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and getting a lot of advice.”

“Aladdin” is a musical adaptation of the 1992 movie starring Robin Williams. The musical’s story, by Chad Beguelin, hews close to the film: A street urchin finds a genie in a lamp and hopes to woo a princess while staying true to his values and away from palace intrigue. It's often the first Broadway show children see.

“I want the children to see the possibilities," said Shepherd. "I want the little girls to say, ‘Oh yeah. I know I used to dress as a princess, but I could be the Genie. I can make wishes come true. Maybe I could be president.’”

Already this year, prediction market odds have gotten tangled up with real-life elections, and it is quickly becoming a hot topic for election administrators, who for years have battled misinformation and conspiracy theories.

Their concerns are broad, but many revolve around the fear that pervasive financial incentives will further damage confidence in elections and democracy if Americans think they are influencing the outcome.

“This is a troubling trend that election administrators across the nation must deal with,” said Jared DeMarinis, the administrator for the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Polymarket, Kalshi and other prediction markets allow participants to buy and sell contracts tied to the probable outcome of an event. The contracts are typically priced between 1 and 99 cents, and customers can trade on everything including races for mayor, governor and U.S. Senate.

The explosion in prediction market trading comes as President Donald Trump has pressed sweeping changes to voter identification and voting by mail procedures to address what he falsely claims is rampant fraud in mail voting and widespread voting by noncitizens.

Stock market is seen as an example of hedging election risk

Kalshi and Polymarket officials, for their part, contend that the activity is neither gambling nor a danger to elections or democracy.

It is, they say, barely different from people who trade stocks, bonds or commodities ahead of an election to protect themselves against how the eventual winner's policies might affect their investments or business. Some independent analysts agree.

“One can make the argument that the entire stock market, at some level, is affected by elections and outcomes,” said Joshua Mitts, a Columbia Law School professor who researches corporate and securities law.

Kalshi and Polymarket officials say they have insider trading protections, required by federal law, that are meant to prevent, for instance, candidates and their campaign staffers from trading on their own races. On Aug. 31, Kalshi disclosed that it gave a three-year suspension and fine to a North Carolina congressional candidate, Republican Laurie Buckhout, for trading on her own race.

And Kalshi says its research shows that its markets correlate strongly to outcomes — for instance, events given a 60% chance end up happening nearly 60% of the time — and that any effort to manipulate the odds is kept in check by traders who profit by putting money on the correct outcome.

Still, prediction markets have suffered black eyes this year. In one example, they heavily favored a losing candidate in a primary for Wisconsin governor. The polls were way off in that race, too. And in Los Angeles, as votes were being counted for its mayoral primary, online influencers accused election officials of cheating to oust Republican candidate Spencer Pratt from qualifying for the runoff, pointing to market odds that favored him finishing in second place.

States want a role in regulating prediction markets

For now, courts are crammed with litigation over whether states can regulate prediction markets — or ban them — under state gambling laws that, among other things, cover casinos and sports betting.

Half the states also have statutes that broadly ban betting on elections, according to information from the National Conference on State Legislatures, laws that were motivated by a desire to ensure people vote based on who they think is the best candidate, and not due to a financial stake in the outcome.

Courts are unlikely to decide the litigation before the election, all but ensuring that trading will play out on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket at levels never seen before in nearly every state.

Billions of dollars could be traded on questions like whether Democrats will gain control of the House or Senate or who will be governor of the largest states.

In state and local election offices, administrators are talking about the need to proactively educate the public about how prediction markets odds are not the same thing as a polls or vote counts.

They are also talking about how they can use their office's policy to protect elections.

States try to protect election integrity

In Delaware County, in suburban Philadelphia, elections director Jim Allen asked the election board to add prediction market trading to the state-required oath that requires each polling place and county election worker to swear not to bet on the election.

DeMarinis, the Maryland election administrator, said he will ask the state election board to impose a similar requirement statewide.

One key question for the midterms is how prediction markets could be used or manipulated to help candidates.

For instance, wealthy partisans who don't care about losing money could bid up the odds on their favored candidate in hopes of swaying public opinion. Some voters might see the long odds against their candidate and stay home, rather than go to the polls, analysts say.

Candidates could point to the favorable odds, like they might with a poll, and use it to fundraise or garner endorsements.

“And all of a sudden, they’re the front-runner, for no reason other than an outside actor places a large bet on them,” said Ben Schiffrin, director of securities policy for Better Markets, a nonprofit that advocates for the public interest in financial markets.

Could a prediction market swing an election?

Eric Talley, a Columbia University law professor who co-hosts the Beyond Unprecedented podcast, cited research by behavioral economist Colin Camerer that showed that one person betting a large sum in the run-up to a horse race induced others to bet on that same horse. It temporarily skewed the odds before dying off closer to the race.

“Other people thought, ‘Oh my god, people know something I don’t,’ and they all started betting on the same horse,” Talley said. It was “an interesting analog to the current moment.”

That sort of advantage is short-lived, prediction markets officials say. Financially motivated traders will descend on a bad trade because they know they can win it — and that returns the odds to where an unbiased market might otherwise set them, they say.

“If you’re going to try to manipulate the pricing in a highly liquid market with strong traders, it’s not going to work. The pricing will snap back, and you’ll simply lose money,” Kalshi general counsel Rick Heaslip said.

Columbia's Mitts said a variant that might concern states could be a candidate in a state or local election encouraging people to put money on them in a prediction market — thus motivating people to vote with their wallet.

That sort of gambit would presumably be logistically easier to pull off in a smaller election — say, one that might be decided by 100 votes or so — although the idea is somewhat abstract because the financial incentive would have to be big enough, Mitts said.

Still, it creates a headache for law enforcement.

“You can understand why states would say from the election integrity standpoint, ‘We don’t want this sort of contract to trade at all,’” Mitts said.

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On Sunday afternoon, the Amazon cargo plane, operated by 21 Air, went off the end of a runway, crashing into several cars and catching fire before coming to a stop next to a parking lot.

Five people were killed and five others were hurt, with three of the injured victims listed in critical condition at last check.

During Monday’s press conference, new information was made available regarding what happened in the immediate moments after the plane touched down.

“The plane struck navigational aides and equipment, then impacted a 2012 white Ford Econoline van that was owned by Professional Ocean Service Corporation, which is a contract cleaning company for the airlines. In the van were seven persons on board,” said NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy.

“The aircraft then traveled through a perimeter fence, and impacted a Toyota Corolla Cross LE, which was traveling on Northwest 67th Avenue,” she said.

Officials have not provided any additional information on the injuries suffered by any of the people inside those vehicles.

Local 10 News’ Liane Morejon went to the MIA branch location for Professional Ocean Service Corp., but it appeared to be closed.

The company’s vice president, Antonio Hespanhol, spoke to Local 10 over the phone and confirmed that a company vehicle was involved in the crash.

Speaking from Chile, Hespanhol said he has not yet received confirmation regarding how many of his employees were hurt or killed.

Monday’s NTSB press conference began shortly after 4 p.m., and it can be viewed in its entirety below:

“Runway 12/30 at Miami International Airport has the full 1,000-foot Runway Safety Area mandated by the FAA. Engineered Materials Arresting Systems, or EMAS, are generally used at airports where space constraints prevent a full safety area from being provided. No U.S. airport has EMAS at a runway end that also maintains the full, unobstructed 1,000-foot safety area. EMAS is intended as an alternative, not as an additional layer on top of one.

“MIA undergoes a comprehensive FAA safety inspection every year and has consistently met federal airfield safety requirements.

“As the NTSB and FAA continue their investigation, we will fully cooperate with their review and evaluate any recommendations that result from it.”

Greg Chin, Miami-Dade Aviation Department Communications Director

It was around 2 p.m. Sunday when an Amazon cargo plane operated by 21 Air went off the end of a runway and crashed into several cars, killing five people and injuring five others.

A ground stop was initially issued, but flights have since resumed arriving and departing from MIA.

Hector Poblete arrived to MIA Monday, telling Local 10 News he was stuck in Peru for several hours on Sunday, waiting to board his flight to Miami.

“When I arrived to Lima, I had to wait more time there, about six hours,” he said.

As of Monday evening, 382 flights out of MIA were delayed and 177 were canceled, according to Flight Aware.

Ali Malik said his parents were on a 16-hour flight to Miami, but their plane was forced to land in Fort Myers instead.

“My parents are old, they’re about 70 years old,” said Malik. “My dad is 70 and he’s sick. It’s a 16-hour flight. God knows how much we have to wait more.”

Another traveler, Katie, who arrived to South Florida from Salt Lake City, told Local 10 News she is part of a large group who are all on their way to the Dominican Republic.

“We are going to the DR, so we are meeting in the Miami airport, but there is a group of 30 of us,” she said. “So half of us are in different states and a lot of people couldn’t make it to their flights. We didn’t think we would make it here today, but we’re here.”

As passengers try to get their holiday travel back on track, the investigation into what caused the deadly crash continues.

Mladic was buried in Belgrade on Monday with military honors. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, led the funeral service and Serbian army soldiers carried Mladic’s flag-draped coffin at the cemetery.

Several Serbian government ministers attended the service for the man known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” and found guilty of committing the continent’s first genocide since World War II. Mladic is still considered a hero by many Serbs.

“The images from Ratko Mladic’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa said in posts on social media.

“The elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at the funeral are deeply regrettable,” von der Leyen and Costa said. “They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.”

Serbian officials play down the funeral's significance

Populist President Aleksandar Vucic did not go to the funeral but his son, Danilo, did. Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and the Russian ambassador in Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, were among those present.

Vucic, a former extreme nationalist who supported Serbia’s expansionist policies during the wars that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s, described the funeral as an “emotional outpouring.”

Serbia’s Justice Minister Nenad Vujic attended and stood with Mladic's family. He said the authorities helped keep order at the funeral to make sure it passed in a “dignified” manner but that the family was in charge.

Vucic has been walking a political tightrope. He’s trying to rally supporters — many of them Mladic admirers — ahead of an early parliamentary election that could within months without alienating the EU, which Serbia says it wants to join.

The funeral was a test for Serbia's EU membership

Last week, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos warned that the funeral would be “a test” for Belgrade. She canceled an upcoming visit to Serbia, arguing that “the glorification” of Mladic’s death would be incompatible with EU values.

The EU traditionally hands down its annual enlargement report in late October or early November, laying out the progress that each of the candidate countries, including Serbia, are making toward membership and highlighting deficiencies.

Von der Leyen is scheduled to tour the Western Balkans region just before the report is published. She usually visits each country, but no dates have been set for the visit, nor has any agenda been made public.

Asked what the consequences might be for Serbia's EU membership, von der Leyen's spokesperson said only: “we are looking into it.”

Mladic's funeral is unlikely to help Serbia's cause. It's membership prospects were already damaged over democratic backsliding. In April, Kos warned Belgrade that it could lose access to around 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in EU funds as concern mounted about municipal election irregularities.

EU politics will also play a role

In Serbia's favor, Vucic's nationalist-populist SNS party has close ties to the EU's biggest political grouping, the European People's Party, which unites center-right political parties from across Europe. The EPP has been accused of protecting Vucic.

"It is high time for the EPP to stop acting as a safe haven for the SNS party, which openly celebrates convicted war criminals and rolls out the red carpet for the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’,” Slovenian Green member of the European Parliament Vladimir Prebilic said last week.

Von der Leyen is a senior member of the EPP, as is half of her team of policy commissioners and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. Von der Leyen in particular has refrained from criticizing Vucic publicly.

For many years, the EPP staunchly supported Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's stridently nationalist Fidesz party, hoping to keep him within Europe's political mainstream. But the EPP eventually suspended Fidesz in 2019 over concerns about democracy and the rule of law in Hungary. Fidesz quit the group in 2021.

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AP writer Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia contributed to this report.

In response, the maker of private jets noted that many components for its planes, including the wings, are produced in the U.S. and its supply chain relies heavily on U.S. companies.

Since Canada-U.S. trade talks collapsed on Aug. 21, Trump and his administration have unleashed a barrage of tariffs, threats and personal attacks portraying Canada as weak and dependent.

“NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough!” Trump said in a Monday social media post. “If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank.’”

Bombardier said in a statement that the American aerospace industry is a “clear winner on trade and exports.” It said it creates tens of thousands of jobs both directly and through its supply chain.

Bombardier's supply chain includes about 2,800 U.S. companies in 47 states, it said. Among other things, wings for its business jets are made in Texas and flight control components are produced near Los Angeles.

“Bombardier values its great partnership with American companies and its U.S. employees. Our plan is to continue to invest in our people, our customers, and the communities in which we operate across the country,” it said.

One state where Bombardier has a significant presence is Kansas, which Trump won by about 16 percentage points in 2024.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said in a social media post Monday that Bombardier supports a local workforce of more than 1,000 Kansans.

“I reached out to the Trump administration to make certain the President is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas and the importance of its presence in Wichita to many Kansas workers at Bombardier and in the Bombardier supply chain,” Moran wrote in his post.

Moran promised to continued working to ensure that the planemaker's manufacturing operations remain in Kansas.

Earlier this year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his government will buy six early warning radar planes from Sweden’s Saab and Bombardier, rather than from U.S. aircraft makers. The Saab planes use Bombardier’s Global 6500 aircraft platform, supporting Canadian manufacturing. They have 20% U.S. content. The alternatives would have been U.S.-made E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft made by Boeing or the Aeris X, made by L3Harris.

The Canadian government is reviewing plans to buy U.S. F-35 fighter jets. Saab has proposed making its Gripen fighter jet in Canada.

Bombardier is one of Canada's oldest and most well-known manufacturers. The company was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier, an inventor and entrepreneur in Canada’s rural Quebec who started out making snowmobiles and other snow-going equipment in the 1930s.

Over its long history, it entered and left the train-making business and expanded for a time into making regional and commercial aircraft. But it sold off those parts of its business as it restructured to focus on making private business jets.

The company also has spun off parts of its business making snowmobiles and other recreational equipment.

According to officials, officers on Andros Island are looking for the aircraft after it may have gone down in the waters off Red Bays.

Police in the Bahamas said they received a report around 2:20 p.m. Monday regarding an airplane that may have gone into the water.

The plane had four people on board, according to authorities, and it departed Great Harbour Cay around 11:10 a.m. with a destination of Opa-locka in South Florida.

Officials said air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft when it was approximately 13 miles west of Andros Island.

Family members told Local 10 News that the four people aboard the plane were Mario Lamar, 80, his wife Lili Lamar, 79, and their grandchildren Sofia Sosa, 28, and Christian Sosa, 22.

They also said Mario Lamar is an experienced pilot who has been flying for 40 years.

According to relatives, the family was tracking the flight path when for some reason, the plane turned around, and that’s when they said they lost contact.

The family said they immediately contacted authorities and are now asking anyone in the Bahamas who sees anything in the ocean to let authorities know.

Efforts are underway to locate the missing plane, but officials said a search by the U.S. Coast Guard was temporarily postponed due to inclement weather.

Local 10 News reporter Liane Morejon and assignment desk editor Wilson Louis contributed to this report.

China imposed the curb on imports of dichlorosilane from Japan, saying its exports of the material, also known as DCS, have violated anti-dumping regulations and harmed China’s domestic industry.

Beginning Tuesday, companies importing the chemical compound from Japan must provide cash deposits to China’s customs at rates of up to 99.2%. The measure applies to Shin-Etsu Chemical and Denal Silane, among other Japanese exporters of DCS.

Beijing says the measure is provisional as an investigation continues. A final ruling will come later.

Relations between China and Japan have been strained since November, when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi angered Beijing by suggesting Japan's military could intervene if China used military force on Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its territory.

In Tokyo, Japan’s top government spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, protested against the controls and said Tokyo would “respond appropriately” to avoid unfair harm to Japanese companies.

China’s commerce ministry launched its anti-dumping probe into Japanese DCS as part of various measures against Japan. Beijing has also imposed export controls on Japanese firms for dual-use items that can be used for military purposes.

DCS is used in a chemical vapor process to put thin layers of silicon, oxide, or other films in semiconductor logic and memory chips. The global market for DCS is highly competitive, but Japan is the leading producer of ultrapure DCS for computer chip fabrication.

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Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo.

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The Russian ambassador was informed that “according to the assessment of the Hungarian authorities, 10 members of the Russian mission had engaged in activities in Hungary that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention,” Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said.

That is a reference to an international treaty that governs the conduct of diplomats.

The foreign minister, who isn't related to former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, didn't specify the alleged activities or say how long the Russian personnel had to leave Hungary, but stressed that her country seeks to maintain diplomatic contacts with Moscow.

“This decision protects Hungary’s security and sovereignty,” Orbán wrote in a statement. “It does not imply breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia. Hungary intends to continue the necessary dialogue, based on mutual respect and adherence to the rules.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry, in comments to Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, vowed to provide “an appropriate response” to the expulsions. It didn't elaborate.

Hungary's move comes under Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who took office earlier this year promising to end the country’s pro-Russia policies.

Magyar's predecessor, Viktor Orbán, was an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who repeatedly delayed or blocked European Union sanctions on Russia and pursued energy deals with Russia.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is due to give details in the House of Commons later, after saying last week that he would “reset” U.K. relations with Israel.

Before the announcement, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said that it “isn’t intended to be a boycott of all Israeli goods.”

He said that the measures were “specifically targeted at the expansion of these settlements, which are illegal under international law, in the West Bank.”

“At the heart of the statement is the idea that the U.K., along with many other countries, do not want to see the possibility of a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine being erased by changes to the facts on the ground,” McFadden told Times Radio.

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel’s history. It has presided over a surge of settlement construction in the West Bank, which Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war and which would make up the main part of a future Palestinian state.

Netanyahu's government views the West Bank as the biblical and historical homeland of the Jewish people and is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.

The United Kingdom, a longtime ally of Israel, recognized Palestinian statehood last year in an attempt to revive dwindling efforts to achieve a two-state solution.

The center-left Labour Party government has previously sanctioned some Israeli settlers and illegal outposts over violence against Palestinians and illegal development in the West Bank. Tuesday's announcement is set to expand sanctions to cover trade in goods, and possibly some services, with all West Bank settlements.

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has voiced concerns about the E1 settlement project approved by Israel, which would effectively cut the territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups say it could destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state.

A tougher line on settlements is likely to be welcomed by many Labour voters and lawmakers, who have urged the government to go further in sanctioning Israel and supporting the Palestinians.

But some expressed concern that the move could boost support for Netanyahu, who is facing a tough battle for reelection in October.

Senior Israeli ministers condemned the U.K. government’s impending announcement. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar warned that “if Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain.”

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s hard-line public security minister, called on Netanyahu to recognize Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic known in Argentina as Islas Malvinas.

The move also was criticized by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said that it was “discrimination against the Jewish people.” He said that the U.K. could face “repercussions or retaliations” from the U.S. if it imposed the sanctions.

Several U.S. states have laws banning contracts or investments with businesses that boycott Israeli firms, including those based in the West Bank. U.S. Rep. Randy Fines, R-Fla., said in a post on social media that the U.K. ban could put at risk “billions of dollars” in trade between British businesses and Florida.

Burnham’s office said that the prime minister spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and set out “the U.K.’s commitment to working toward peace and security in the region” and achieving a two-state solution. There was no word on how Trump responded.

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Megan Mineiro contributed to this report from Jerusalem.

“We’ll require social media platforms to provide user empowerment tools that give people over the age of 16 genuine and enduring choice about what they see in their feeds,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Canberra.

The proposed legislation would also protect children from content that promotes eating disorders, hostile ideas about women, pornography, crime, dangerous stunts and that causes serious mental health distress.

The move for more user control and to keep children safer online follows Australia introducing world-first laws in December last year that ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s largest social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

“It gives users choice and it will hold the big tech companies responsible for inaction. If they don’t follow our laws, they will face significant penalties,” Albanese added. Penalties under the proposed Digital Duty of Care legislation could be as high as 109.2 million Australian dollars ($78.6 million).

Social media platforms would be required to send a notification to new and existing users offering them a choice over their default feed, a government statement said.

Users would be able to opt in to having their default feed include personalized content recommended by an algorithm. Alternatively, users could see the content of friends and creators they choose to follow.

Digital services including online games, apps and artificial intelligence chatbots would also be required to protect children from design features that have negative behavioral impacts such as addictive features and those that have an effect on self-esteem, the statement said.

In April, Australia’s online safety watchdog said it was considering court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms.

Era un vecino, desde luego, pero no humano. Un oso negro había abierto la puerta de un SUV Toyota y quedó atrapado dentro del vehículo en Gold Hill, Colorado, al noroeste de Denver.

En uno de los cientos de ejemplos de osos metiéndose en más problemas de lo habitual en las resecas montañas Rocosas este verano, el animal siguió golpeando la bocina mientras destrozaba el interior del Toyota, intentando escapar con desesperación.

“Está para siniestro total. No es apto para conducir”, comentó Sullivan sobre el auto.

Millones de personas viven en o cerca del hábitat de los osos en las Rocosas, donde la sequía generalizada ha reducido las reservas de nueces, bayas y plantas de las que se alimentan los osos. Eso está llevando a los animales a deambular por todas partes en busca de comida.

El cuñado de Sullivan finalmente liberó al oso atrapado en el Toyota. Pero estos encuentros pueden ser mortales para los osos. Uno que quedó atrapado recientemente en un auto en Colorado Springs murió por el calor, y funcionarios de vida silvestre han matado a decenas de otros que podrían poner en peligro a las personas.

Osos hambrientos en movimiento

Funcionarios de Colorado reportan el doble de avistamientos de osos y conflictos con humanos este año en comparación con el promedio, incluidos osos merodeando por lugares donde normalmente no se les encuentra. Administradores de vida silvestre en Nuevo México y Utah reportan cifras récord de osos hambrientos que han perdido su cautela natural para saquear casas, autos y campamentos.

Un oso negro subido a un árbol en el centro de Denver fue tranquilizado y reubicado recientemente. En la Universidad Estatal de Colorado, en Fort Collins, un oso tuvo que ser capturado y liberado en otro lugar durante la temporada de mudanzas del semestre de otoño. En Utah, las autoridades trasladaron a cuatro osos desde la localidad de Moab, donde habían estado dándose un festín en huertos.

“Los osos no necesariamente se están comportando de manera diferente, pero definitivamente están incrementando su actividad en los lugares donde buscan comida”, señaló Travis Sauder, un agente estatal de vida silvestre en el sureste de Colorado.

Los osos negros por lo general se mantienen en las montañas y estribaciones de Colorado. Este año se les ha visto en las llanuras a más de una hora en auto al este de Colorado Springs.

“Cuando llegan tan al este, simplemente no hay fuentes naturales de alimento que estarían buscando, como robles o cerezas silvestres”, explicó Sauder.

"Un oso alimentado es un oso muerto"

Hay muchas tentaciones para los osos hambrientos alrededor de las casas: comida para mascotas en garajes abiertos, comederos para aves y recolectores de grasa bajo las parrillas para barbacoa. Y luego está la basura en contenedores sin asegurar, por mucho el mayor atractivo detrás del aumento de actividad de osos este año, según datos de Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Muchos osos que visitan zonas pobladas son tranquilizados y trasladados fuera de la ciudad. Sin embargo, si empiezan a asociar la comida con las personas, pueden ser sacrificados.

“Un oso alimentado es un oso muerto” es el mantra de los funcionarios de vida silvestre. Instan a la gente a guardar cualquier cosa que un oso siquiera pudiera pensar en comer.

Los osos negros suelen evitar a las personas y son menos peligrosos que los osos grizzly, más grandes, de las Rocosas del Norte.

Pero los osos negros pueden ser agresivos con los humanos: en junio, un oso negro siguió y luego atacó y arañó a un excursionista en Golden, Colorado.

Colorado ha tenido al menos cuatro ataques más, incluido el de un oso afuera de un edificio de apartamentos cerca de Vail que arañó a un hombre el 17 de agosto cuando salía de un cuarto de lavandería.

Cinco días después, un oso derribó y mordió a un pescador en las montañas al suroeste de Denver. El oso joven fue rastreado y abatido.

Un invierno seco se prolonga hasta el verano

En Utah, más de tres docenas de osos han sido abatidos este año. Eso es más que en los últimos tres años combinados, según la División de Recursos de Vida Silvestre de Utah.

La cifra de osos abatidos por funcionarios de vida silvestre y propietarios autorizados en Nuevo México ya llegó a 187, la mayor desde 2011.

En toda la cuenca alta del río Colorado, que abarca Wyoming, Colorado, Utah y Nuevo México, el manto de nieve de este año fue el peor registrado. Los científicos afirman que el calentamiento global causado por el ser humano hizo que eso fuera mucho más probable.

“Los conflictos entre humanos y animales en el contexto del cambio climático en realidad aún no se han investigado por completo. Y apenas estamos empezando a desentrañar qué significa esto para nosotros y qué significa para todas las especies con las que compartimos el ecosistema”, manifestó Samantha Miller, responsable sénior de campañas sobre carnívoros en el Center for Biological Diversity.

Si se suman vastas áreas de hábitat de osos calcinadas por incendios forestales récord, es una receta para los problemas.

No siempre es un final triste para los osos o las personas

Algunas historias de osos en apuros son conmovedoras, como la de cachorros huérfanos liberados con éxito en la naturaleza tras pasar tiempo en un centro de rescate, donde aprendieron a vivir por su cuenta sin saquear.

“Hemos tenido que rescatar a muchos cachorros de oso de los árboles, incluso parándonos en escaleras bastante inestables para sacar a un cachorro que está durmiendo en un árbol”, contó Sauder.

Andy Kerrigan trabajaba en una terraza en Steamboat Springs, Colorado, este verano, cuando encontró a un cachorro que se metió en su camioneta por una ventana. Golpeó la camioneta para asustarlo y que se fuera.

“Pero había encontrado mi almuerzo en el asiento. Y era como: ‘No me voy a ninguna parte’”, relató Kerrigan, quien finalmente lo ahuyentó con un trozo de moldura de madera.

En Gold Hill, el cuñado de Sullivan resolvió el problema del oso en el Toyota tirando de una cuerda atada a la manija de una puerta. El oso salió disparado hacia el bosque por la puerta abierta.

“Básicamente estaba ahí sentado esperando que alguien lo ayudara”, dijo Sullivan. “Así que me alegra que hayamos podido hacer eso por él”.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims' families want students to be told about the dead?

“Even worse than getting started wrong or using inappropriate language is the total omission of telling the story,” Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt died on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, told teachers in one session. "That’s our biggest fear."

Teaching about 9/11 in schools is more important than ever now that about one-third of Americans were born after al-Qaida hijackers crashed planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A growing majority of states — at least 40 — expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way, but the provisions vary widely in scope, specificity and framing, The Associated Press has found.

State education standards range from detailed course content to broad concepts. As a result, some don't specify what to teach about Sept. 11.

A decade after the attacks, about 60% of states didn’t explicitly mention 9/11 in their education standards, but there has been more movement toward teaching it as time passed and the attacks were seen as "a settled event," said University of Wisconsin education professor Jeremy Stoddard. He, now-retired dean Diana Hess and colleagues have researched 9/11 education for decades.

“For those states that include it, it seems to be going in much more depth than it was in the past,” Stoddard said.

States vary in teaching about 9/11

Twenty-five states have laws or education standards that require or expect public schools to provide instruction specifically on the Sept. 11 attacks, and another 13 have optional mentions of 9/11, according to data AP gathered. Several other states have laws requiring or recommending school observances, bringing the number of states with some policy to at least 40. In states without specific laws or standards, schools and teachers also may choose on their own to discuss the attacks.

The AP gathered its data through requests to all states, reviews of standards in four states that didn't answer, and interviews with lawmakers and other officials.

While states may share an interest in teaching about 9/11, their approaches differ.

In Alabama, Sept. 11 fits into “the United States’ military involvement in international conflicts since 1980” for students as young as fifth-graders. Texas has taught 9/11 and surrounding events as an example of “radical Islamic terrorism” and a key piece of modern history overall.

Colorado suggests high school students might analyze the aftermath of Sept. 11, including “Middle Eastern discrimination.” New Mexico envisions discussions that could include not only post-9/11 wars and legislation but also the U.S. detention of suspected enemy combatants at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba and the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal.

States' classroom lessons don't always map neatly with their political leanings. States as politically different as California, Florida, New Jersey and North Dakota all propose or expect that students discuss post-9/11 efforts to balance national security and civil liberties, for instance.

But social studies overhauls that reflect conservative priorities have tended to include Sept. 11. A 2023 Florida law even specifies that certain middle and high school courses spend 45 minutes on 9/11.

The Louisiana “Freedom Framework” — crafted in 2022 after conservative complaints about an earlier draft — starts mentioning 9/11 in second grade.

“We coalesced around our belief that Sept. 11 needed to be included in a very real way,” Louisiana Education Superintendent Cade Brumley said by phone this spring. He hopes students learn that “threats to our freedom are real, but as Americans, I think, we are quite powerful when we stand together and we face that adversity.”

A 2022 Arizona law required “age-appropriate education” on Sept. 11 in all public schools — until legislators dialed it back last year to seventh through 12th grades. “We have to protect young children from the true horror of 9/11 and ensure older children never forget it,” said state Sen. John Kavanagh, a Republican who sponsored the first measure and supported both.

In Congress, Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., has proposed a resolution encouraging all states to teach students about the attacks.

Educating teachers, along with students

About 60% of U.S. young adults say they first learned about the attacks through school, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll that included about 250 adults born after 2000. But if educators’ role in 9/11 awareness is clear, it hasn't been easy.

When Megan Jones became the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum 's education chief in 2014, teachers told her they worried about bringing up traumatic memories for students. Now, pupils often need basic facts, and teachers reconcile their own pained recollections with the reality that students see Sept. 11, 2001, as distant history.

The key is "helping them to understand how 9/11 ultimately shaped the world that they live in," Jones said. The New York memorial has raised over $25 million this year to enhance student field trips, teacher training and other education programs.

The Flight 93 Memorial brought 40 Pennsylvania teachers to its site in June, hoping to kindle more education about Sept. 11, said organizer Donna Gibson, the executive director of Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial.

Fifth-grade teacher Martha “Marty” Runzer went to explore a subject with personal meaning. The former United Airlines flight attendant wears her old wings pin every Sept. 11, tells her West Chester students about her colleagues who died, and emphasizes how ordinary people — such as the Flight 93 passengers and crew members who tried to wrest control from the 9/11 hijackers — became “everyday superheroes.”

John Boston Bradley, by contrast, doesn't remember 9/11. The 28-year-old social studies teacher has taught his Catholic high school students in Johnstown about the attacks, but he said the memorial symposium inspired him to convey more of the “human, emotional aspect.”

“It will help our students understand that these difficult stories need to be told,” he said.

How kids see 9/11

“Why did they want to crash into us?” Desmond Killian, 9, asked his parents as they looked around the Sept. 11 Memorial plaza in New York one recent afternoon.

“It’s some tough things to talk about,” dad Eric Killian replied.

Desmond took that in, then asked: “Which country?”

“It wasn’t so much a country,” Eric Killian said.

The questions kept coming from the fourth-grader, who said he’d heard the term “9/11” from friends but hadn’t been taught about it yet in his California school. The state recommends that all public schools hold a moment of silence, and it suggests that high schools discuss the attacks’ impact on U.S. policy and world affairs.

Another visitor, 17-year-old New Jersey high school senior Ameya Williams, had learned extensively about Sept. 11, from the missed warning signals before the attacks to rebuilding after.

Her state requires such instruction in public high schools and encourages age-appropriate instruction earlier. Plus Williams has heard stories from relatives, including her grandfather, who was commuting to work at New York's World Trade Center when it was struck.

“I feel like understanding it is understanding what they went through,” Williams said.

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Associated Press writers Marc Levy in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and David A. Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, contributed to this report.

The attacks came soon after the warring countries had paused attacks on each other's capitals over the weekend as U.S. envoys made a renewed push to narrow the differences between Moscow and Kyiv and steer them toward a peace settlement.

With neither side able to deliver a knockout blow in the war that started after Moscow’s February 2022 invasion, and with armies on the front line largely stuck, Russia and Ukraine have in recent months intensified their air war in an effort to grind each other down.

The visit to Moscow and Kyiv by Washington envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff produced no significant breakthrough that might stop the fighting.

Top Ukraine diplomat says ‘horrific’ attack hurts peace efforts

The main targets of Russia's overnight attack were Kyiv and the southern Odesa region. At least 16 people were wounded in Kyiv, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said. There was no immediate tally of casualties in Odesa.

Explosions were heard in Kyiv for nearly five hours, according to Vyhivskyi. More than 50 sites were damaged in Kyiv during the Russian overnight attack Tuesday, including residential buildings, dormitories, schools, shops, gas stations and a flour production plant, he said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it “a horrific attack” and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of undermining U.S. peace efforts.

“His ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on diplomacy,” Sybiha said on X, referring to Putin. “Strike after strike on residential buildings brings him no closer to winning this war — it is nothing but senseless terror.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram that the attack was complex and appeared deliberately designed to cause maximum damage, involving ballistic and cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles and Shahed drones.

Russia says it hit military-related targets

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight launched a massive strike with “land-, air-, and sea-based precision weapons, as well as long-range unmanned aerial vehicles” on Ukrainian military industry facilities. It provided a detailed list of its targets.

The targets included places storing Ukrainian drones and cruise missiles, as well transport, logistics and distribution centers for military cargo in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, the ministry said.

Infrastructure in the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region used for “unloading military cargo” also was struck. Additionally, the Russian forces hit a tanker carrying fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian armed forces, the ministry said.

In the meantime, a Ukrainian attack on Crimea killed two people and wounded one, the peninsula’s Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said.

People rescued from Kyiv apartment blocks after attack

The Russian attack caused damage and fires in at least five districts of the capital, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. The Kyiv City Military Administration said civilian infrastructure was damaged in at least 16 locations.

A 26-story non-residential building was hit in the Holosiivskyi district. Rescuers saved one person during a search and two people were evacuated from an apartment in a 16-story residential building, officials said.

People also were trapped in a five-story, residential building in Solomianskyi district, according to authorities.

Kyiv resident Iryna Barisenkova, 61, said she heard explosions while traveling on public transport and was told there was a large fire near the Darnytskyi Vehicle Repair Plant on the capital’s left bank.

“Everything was thundering on the left bank,” Barisenkova said. “It was just brutal.”

Barisenkova said she had slept well during the previous two nights while Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Kyiv and then stayed in the city.

“We got some rest, thanks to them,” she said. “Let them come more often so they don’t shell us.”

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With a runtime of nearly four hours, including an intermission, “Musk” is a portrait of the world’s richest man and an investigation into the scope of his power and influence. Gibney, an Oscar-winning filmmaker who has profiled powerful organizations and people before, from Enron and Elizabeth Holmes to Scientology, told The Associated Press that he started off as a kind of admirer and hoped that Musk might sit down for an interview.

“Ultimately he didn’t want to talk to me,” Gibney said. “Then you start digging into the facts and you follow them where they lead. And where they led for me was to a place that upended the myth, I would say, of Elon Musk as a kind of modern Leonardo da Vinci.”

The film is expected in North American theaters in October.

Cruz and Bardem play a married couple

Real-life couple Cruz and Bardem will add some glamour to the day with the debut of their new film, “Bunker,” directed by Florian Zeller. The film is about an architect who agrees to build a survivalist bunker for a billionaire, and the decision has ramifications for his marriage. Zeller said he wrote the film for his stars specifically, who have appeared together in films many times going back to “Jamón Jamón.”

“‘Bunker’ touches on several times contemporary themes – fear of the future, ecological threats, rising social inequality, and rampant individualism–but it does so through a deeply personal lens: a couple struggling with each other,” Zeller said in his director’s statement. “I wanted to explore love, fidelity and forgiveness while placing the audience in a position of deliberate ambiguity.”

Stephen Graham, Paul Dano and Patrick Schwarzenegger also star in the film, which Searchlight Pictures will release in theaters early next year.

The film is playing in competition alongside titles such as “Wild Horse Nine” and “Ink,” and, like them, it’s one of the possible awards contenders in the Venice slate and is expected to have a qualifying run in 2026. Zeller’s film “The Father” won Anthony Hopkins a best actor Oscar. He also won for the screenplay.

Casey Affleck's meditation on grief and compassion

Also debuting is “Company,” a meditation on grief and compassion, which Affleck directed and co-wrote. The film, which is seeking distribution, is set in winter 1975, when a mysterious woman crashes a holiday gathering. The story then opens itself to another, with a moral debate at its center.

“I spent a lot of my life looking over the ledger, keeping score, frustrated by the debt of kindness. Somewhere along the way I began to realize that the ledger is never balanced by the world. It’s balanced by what you contribute,” Affleck said in his director’s statement. “That’s what this film is reaching for.”

“Company,” which is also in competition for the Golden Lion, stars Nick Nolte and Ben Mendelsohn, and features Affleck’s children Atticus Affleck and Indiana Affleck.

Winners chosen by the Maggie Gyllenhaal–led jury will be announced Saturday.

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A wave of Houthi attacks on oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia's southern region has escalated a renewed conflict between an important U.S. ally and Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gave up early gains, sinking 1.7% to 65,269.33 as major exporters were sold due to a surge in the value of the Japanese yen.

Shares in Toyota Motor Corp. shed 4.1%, while electronics maker Panasonic Holdings Corp. fell 5.8%.

Early Tuesday, the U.S. dollar slipped to 153.73 Japanese yen from 154.34 yen. The yen has gained value against the dollar in the past few days on expectations that the U.S. and Japanese governments might intervene to prevent the yen from weakening further. Last week, the dollar briefly rose to about 160 yen.

The government reported that the economy grew at a slightly faster annual pace in the April-June quarter than earlier reported, at 1.4%. Earlier, the Cabinet Office had estimated the annualized growth rate at 1.1%.

The revision reflects stronger business investment than earlier reported, though overall investment still contracted, at minus 0.9%, Norihiro Yamaguchi of Oxford Economics said in a commentary.

“The boost to consumption from policy measures seen in April-May is already fading, and supply-side-driven inflation will accelerate ahead as firms will pass on increased costs, deteriorating consumers’ purchasing power,” he said.

South Korea’s Kospi fell back after an early rally, losing 0.6% to 6,954.52. Shares in Samsung Electronics handed back early gains to slip 0.2%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.3% to 25,345.04, and the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.2% higher, to 3,941.44.

China said its exports jumped 25% year-on-year in August, driven by strong demand for autos and high tech items.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1% to 8,920.80.

On Friday, the S&P 500 lost 0.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite gave back 0.3%.

Wall Street will get important updates about inflation this week. The U.S. will release its August report for inflation at the wholesale level, called the Producer Price Index, or the PPI, on Thursday. It provides details on prices for businesses before they pass along the costs to consumers.

On Friday, the U.S. will release its better-known Consumer Price Index, for August. The CPI is closely watched and provides details on price changes for specific grocery items, furniture, and clothing, among other categories. It also details price changes for services ranging from car maintenance to travel and restaurant dining.

In energy markets early Tuesday, Brent crude, the international standard, added 1.4% to $98.40 a barrel as tensions simmered in the six-month U.S. war with Iran.

Benchmark U.S. crude surged 2.6% to $93.88 a barrel.

In other currency dealings, the euro was unchanged at $1.1624.

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The exact size of the network behind what is being called nihilistic violent extremism is unclear. But police investigators from nine European countries found about 4,340 URL web addresses linked to “The COM,” as the online community has become known, during a campaign to disrupt it in June and July.

“It’s violence for the sake of violence,” European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter told The Associated Press in an interview, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001.

Overall last year, 45 terrorist attacks were reported across 10 of the 27 EU countries, although none of them were major, mass-casualty incidents. About half were foiled or failed, but six people were killed. A total of 486 people suspected of terror links were arrested in 21 member countries, according to the EU police agency Europol.

Jihadist groups — often guided or inspired by networks outside Europe — were behind 24 of the attacks and accounted for more than 70% of the arrests.

Of all those taken into custody, around one third were aged under 18, mostly boys.

Europol does not keep statistics on nihilistic violent extremism because definitions of it differ and acts can fall into the category of ordinary criminality as well as terrorism.

But in Finland in 2025, a 16-year-old boy stabbed three female student colleagues. He allegedly shared a “manifesto” in WhatsApp groups, recorded the attack on Snapchat, and asked on social media for someone to save and give him the video after his release.

In the “manifesto,” he said that he wanted to do something “significant” and “exciting.” No political motive was given for his rampage, according to an EU document on the emerging threat of nihilistic extremist violence.

Violence as a form of entertainment

“It’s very much a fascination with violence. It’s violence as a means of asserting oneself, as a means of gaining status in those online communities,” Wegter told AP. “There’s not a direct link with ideology.”

In Italy last year, a 15-year-old boy planned a murder to gain notoriety online, authorities there said. He kept images and videos of assaults, murders, school shootings and child pornography on his smartphone.

Wegter said these kinds of incidents, which have been on the rise for two to three years, are not isolated but organized by online networks that are “often driven by young people, for young people often involving young boys.”

He said that they “lead to offline violence. We’ve seen stabbings, a young individual stabbing an elderly person for no reason whatsoever.”

Such attacks are tough to prevent or track. They often involve “young individuals who will not have a criminal record, usually, who don’t leave any footprints other than online perhaps, but then it’s often behind encrypted walls and communities,” Wegter said.

Conspiring online to commit real-world crimes

High on the list of groups authorities’ radar is 764, which was founded by an American high school dropout, Bradley Cadenhead. He’s serving an 80-year prison sentence for child pornography and sex offenses, but the group still functions.

In Germany last year, a 20-year-old man believed to be a leading 764 member faced 123 charges over acts of “an unimaginable level of brutality and inhumanity,” including murder, rape and the sexual abuse of children, the EU document said.

Unlike 25 years ago — when extremists, mostly from Saudi Arabia, entered the United States and trained to become deadly pilots — the terror threat facing Europe today is mostly organized online.

“The online environment, for all the good things it brings, it is still too permissive,” Wegter said. He described it as “a petri dish for the connection between different threats.”

Privacy versus security with AI on the rise

Privacy advocates insist that people have a fundamental right to communicate without unjustified intrusion. They accuse the authorities and some companies of undermining protections through spyware and other methods.

But Wegter said that “our law enforcement must be equipped with the instruments and tools to deal with the threat as it exists today.” He noted that 85% of investigations take place in the digital environment. “It means that we have to adjust ourselves to that.”

For the Dutch diplomat himself, it means talking more to authorities and organizations in other countries, notably those that such groups use as a rear base. “Because what happens outside our borders impacts on our security,” including what’s being amplified online, he said.

Europol said criminals are exploiting images and audio to create and edit propaganda, including through deepfakes, memes and GIFs. AI-powered bots were also used to boost recruitment and promote terrorist ideologies, while AI-driven app were used for research to prepare attacks.

“The kind of violent content, violence inciting content, propaganda, manuals, tactics, everything that is available, is very much amplified by AI,” Wegter said.

The Americans have won four straight women's FIBA World Cup championships and she's been a part of the last three. Now the 32-year-old is the leader of a group that features many fresh faces.

“There’s a ton of pressure, on team USA and on us and embracing that,” she told The Associated Press. “Not having the team face it in a bad way, but understanding the ones that have been before us and what they’ve done. We want to continue to have success every time.”

With the Americans coming off one of their worst offensive performances in a half century, Stewart took it upon herself to set a tone early in the 105-64 rout of the Czech Republic on Monday. Stewart had 11 points in the first 10 minutes as the U.S. jumped to a 29-15 lead and never looked back.

“I just wanted to be better. I just wanted to really lead by example,” Stewart said after the win. “Not only just from stats, but just the way that I was communicating to my teammates. This is a big moment for all of us and we need to take full advantage of it.”

Caitlin Clark, with the national team for the first time, said that after the narrow win over Italy, Stewart came into the weight room where a few of the youngsters were lifting. The team captain could tell they were a little down after the tight victory and had a conversation with them.

“I just want you guys to know this is how it is. Don’t be intimidated by that. This is just how this goes. The games are going to be close. That doesn’t mean like you should feel defeated in any way,” Clark recalled. “I thought that was just a really good thing we needed to hear. Don’t let that bother you. These games are going to be hard.”

Stewart learned from some of the best leaders in Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. First-time national team player Angel Reese has gravitated toward Stewart and her leadership style.

“She's won before and knows what it takes,” Reese said of the three-time World Cup champion. “I remember watching her play for USA Basketball when I was younger.”

Stewart is no stranger to being a calming influence as a veteran leader. She helped guide the New York Liberty to the first championship in franchise history two years ago.

Now the Americans are in the win-or-go-home phase with the quarterfinals on Thursday. They'll face the winner of the Hungary vs. Japan game on Tuesday.

U.S. coach Kara Lawson knows that for the Americans to keep the streak, which includes 33 consecutive victories overall in the World Cup dating to a semifinal loss to Russia in 2006, she'll need Stewart and Napheesa Collier to be a veteran presence.

“They are two of the best players in the world. It’s not my job to convince them that they’re good, but to remind them that they know who they are and what they bring to the team.”

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Jennings completed 26 of 36 passes for a career-best 430 yards and three touchdowns as SMU (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) outlasted the Seminoles in a game that was delayed nearly two hours due to a power outage at Doak Campbell Stadium.

“I thought Kevin played awesome,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said. “He was in control. Threw it for 430, he ran it when he needed to. He’s a player. Really proud of him. Proud of our guys for just finding a way to win.”

Jennings had a 50-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Cooper and a 10-yard touchdown pass to Randy Pittman, a Florida State transfer, to help the Mustangs rack up 585 offensive yards.

“Getting the W is amazing,” Jennings said. “It was a tough crowd environment on the road. Great team. Crowd was going crazy. … We’ve been preparing since January. It’s nothing new for us. It’s week 1. Mistakes are going to happen. But it’s about how we respond.”

Ousmane Kromah had 22 carries for 116 yards, including a 54-yarder and a 7-yard touchdown to lead Florida State. Kromah has back-to-back 100-yard games to begin his sophomore season.

Ashton Daniels completed 12 of 23 passes for 125 yards and a 39-yard touchdown pass to Samuel Singleton Jr.

Daniels also had an 8-yard touchdown run to help Florida State (1-1, 0-1) wrap up a 14-play, 75-yard drive in the first quarter.

“We got to go make plays in the passing game when opportunities present themselves,” Florida State coach Mike Norvell said. “Didn’t do a good job protecting with that throughout, some inconsistencies there that we got to clean up. We got to get that corrected. … We had our opportunities. It’s a shame to come up a field goal short.”

Ashlynd Barker and Nehemiah Chandler had second-half interceptions for Florida State. The Seminoles also forced a muffed punt, which led to a third-quarter touchdown.

Power outage

SMU and Florida State were set to kick off at 7:35 p.m. but were instead pushed back to 9:15 p.m. due to the power outage. The game began with referees keeping the time on the field.

“We asked them to be calm in the chaos,” Lashlee said. “Couldn’t be more chaotic than the first hour and a half.”

Poll implications

SMU made an argument to move up from No. 19 in the next AP poll following the win.

Takeaways

SMU: The Mustangs made plenty of opening-game mistakes but converted 8 of 14 third-down opportunities and had two fourth-quarter scoring drives.

Florida State: The Seminoles failed to convert on their first 10 third-down attempts, finishing 2 of 15. But Florida State made enough plays on the ground to pick up 177 yards and battle SMU.

Up next

SMU will play host to UC Davis on Saturday.

Florida State has a bye and will play at No. 13 Alabama on Sept. 19.

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At a chapel near the site of the accident, some fans knelt in prayer, emotion welling in their eyes. Others sang and danced raucously to her greatest hits.

Gilda went from star singer to miracle-healing folk saint

During her life, Gilda was a nationally beloved singer of cumbia, a fusion of Latin pop and dance music that's hugely popular in Argentina.

Her fame only grew after her death. A posthumous album went double platinum as her propulsive songs reverberated beyond the heaving dance halls where she first captivated crowds, becoming national anthems of heartbreak and desire. Her fans, dressed in T-shirts that showed her in a shimmering blue dress and flower crown, began making pilgrimages to the crash site every year, sharing stories of Gilda appearing in their dreams and answering their prayers.

Like other Argentine folk saints, Gilda isn't formally recognized by the Catholic Church. But devotees ask her to carry their prayers to God much as Catholics invoke the church’s recognized saints, seeking healing, protection and help overcoming hardships.

On Monday, scores of Gilda’s devotees flocked to pay homage to her at the rusted wreckage of the tour bus, now preserved as a memorial off the national highway that skirts Argentina’s muddy Paranacito River. The bus overflows with flowers, stuffed animals, votive candles and handwritten appeals for help. A nearby chapel is crammed with the wedding gowns of women whose wish to marry was fulfilled after a visit, trophies and jerseys offered by champions whose athletic dreams became a reality, crutches discarded by those who could walk again, and police uniforms left by officers who earned promotions after praying to her.

“For me, it’s about faith — putting everything in God’s hands and asking Gilda to intercede,” said Julia Domínguez, 63, who credits Gilda with curing growths on her vocal cords nearly two decades ago, sparing her from a risky surgery and inspiring her to become a singer. “That was a miracle. Today, I sing thanks to her.”

Argentina’s folk saints inspire generations of devotion

The shrine, about a two-hour drive into the grasslands north of the capital, Buenos Aires, offered a glimpse of a centuries-old tradition of folk saints that runs deep in Argentina even as the influence of the Catholic Church wanes.

That erosion is one of the biggest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV as he plans his first tour as pontiff of South America — home to more than a quarter of the world’s Catholics. He's set to visit Argentina, Uruguay and Peru in November.

Travel the roads of Argentina and shrines to a growing pantheon of unofficial saints are everywhere: Red flags mark altars to Gauchito Gil, a 19th-century outlaw revered as an Argentine Robin Hood. Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert. Even Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has become an object of quasi-religious devotion.

“One of the most common things devotees tell us is that these saints accompany them every day of their lives,” said Cleopatra Barrios, an scholar of popular religion at Conicet, Argentina’s national scientific research body. “Miracles aren’t understood as they are from the institutional Catholic point of view, as something extraordinary. Here, they’re things that happen every day.”

As with other saints — folk and otherwise — part of Gilda’s appeal seems to stem from how relatable she remained even as her fame grew while she was still alive, singing cumbia in prisons and exchanging intimate, handwritten letters with fans.

“With everything that happens, I always ask her, ‘Accompany me,’” said Paola Martini, 46, who organizes trips to Gilda’s shrine from all over Argentina. “Then, like magic, I feel her.”

The church accommodates, but doesn't recognize, unofficial saints

Catholic clergy haven’t directly discouraged devotion to folk saints, but have sought to steer followers' worship toward God. Two priests on Monday celebrated Mass at Gilda’s shrine, but made no mention of her status as a popular saint and urged devotees to keep God at the center of their faith.

As growing secularism and rival branches of Christianity siphon off Catholic faithful across the region, Leo has embraced the efforts of his Argentine predecessor, Pope Francis, to bring the church closer to ordinary people, particularly the poor.

A member of the Augustinian order, whose teachings emphasize service and community, Leo is expected to visit a Buenos Aires prison and a center for people with disabilities during his November trip, Argentine church officials told local media on Monday. There was no immediate confirmation of the pope’s itinerary from the Vatican.

“We’re waiting for Leo, we're preparing for him,” Domínguez said, insisting she saw no contradiction with her Roman Catholic faith in invoking Gilda to protect her. “In the end, sainthood isn’t always decided by the church. Sometimes, the people recognize it first.”

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday.

The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade secrets, Huawei and some of its subsidiaries did business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions there and installed surveillance equipment that helped Iran spy on protesters during 2009 anti-government demonstrations in Iran.

Huawei’s lawyers have tried to get the broad criminal case dismissed, arguing in court filings that the U.S. allegations were too vague, that some were ”impermissibly extraterritorial,” and did not involve domestic wire and bank fraud.

Huawei is the world's biggest supplier of gear for wireless telecom networks but the company is banned from selling equipment to U.S. carriers over fears it poses a security risk. It has also been blacklisted by other Western allies like Canada and Britain.

The company makes phones and other consumer electronics but has been cut off from other lines of business. More recently it has expanded into chipmaking as the boom in artificial intelligence fuels demand for microprocessors.

During President Donald Trump's first term in office, his administration raised national security concerns about Huawei and began lobbying Western allies against including the company's products in their next-generation high-speed wireless networks. The U.S. announced the criminal charges in early 2019 and has since expanded the allegations.

Chinese officials said the U.S. government has engaged in “economic bullying” and improperly used national security as a pretext for “oppressing Chinese companies.”

U.S. prosecutors accused Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company known as Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. They also charged its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, with fraud, saying she misled HSBC bank about the company’s business dealings in Iran.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, was arrested in Canada in late 2018 on a U.S. extradition request but released in September 2021 in a high-stakes prisoner swap that freed two Canadians held by China and allowed her to return home.

As part of the deal, the U.S. dropped its extradition request and said it would dismiss the fraud charges against Meng.

The biggest maker of network gear, Huawei struggled to hold onto its market share under sanctions that have blocked its access to most U.S. processor chips and other technology. The limits led it to ramp up its own development of computer chips and other advanced technologies.

It was a neighbor all right, but not a human one. A black bear had opened the door of a Toyota SUV and gotten trapped inside the vehicle in Gold Hill, Colorado, northwest of Denver.

In one of hundreds of examples of bears getting into more trouble than usual in the parched Rocky Mountains this summer, the animal kept bumping the horn as it ripped apart the Toyota's interior, desperately trying to escape.

“It’s totaled. It’s unfit to drive," Sullivan said of the car.

Millions of people live in or near bear habitat across the Rockies, where widespread drought has reduced supplies of nuts, berries and plants that bears eat. That’s prompting the animals to roam far and wide for food.

Sullivan's brother-in-law eventually freed the bear trapped in the Toyota. But such encounters can be deadly for bears. One recently stuck in a car in Colorado Springs died from the heat, and wildlife officials have killed dozens of others that could endanger people.

Hungry bears are on the move

Colorado officials report twice as many bear sightings and conflicts with humans this year compared with the average, including bears roaming where they aren't normally found. Wildlife managers in New Mexico and Utah report record numbers of hungry bears have lost their natural hesitancy to raid homes, cars and campgrounds.

A black bear up a tree in central Denver recently was tranquilized and relocated. At Colorado State University in Fort Collins, a bear during the fall semester move-in had to be caught and released elsewhere. In Utah, authorities moved four bears from the town of Moab where they’d been feasting in orchards.

“Bears aren’t necessarily behaving any differently but they are definitely increasing their activity in the places that they’re looking for food," said Travis Sauder, a state wildlife officer in southeastern Colorado.

Black bears usually stick to Colorado's mountains and foothills. This year they've been spotted on the plains more than an hour's drive east of Colorado Springs.

“When they get that far east, there’s just zero natural food sources that they would be looking for, like oaks or chokecherries,” Sauder said.

‘A fed bear is a dead bear’

There are plenty of temptations for hungry bears around homes: pet food in open garages, bird feeders and grease traps under barbecue grills. And then there's trash in unsecured bins, by far the biggest attractant behind this year's surge in bear activity, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife data.

Many bears that visit populated areas are tranquilized and moved out of town. If they start associating food with people, however, they can be euthanized.

“A fed bear is a dead bear,” is the mantra of wildlife officials. They urge people to stash away anything a bear might even think of eating.

Black bears typically avoid people and are less dangerous than the larger grizzly bears of the Northern Rockies.

But black bears can be aggressive toward humans: In June, a black bear followed and then attacked and scratched a hiker in Golden, Colorado.

Colorado has had at least four more attacks, including a bear outside an apartment building near Vail that scratched a man on Aug. 17 as he left a laundry room.

Five days later, a bear tackled and bit a fisherman in the mountains southwest of Denver. The young bear was tracked down and killed.

A dry winter persists into summer

In Utah, over three dozen bears have been killed this year. That's more than the past three years combined, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

The number killed by wildlife officials and authorized property owners in New Mexico is already up to 187, the most since 2011.

Across the Upper Colorado River Basin spanning Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, this year’s snowpack was the worst on record. Scientists say human-caused global warming made that far more likely.

“Human-animal conflicts in the context of climate change haven’t really been fully researched yet. And we’re still starting to kind of tease out what this means for us and what this means for all the species that we share the ecosystem with,” said Samantha Miller, senior carnivore campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Add in vast areas of bear habitat scorched by record wildfires and it's a recipe for problems.

It's not always an unhappy ending for bears or people

A few bear-trouble stories are heartwarming, like orphaned cubs successfully released into the wild after time in a rescue facility, where they learned to live on their own without raiding.

“We’ve got to rescue a lot of bear cubs out of trees, including standing on some pretty shaky ladders to pull a bear cub that’s sleeping in a tree,” said Sauder.

Andy Kerrigan, while working on a deck in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, this summer, found a cub that got into his truck through a window. He banged on the truck to scare it off.

“But it had found my lunch in the seat. And it was like, ‘I’m not going anywhere,’” said Kerrigan, who eventually chased it away with a piece of wood trim.

In Gold Hill, Sullivan's brother-in-law solved the bear-in-Toyota problem by tugging a rope tied to a door handle. The bear bolted for the woods through the open door.

“It was just sitting there waiting for someone to help him, basically,” Sullivan said. “So I’m glad we could have done that for him.”

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection created a cascade of competitive races. Two of the eight Republicans hoping to replace the three-term Democrat are former U.S. senators she previously defeated: John E. Sununu and Scott Brown. The five-way race for the Democratic nomination includes U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, whose departure from his 1st Congressional District seat in turn attracted a crowd of candidates.

Shaheen’s daughter, Stefany Shaheen, is among those seeking the Democratic nomination for Pappas' seat, along with former candidate Maura Sullivan. Several other candidates in top races also are making repeat appearances.

Ex-GOP senators seek a return to Congress, while House member wants promotion

Sununu, who spent six years in the U.S. House and one term in the Senate before being ousted by Shaheen in 2008, has this time focused on themes including affordability for housing, healthcare and energy, holding Congress accountable and constituent service.

“I’ve been out of politics for 17 years. I’m not worried about reelection,” he said during a campaign stop last month. “I don’t need an appointment or a job. I don’t need to make anyone happy. I need to do one thing: Stand up for the people of New Hampshire.”

Brown previously represented Massachusetts, where he won a special election in 2010 after the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy before losing in 2012. He unsuccessfully challenged Shaheen in 2014 and served as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa during President Donald Trump's first term.

In a July interview, he said he decided to run again because New Hampshire Republicans have no representation in Congress and because, in his view, his experience as a veteran, lawmaker, ambassador and grandfather is unmatched.

He accuses Sununu — whose father and younger brother are former governors — of coasting on his name. Sununu also has the backing of Trump, despite having called him “a loser” in 2024, but Brown said that will just make him beholden to the president and other special interests.

“I’m the only truly independent candidate here who can actually vote on anything with a clear conscience and with New Hampshire’s best interests at heart,” Brown said.

Pappas, who is giving up his House seat after four terms, raised twice as much money as Sununu and Brown combined and dwarfed his Democratic primary opponents, as well. He also enjoyed a wide lead in polls, though recently lost some ground to scientist and democratic socialist Karishma Manzur.

Open seat in 1st District attracts a crowd, while 2nd District is quieter

Stefany Shaheen and Sullivan are the leading candidates among seven seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1st District.

Shaheen is a former city councilor in Portsmouth. She founded a business to help people with chronic medical conditions after one of her daughters was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She also is part of a bio-tech initiative in New Hampshire to advance regenerative medicine.

Sullivan is a former Marine and Iraq War veteran who served as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Barack Obama. A vice chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Sullivan ran for the 1st District seat in 2018, losing in an 11-candidate primary to Pappas in his first congressional bid.

The Republican field of four candidates includes political newcomer Anthony DiLorenzo, who owns a chain of car dealerships and has been endorsed by Trump, and Hollie Noveletsky, a veteran and nurse practitioner who runs a steel fabrication company and ran for the same seat two years ago.

In the 2nd District, first-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Maggie Goodlander faces a primary challenge from Paige Beachemin, a progressive state lawmaker and nurse. The four-person Republican primary field includes Lily Tang Williams, who was the nominee two years ago and is making her third attempt at the seat.

Nominations for governor and down ballot races are also at stake

In contrast to the all-Democratic congressional delegation, Republicans dominate state government.

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte faces two little-known opponents in her primary as she seeks a second two-year term. Cinde Warmington, a healthcare attorney, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.

Accustomed to going first when it comes to presidential primaries, New Hampshire is among the last states to hold state-level primary elections, leaving the winners just eight weeks to woo voters before Nov. 3. But that will change in 2026. Legislation passed this year moves future state primaries to the second Tuesday in June.

Trump has said he wanted to channel the kind of political extravaganza that each party holds every four years to formally nominate a presidential candidate and showcase their vision for the country. There's even going to be a huge drop of balloons at the end.

Republicans have never held a midterm convention before, although Democrats did in the 1970s and 1980s. Here are some things to watch Wednesday and Thursday:

Why is this happening?

Trump had long floated the idea of holding such a convention and Republicans worked to make his wish a reality.

Midterms are often difficult for the party in power in Washington, and Trump believes the event can juice enthusiasm for the party and boost turnout among his voters.

“Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot," Trump said recently in South Carolina. "Just come and vote.”

Republicans said the event will help catapult its candidates into November, but it will also showcase the first two years of Trump's term. Although the president's poll numbers are sagging, he insists that running on his record will give Republicans their best shot at winning.

Who is going to the convention?

The presidential nominating conventions that are held every four years by Republicans and Democrats typically draw thousands of rank-and-file party members chosen as delegates to represent their states and participate in the ceremonial nominating process.

No nominations are going to be awarded this time, since that's already been settled by primary contests. The event will also be open to the public, which could make it feel more like a Trump rally than a convention.

More than 100 Republican House members and candidates are expected to be in Dallas, according to a person familiar with the event who requested anonymity before it begins. They were required to pay $25,000 for tickets and lodging, which the person described as typical for political conventions.

Some lawmakers in competitive races have indicated they won’t go or hadn’t determined their plans less than a week before the convention.

Who will speak at the convention?

Trump will speak each night. On Wednesday, he's delivering a keynote address. On Thursday, he's scheduled to appear again after a speech from Vice President JD Vance.

A long list of speakers includes members of Trump’s Cabinet like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Also set to address the crowd are Attorney General Todd Blanche, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, as well as Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Mike Rogers, the party's Senate nominee in Michigan.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are giving speeches, as are many incumbents and candidates in some key, competitive races for the House and Senate around the country.

Everyday Americans are expected to take turns onstage sharing how they have benefited from the president’s policies.

Organizers have said there will be more than 50 speakers or presentations each night, with many of the remarks kept brief to keep the pace fast for viewers and easy to share online.

Trump has also promised there will be “lots of Great Entertainment” and referred to it as “a RALLY like none other.”

What will they focus on?

The party’s candidates will be showcased, including Paxton, the Texas Senate hopeful, whom Trump controversially threw his support behind instead of backing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn. Despite years of scandals, Paxton won with Trump’s backing, giving Democrats an opponent they see as more beatable in an otherwise conservative state. Trump has said one of the focuses for the Texas convention will be Paxton and trying to get him elected, saying "he's a good man."

But much of the program is focused on Trump’s agenda, from his crackdown on immigration, efforts to lower prescription drug prices, the sweeping tax cuts and spending law he signed last year and his tariffs, along with a partisan case against Democrats. Expect many of the speakers to echo Trump’s attack lines portraying Democrats as communists.

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This story has been updated to correct the Texas Senate candidate's name to Ken Paxton, not Ken Paxon.

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Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.

Just 32% of American adults say they are “completely” or “somewhat” satisfied with the U.S. school system, according to an August poll published Tuesday by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation and shared exclusively with The Associated Press. That’s an 11-point drop over the past two years and the lowest since Gallup began polling on the subject 27 years ago.

At the same time, dissatisfaction has increased to a high of 67%.

Experts on education and school policy say the findings are deeply concerning but not surprising.

Democrats are driving the recent slide, with their satisfaction dropping about 19 points since President Donald Trump’s second term began in 2025. Independents’ satisfaction appears to be down as well, about 10 points from 2024, while Republicans' satisfaction has also fallen slightly, about 6 points.

The Trump administration has played a role in eroding public confidence by depicting schools as political battlegrounds, raising concerns about what teachers should be allowed to say in the classroom and moving to abolish diversity programs and dismantle the Education Department, said Jack Schneider, director of the Center for Education Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

“It’s terrifying. We’re on the precipice of the dissolution of the public education system as we have known it,” Schneider said. Democrats, he said, are also particularly concerned by Trump’s signature school choice program that will use taxpayer-supported scholarships to pay for kids' private school tuition.

National test scores have fallen since the pandemic

But politics alone does not explain the dissatisfaction. Gallup polling shows public confidence in schools generally has declined since the COVID-19 pandemic closed classrooms, exacerbating academic declines, mental health issues and other problems.

Headlines have consistently told a story of a national drop in test scores, especially in reading, which sends a message that schools have struggled to rebound since COVID lows.

“We’ve had a drumbeat of bad news about test scores and other social trends that could be driving this,” said Sarah Reckhow, a political science professor at Michigan State University who specializes in public policy. “There’s a ton of debate, discussion and noise about technology and AI in education," she said. And recently, kids' screentime at school has dominated education headlines locally and nationally.

However, parents have a different view about their own children’s education. About two-thirds of parents with school-age children say they are satisfied with their child’s education, which is also a low point in the trend — parents haven't had a similarly discontented view since 2013 — but double the 32% satisfaction with U.S. education among adults overall.

That reflects a steady trend of parents feeling more confident about their own schools than the narrative they hear from elected officials and headlines about the national picture.

“When people weigh in about the nation’s schools, what they are commenting on are 98,999 schools that they haven’t set foot in,” Schneider said.

A separate survey, also conducted in August by Gallup and Walton, asked Americans how well they thought schools were preparing kids for the future. Only about 2 in 10 said schools are doing a “good” or “excellent” job teaching critical thinking or preparing students for the current workforce. Schools' highest marks were for preparing students to adapt to new technologies, with 44% giving schools a high ranking in this area.

Gallup senior education researcher Zach Hrynowski says the findings highlight a frustration with institutions more broadly.

“People have a general negative vibe about everything in the country right now,” Hrynowski said. “People are frustrated, and don’t think any institution is working particularly well.”

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The first Gallup poll was conducted by telephone from Aug. 3-24, 2026, using a sample random sample of U.S. adults ages 18 and older. The margin of sampling error for U.S. adults overall is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for parents of K-12 students is plus or minus 8.3 percentage points.

The second poll of 2,143 U.S. adults ages 18 and older was conducted Aug. 3-17, 2026, using a sample drawn from Gallup’s probability-based panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for U.S. adults overall is plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and climate.

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Food and Drug Administration inspections of foreign food sites — including the Mexican farm linked to the ongoing outbreak — are down nearly 35% since 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to agency records. The pandemic kicked off a wave of retirements and departures among FDA inspectors that continues to this day.

Even before COVID-19, the agency had long failed to hit its congressionally mandated targets for international inspections. And recent staffing cuts, reorganizations and other upheavals under President Donald Trump could mean even fewer inspections in the years ahead, according to former senior FDA officials.

“When you look at the numbers of inspections balanced against the responsibility of the FDA — in terms of all the firms domestically and internationally under its oversight — the agency just can’t achieve what is required,” said Michael Rogers, who spent nearly 35 years in various inspection roles within the agency. He added that FDA continues to do many things “very well with limited resources.”

The Trump administration has proposed new approaches to stretch agency resources — including a pilot program of one-day inspections. Rogers and other officials say the abbreviated inspections are not equivalent to traditional ones, which can take a week or more to document serious problems.

FDA officials have long made the case that inspections are only one tool to oversee safety.

“Inspections will never be the only way to ensure the safety of imported products given the massive volume coming into the country," said Susan Mayne, FDA's former food director who is now at Yale University. “That’s why FDA uses border inspections, importer inspections, sampling and other tools.”

But the outbreak in iceberg lettuce has also laid bare the potential downsides of those approaches.

In July, regulators were forced to retract a faulty test result that they claimed found cyclospora on a sample of Taylor Farms' lettuce obtained at the border. Despite the error, FDA officials say they are confident the company's farm is the source of the diarrhea-causing parasite. Mexican food authorities, however, say they have not found any positive samples or other red flags there.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees FDA, said the agency’s investigation is ongoing. Additionally, FDA officials are studying how many foreign inspections should be conducted annually “to ensure oversight comparable” to the U.S. food supply.

FDA inspectors took a month to arrive at Mexican farm

FDA inspectors arrived at the Taylor Farms site in Guanajuato, Mexico, in mid-August, about one month after the recall was announced July 17.

It was their first visit there since 2019. That year marked an all-time high for foreign food inspections before the FDA pulled most of its staff from the field during the pandemic.

Inspections for food — along with drugs, medical devices and other products — still haven’t recovered. And foreign food inspections actually fell further behind last year, down 17% to 1,140 in fiscal year 2025 from the prior year.

While inspectors were not among the 3,500 jobs targeted for termination by the Trump administration, the agency did eliminate more than half the staffers who handle travel bookings. That's left inspectors to handle most of their own flights, lodging and other logistics.

Food experts say it shouldn't have taken four weeks to get inspectors on-site in Mexico, considering the scale and number of people sickened.

“It took us too long to get boots on the ground,” said Frank Yiannas, the former top food safety official at FDA. “When these outbreaks happen in fresh produce, you have to respond quickly because these are very complex and changing ecosystems.”

The Taylor Farms recall involved thousands of packaged salad products combining iceberg lettuce with other vegetables. The products were shipped to major U.S. restaurant chains, including Yum Brands, which owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC.

According to FDA figures, companies have announced more than 480 food recalls in the current fiscal year, already surpassing four out of the five previous years.

Food inspection targets have gone unmet for over a decade

Washington has tried before to overhaul the U.S. food safety system.

A string of deadly outbreaks involving spinach, cantaloupe and other produce led Congress to pass the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, which required additional testing, training and monitoring of hygiene conditions at farms. The legislation also set aggressive goals for FDA foreign inspections — targets the agency has never met.

Under the law, the FDA is supposed to inspect more than 19,000 international food sites annually. The agency hit an all-time high of 1,700 in 2019 — less than one-tenth of the target, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Former FDA regulators say the 19,000 target is unachievable and has never been properly funded by Congress — which has left FDA's food budget essentially flat for years. Still, the FDA “has not identified an appropriate annual target," GAO noted.

Perhaps the biggest challenge to boosting inspections is recruiting new inspectors, and retaining those FDA already has.

The FDA's food inspection workforce includes more than 420 staffers, although 10% to 15% of its positions have been chronically unfilled, according to the GAO and former staffers.

Inspectors who work internationally can spend 50% or more of their working time traveling, a grueling schedule that has long caused turnover among FDA staff.

“Until you can better incentivize people to stay in those positions, I think the agency is going to continue to see high attrition, younger and less experienced investigators,” said Rogers. “That ultimately may impact FDA’s ability to enhance and increase inspections.”

Many experts say new approaches, including machine learning and remote monitoring of supplier practices, could help alleviate some of the need for inspections.

“We have to rethink how we oversee the safety of foreign producers,” Yiannas said. “We can’t use the same approaches and limited tools that we’ve used for the past 30 years.”

The 2011 food safety law called on manufacturers to place bar codes on each batch of produce, so that it can be quickly traced in the event of contamination. The rule was supposed to take effect in January, following years of discussions and revisions with produce companies. But the FDA again delayed its implementation after pushback from industry.

“There’s widespread acknowledgment that these are complex issues, but when you have 17 years to prepare for a final exam you should be able to pass it,” said Brian Ronholm, a former Department of Agriculture official who is now with Consumer Reports.

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The attack was a major escalation in renewed fighting between an important U.S. ally and the Iranian proxy group. It also threatened to further destabilize a region rocked by nearly three years of wars and deliver a new blow to the global economy.

Weeks of clashes have added pressure to limited global oil supplies as the Houthis target a shipping route Saudi Arabia has used to transport oil to world markets while the Strait of Hormuz is throttled due to the U.S.-Iran war. Tuesday’s attacks hit Saudi oil facilities connected to the alternative route, the Bab el-Mandeb, a strategic waterway off the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf Aden.

Fears mount of renewed war in Yemen

The conflict between Saudi Arabia, one of the U.S.’s closest Mideast allies, and the Houthis, a Shiite militant group armed and trained by Iran, goes back years.

The new fighting has threatened to reignite the country’s civil war, which began in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile. A Saudi-led coalition intervened the following year to try to restore the government to power.

Fighting has greatly died down since a truce was reached four years ago.

The civil war has killed at least 150,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, and at times pushed the country to the brink of famine.

The Houthis are part of a network of Iranian-backed proxies across the region that have stepped up attacks on regional shipping and Israel and neighboring countries in recent years in response to Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and more recently during the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

The Houthis often act in coordination with Iran but also have carried out operations independently to promote their own interests.

Houthi attacks hit oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia

The attacks early Tuesday hit “civilian and economic facilities” in the Saudi cities of Abha, Jazan, Najran and Khamis Mushait, said Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

Al-Malki said the attacks wounded 73 people, including women and children. He didn’t provide further details.

The attacks ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia’s southern region, the kingdom’s Energy Ministry said. Operations at the oil facilities and utilities were temporarily suspended, it said.

The southern region houses major oil facilities, including a 400,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Jazan, which is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest. The Houthis previously attacked the Abha airport.

The ministry said firefighters were battling the fires Tuesday morning.

Al-Malki called the attacks a “serious escalation” and vowed retaliation.

Houthis claim responsibility

In a prerecorded video statement, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the rebels’ military spokesman, said they fired dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at oil and economic facilities, as well as an air base in southern Saudi Arabia.

He said they targeted Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries, a major industrial and logistics hub on Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Red Sea coast. The rebels also aimed at Aramco facilities in Najran and Abha, as well as King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait.

Saree blamed Saudi Arabia for the escalation, warning that “every aggression against our country and people will be met with a firm response.”

The attacks came hours after the rebels blamed Saudi Arabia for an airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen’s northern province of Jawf. At least seven people, including a child, were killed and seven others were wounded.

Over 18,000 people have been displaced in Yemen

The latest escalation stemmed from a Houthi attempt in July to fly a plane from Tehran to Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, challenging a decade-long air and naval blockade by the Saudi-led coalition. A coalition airstrike struck the runway of the Sanaa airport, preventing the landing of the flight.

The Houthis responded with missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, and attacks on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea, ending a 2022 truce that had largely halted fighting.

The rebels also launched attacks on Saudi-allied forces inside Yemen, prompting government forces to respond with attacks on the Houthis across Yemen’s west coast and elsewhere in the country.

Government forces have reclaimed territory from the Houthis in the provinces of Hodeida and Taiz, and attacked the rebels in the northern province of Jawf as well as the central provinces of Marib and Bayda.

The flare-up has displaced about 18,500 people in Taiz and Hodeida in southwestern Yemen, further pressuring communities in southern Taiz and the West Coast, according to the International Organization for Migration.

“Families are arriving with nothing: no shelter, no food, no way to know if it’s safe to go back,” said Abdusattor Esoev, IOM Yemen’s Chief of Mission. “Many of these are people who have already been displaced once, twice, even four times before.”

As first-of-their-kind festivities open Wednesday, Trump wants to stoke his core supporters' enthusiasm by making Election Day on Nov. 3 all about himself — a referendum on his record at an event he conceived to help his party, even if he's not actually on the ballot.

The question is whether he'll do more to fire up Republicans or Democrats at a moment when his popularity has reached historic lows.

The president is planning to take the stage both nights of the convention, giving a keynote address Wednesday and then closing remarks after Vice President JD Vance gives his own speech the following night.

That means effectively staging a two-day Trump show with a supporting cast that includes some of the party's most vulnerable lawmakers.

“If Trump is in the orbit then everything gets swallowed up into a black hole. It’s just unavoidable,” said Rick Tyler, a Republican strategist and a critic of the president.

The Republican Party is so enamored with the prospect that it is selling $16 beer cozies online depicting the president as the Marlboro Man. They feature the 80-year-old on horseback, with a white Stetson and the word “Dallas” under the trademark red-and-white triangle peak logo where the cigarette maker’s name would normally be.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will address the convention, noted that the gathering was Trump’s idea and should be “very instructive, very exciting.”

“We’ll parade our stars across the stage,” he said, making it sound like a political version of the beauty pageants Trump once helped organize.

Trump conceived and planned nearly the entire convention

Republicans familiar with the process said the president was involved in the event's every detail. His control over the program was such, in fact, that anyone pressing for information in recent weeks was told it wasn't yet known because Trump was still making choices.

Despite all the cowboy imagery, it's unclear if the cavalry is coming, however.

MAGA Inc., the president's political organization with a nearly $400 million war chest, announced it is spending $10 million on television and digital advertisements in the Texas Senate race. But that's the first time it has tapped its vast resources in a serious way, even as Republicans are hoping for big help to win many tight races around the country.

A separate group, Securing American Greatness, has begun running ads touting the president’s record heading into the midterms. But its gauzy videos mostly promote Trump and barely mention Congress.

The major broadcast networks haven’t committed to televising most of the convention on each night, and the proceedings will be competing with the kickoff of the NFL season — including games likely going on during both of Trump's speeches.

The president wants to pretend he's running

Rep. Suzan DelBene, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was skeptical the GOP would get a convention boost.

“I’m not sure what they’re doing," said the Washington Democrat. "They don’t have a message, they have nothing to say. So, I think that will be even more clear.”

Trump, meanwhile, has long believed that the best way to win elections is to have himself as a candidate. He made that explicit during a recent South Carolina rally, telling the crowd, “Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot."

The president is trying to counter political headwinds that see the party in power usually suffer losses during midterm elections — including during Trump's first term when Democrats flipped the House.

His midterm message has consisted mostly of promoting his record, including his administration cracking down on the U.S.-Mexico border, passing legislation that reduced taxes for workers earning tips and overtime and on seniors' Social Security benefits, and working to cut prescription drug prices.

Still, Trump hasn't made clear how keeping Republicans in control of Congress would address concerns about inflation and an economy many Americans see as weakening, not to mention a war in Iran with no end in sight and Trump's own low approval ratings.

Trump has sought to go on the political offensive

The president decries Democrats as communists, arguing that progressive candidates who notched some key primary wins are too far to the left for the general election.

“Communism is an INHUMAN ideology that has led to DEATH and DESTRUCTION around the World!” Trump posted on his social media site recently.

But Tyler said rallies — and generalized rallying cries slamming Democrats — aren't likely what Republicans need ahead of the midterms. Instead, he said, they need a clear message and major efforts to mobilize voters.

“Trump can turn out two bases, his base and the Democratic base,” Tyler said. “The problem for him is, when he’s not on the ballot, his base never shows up and they’re unlikely to again.”

Trump has endorsed some Republican candidates who won their primaries but may face tougher general election races than the more establishment choices he shunned.

Nowhere is that clearer than in Texas' Senate race, which now could be close despite Democrats not winning statewide office in Texas since 1994 — the nation's longest losing streak.

Democrat James Talarico is looking for an upset after Trump backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton despite years of scandals. He propelled Paxton to a primary win over incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who had stronger name recognition and years of experience in Washington.

Having the convention in Dallas "definitely sends a signal that they’re scared about Texas," said Abel Prado, campaign manager for Democratic congressional candidate and Tejano singer Bobby Pulido, who is running against Republican Rep. Monica de la Cruz in the Rio Grande Valley on Texas' border with Mexico.

Trump garnered unusually strong support from some South Texas Hispanic voters in 2024. But Prado said that has largely fallen away, pointing chiefly to frequent immigration raids he said have hurt the district's economy — including slowing a once-booming homebuilding industry, given construction crews' fears about being targeted.

“We’re seeing a very real sense of buyer’s remorse,” Prado said. “Trump always projected this, ‘I am the image of the American Dream.’ But people are starting to realize he only cares about himself.”

Some top Republicans are skipping Dallas

There are Republican incumbents, as well as candidates in key House swing districts, who won't be at the convention, believing that campaigning back home is a better use of their time. That includes Michigan Rep. Tom Barrett, whose battleground district includes the state capital of Lansing.

Many others, though, plan to use Dallas to share Trump's spotlight.

“Obviously, you’re out of the district, but it’s a really good opportunity to get in front of people," said Matt Beynon, spokesperson for Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, who is in a fast-growing district in the central part of the state that's being targeted by Democrats.

The list of scheduled speakers includes Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. Also set to address the crowd are Paxton and Mike Rogers, the Senate nominee in Michigan, where the race is also expected to be close.

Organizers have also built events around everyday Americans, including people who benefited from tax cuts.

“It’s going to be very important,” Trump told the Lt. Dan Podcast with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

“And I did it,” Trump added. “I just came up with the idea.”

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Associated Press writers Steven Sloan, Joey Cappelletti and Lisa Mascaro in Washington, Jill Colvin in New York and Mark Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.

Democrats have found themselves competing in states that once seemed beyond their reach as President Donald Trump’s slipping approval ratings and voters' dissatisfaction with the economy create a difficult political environment for Republicans. But races Democrats once counted on winning have also become more complicated.

It's a battle that's expected to exceed $3.4 billion in spending across all races during the midterm campaign. The implications are huge for Trump’s agenda and his ability to fill administration jobs and open court seats for the remainder of his term, as the Senate is empowered to confirm or block presidential nominees.

Republicans say it's unlikely for everything to break in Democrats' favor, but they acknowledge they're facing a difficult landscape. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told South Dakota's KELOLAND News last week that he does “worry” about losing the chamber.

“I’m a realist," Thune said. "I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things. I think it’s a competitive environment right now.”

Democrats face a scrambled path to the majority

Democrats need to net four seats to win the majority. The original path had been to hold Michigan, Georgia and New Hampshire while winning back Republican-held seats in Alaska, Maine, North Carolina and Ohio. But things have changed.

“We now have multiple paths for the majority,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said last month. “We found new states — Iowa, Texas — which people a year ago weren't even paying attention to.”

Some of the states where Democrats were feeling most optimistic at the start of the election cycle, such as Michigan and Maine, have grown murkier.

In Michigan, where there's an open seat this fall, no GOP candidate has won a Senate race since 1994. But Democrats are struggling to unite behind nominee Abdul El-Sayed. The favorite of progressives narrowly defeated moderate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in the August primary, and feelings remain raw from a bruising contest that saw nearly $70 million spent against El-Sayed.

Republicans believe Mike Rogers, who lost the 2024 Senate race by fewer than 20,000 votes, has an improved shot against El-Sayed. The Senate Leadership Fund — Senate Republicans' spending PAC — added $6 million to its Michigan advertising investment after El-Sayed won, bringing their total spending to $51 million, the third-highest total.

Democrats also saw a prime opportunity to finally defeat five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, where Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris won more votes than Trump in 2024.

Progressive Graham Platner easily won the nomination in June, but he left the race the next month over a sexual assault allegation that he denies. Democratic delegates in late July chose Troy Jackson, a lesser-known former state legislative leader, to replace him.

Jackson has been forced to play catch-up. Collins and aligned super PACs have spent almost $80 million so far, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact, while Jackson and Democratic-aligned groups have spent and reserved close to $45 million since he became the nominee.

As one path narrowed for Democrats, others widened

Democrats increasingly see a real possibility in Texas, a state that has been an elusive goal for decades, and other GOP-led states including Iowa, Alaska and Ohio.

In Texas, Democrat James Talarico faces state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who ousted four-term incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn to win the GOP nomination. Senate GOP leadership backed Cornyn, seeing him as the stronger general election candidate.

Paxton has been shadowed for decades by legal and ethical questions, including indictments for securities fraud, though he was not convicted.

Talarico and allied groups have spent nearly $30 million on advertising since the May runoff, compared to less than $3 million by pro-Paxton groups. The political fund associated with Trump last week spent $10 million on TV and digital ads to help Paxton — the first major general election investment by MAGA Inc. for the midterms. Senate GOP leaders had petitioned Trump's political team to spend some of the more than $400 million it had last month to help Paxton.

Democrats have also upped their spending in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina, all states currently held by Republicans. The GOP, meanwhile, is feeling more optimistic about New Hampshire as well as Michigan, while spending more to defend seats in Iowa and Alaska.

The expanded map has upped the anticipated total spending this cycle. AdImpact in June projected $3.4 billion in advertising spending on Senate races, a significant increase from the $2.8 billion the ad spending firm projected in the fall of 2025.

Why more states are in play than expected

Democrats' path has widened in part because of Trump's slumping job approval, notably on handling the economy, which was at 32% according to an AP-NORC poll in July — down from 40% in March 2025, shortly after he took office.

Trump's trade policies and the war in Iran, with its corresponding inflated fuel costs, have added to the economic uncertainty for voters less than two months before Election Day.

“Things still cost too much. And so we’ve got to work on that issue," Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio told The Associated Press. “We understand that and we know that’s real.”

Ohio Sen. Jon Husted heard the concern firsthand at a roundtable last month. Husted is looking to fend off a comeback from former Sen. Sherrod Brown in another key matchup for both parties.

During the discussion on housing, one attendee told Husted that costs were “skyrocketing” in part because of uncertainty around tariffs.

“Uncertainty is the killer to this economy," said Dean Windham, a real estate developer who previously ran for office as a Republican.

Some Republican Senate candidates have defended Trump’s policies while confronting concerns about their economic impact.

In Michigan, where Trump’s tariffs on Canada have become a central issue, Rogers has backed the president’s approach while leaving room for disagreement.

“President Trump is right to put America First — and tariffs are necessary, but are not a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rogers said in a recent statement.

Republicans believe the math still favors them

Even if Democrats hold every seat they currently control, they would need to flip at least two seats in states Trump carried by double digits in 2024 to win the majority.

Republicans are betting that those underlying advantages will matter more as Election Day approaches — particularly as Trump and the party turn their attention toward mobilizing voters who helped return him to the White House.

Trump told reporters last week that he will “be making a lot of stops” in the last 30 days before the election.

This week, Republicans will hold a midterm convention in Texas, where Trump is set to speak and top Senate candidates including Rogers and Husted are expected to attend.

But Republicans acknowledge they have work to do.

“Politics is local,” Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota said. He pointed to Trump’s decision to import beef, which he said made farmers and ranchers “feel just like the administration pulled the rug right off from underneath” them.

“They’re hurt," Rounds said. “They feel like they’ve been let down.”

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This story has been corrected to reflect that the GOP midterm convention is this week, not next week.

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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.

The losses come at a challenging time for the Himalayan nation, which is emerging from a year of political upheaval after an uprising toppled the previous government. The new administration must now repair damaged infrastructure and restore political stability. At the same time, it faces a bigger challenge in developing a more resilient country as climate change increases Nepal’s exposure to extreme weather events.

“It is a wasteland out there. The rebuilding is not going to be easy,” said Sumnima Udas, a member of Parliament and chairperson of a committee on international relations and tourism.

The floods test a government still finding its footing

The disaster is an early test for 36-year-old Prime Minister Balen Shah, who took office in March after months of political turmoil.

The upheaval began last September, when youth-led protests over corruption and a social media ban spiraled into violence. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators, killing dozens, while government buildings and politicians’ homes were set ablaze. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned, and the country entered a period of uncertainty under a caretaker government.

Shah, a former mayor of Kathmandu and political outsider, emerged from the unrest as the face of a new generation. His party won a sweeping victory in March, giving him a mandate to overhaul a political system widely blamed for failing to deliver.

Now his government faces a different kind of crisis. It must show that it can deliver competent government while taking on the enormous task of rebuilding after the floods.

So far, it has mobilized the army, police, helicopters and medical teams and coordinated with local authorities on evacuations and relief. Thousands have been rescued, but blocked roads, debris-filled hydropower tunnels and shortages of specialized equipment and trained personnel have hampered efforts to reach remote sites, exposing the limits of Nepal’s emergency response capacity.

Those challenges have been compounded by an administration with little experience managing a crisis of this scale, with many of its leaders new to national government.

Guna Raj Luitel, editor of Kathmandu-based The Diplomat Nepal magazine, said the government’s lack of experience had left it ill-equipped to respond to a catastrophe of this magnitude.

“Nepal is a disaster-prone country, but we have failed to learn from the past,” he said.

Rebuilding will be a daunting challenge and strain Nepal’s resources

By Tuesday, more than 1,300 people had been reported dead in Nepal and Tibet, with about 5,000 still missing. While search and rescue operations continue, Nepal will need more than emergency help.

Udas, the lawmaker, said Nepal requires stronger disaster warning systems and infrastructure built for increasingly volatile conditions. It may also have to reconsider where roads, settlements and hydropower projects are built to reduce the risk of repeating the same losses, she said.

Disaster authorities' preliminary damage estimate of $2.56 billion is nearly a fifth of Nepal’s annual government budget of about $14 billion. The full cost of rebuilding has yet to be calculated, though some estimates put it at $4 billion to $5 billion.

The disruption is likely to weigh on tourism, one of Nepal’s economic lifelines, with consequences that could extend well beyond the immediate crisis for communities that depend on the tourism season for much of their income.

The floods also hit a key hydropower corridor that accounts for about 10% of Nepal’s electricity generation, said Uttam Bhlon, vice president of Nepal's Independent Power Producers’ Association. Including projects under construction, the corridor represents about 20% of the country’s generation capacity, he said.

The reconstruction bill will add to the demands on a new government already under pressure to fund schools, hospitals, jobs and new investment.

Nepal has sought international assistance, including from the United Nations, while countries and aid groups have provided emergency supplies, rescue expertise and other support. But the government says it will need much more international backing for the larger task of rebuilding.

Luitel, the magazine editor, said developed countries should do more to support Nepal, arguing that it cannot shoulder the cost of the disaster alone. He said wealthier nations have a responsibility to help vulnerable countries cope with increasingly severe disasters linked to climate change.

“Nepal can’t bear the cost alone,” he said.

Nepal faces growing risks from a changing climate

The science behind the disaster is still unclear. Researchers believe a high-altitude slope collapse involving rock and glacial ice sent an enormous volume of debris downstream, but they have cautioned against drawing a direct line to climate change.

The changing landscape is harder to ignore.

The Himalayas are warming rapidly, glaciers are retreating and rainfall and snowfall patterns are shifting. Nepal is especially vulnerable because much of its population and infrastructure sits in steep valleys below unstable mountain slopes.

Yet Nepal has done little to drive the warming behind those changes. The World Bank estimates that the country produces about 0.1% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, even as it remains highly exposed to climate-related hazards.

Udas said that imbalance has become one of Nepal’s central challenges.

She said the country has taken steps to reduce its environmental footprint, including nearly doubling its forest cover over the past three decades, generating most of its electricity from clean sources and doing well in electric-vehicle adoption. But those efforts cannot shield the country from changes unfolding across the Himalayas, she said.

That is why, Udas said, industrialized countries should take greater responsibility for helping Nepal prepare for and recover from climate-related disasters.

“This is not them versus us,” she said. “This is about humanity and the planet.”

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Associated Press journalists Binaj Gurubacharya and Shristi Kafle in Kathmandu, Nepal, contributed to this report.

The data was broadly in line with what economists had expected and comes just ahead of a planned meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. That's set for late September, though Beijing has not yet confirmed the exact date for the visit.

Trade is expected to be among the key topics of discussion between Trump and Xi when the two leaders meet.

China’s global imports climbed 28.2% in August from a year earlier, up from July’s 27.5% rise. Exports grew 23.9% year-on-year in July. The trade surplus expanded in August to $119.1 billion from $112.5 billion in July.

Policymakers in the U.S. and elsewhere have raised concerns over China’s ballooning trade surplus, which surged to a record $1.2 trillion for the whole of last year. Beijing has said that it is not seeking to maximize its trade surplus.

In August, China's exports to the U.S. totaled $42.5 billion, up 34.4% year-on-year, in part due to a base effect after higher U.S. tariffs caused exports to fall last year. U.S. exports to China last month were $13.3 billion, leaving a trade surplus in China's favor of about $29.2 billion, according to Chinese data.

Exports to the EU rose 6.6%, while those to Southeast Asia and Latin America rose 30.2% and 17.5%, respectively.

Exports have consistently outpaced imports and are “set to lead to a new record-high trade surplus this year,” said Lynn Song, chief economist for Greater China at the Dutch bank ING.

China has weathered disruptions from the Iran war better than many other countries. It also has been exporting more to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa, shielding it from the impact of higher U.S. tariffs.

Exports of autos in August grew 43% year-on-year while semiconductor exports surged 129.8%, the customs data show.

“China is very competitive in its tech goods exports,” said Chi Lo, a senior market strategist for Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas Asset Management. In recent months, rising exports of electric vehicles, industrial machinery and semiconductors have helped fuel China’s robust shipments globally.

“China has moved aggressively up the value chain and has become a major player in AI infrastructure and industrial automation,” he said.

At home, China is still struggling to boost its economy as consumption and investment remained sluggish following a yearslong real estate sector downturn. On Sunday, China said it was injecting around $54 billion into state banks and insurers to help lift its economy.

China's continued reliance on exports to fuel growth prompted 19 members of the Group of 20 large economies to agree to address such economic imbalances at a recent meeting of top financial officials in Asheville, North Carolina. China was the lone dissenting G20 member after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described China’s trade surplus as a barrier to global economic growth.

The strategic stalemate between China and the U.S. will likely remain, said Lo of BNP Paribas. “Both sides hold each other hostage in some strategic products, with the U.S. withholding high-end tech goods from being sold to China and China withholding rare-earth exports to the U.S.,” he said.

China and the EU are also set to meet for ministerial level trade talks in the fall, as the EU struggles to reduce its roughly 1 billion euros-a-day trade deficit with China.

The EU implemented measures in July to protect its steel industry and has limited tax-exempt imports of Chinese e-commerce small parcels.

Bosa tore the ACL in his right knee on Sept. 21 last season. He began training camp on the active roster but missed almost all of camp with tendinitis and soreness in the knee. He returned to practice last week and now is ready to play the opener on Friday in Australia.

“He’s going out there,” defensive coordinator Raheem Morris told reporters before the team practiced at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Tuesday. “He’ll be there. We’re not hiding that."

The 49ers are counting on a healthy Bosa this season to help spark a pass rush that finished last in the NFL with 20 sacks last season. Bosa has had at least nine sacks in the five seasons when he didn’t get hurt in the opening month as he has been one of the most productive edge rushers ever since being drafted second overall in 2019.

Bosa has made the Pro Bowl in all five of his healthy seasons and won the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 2022, when he led the league with 18 1/2 sacks.

Bosa’s 74 1/2 sacks in the regular season and playoffs are the fifth-most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2019 despite missing nearly two full seasons. His 280 total pressures rank fourth-most in the NFL in that span, according to Sportradar.

Star tight end George Kittle is also expected to play in his first game since he ruptured right Achilles tendon in the playoffs last January. He returned to practice late last month and is set to play the opener.

“Super impressed with how he’s looked considering the injury he had and how quickly he got back out on the field and just committed to his rehab,” offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak said. “It’s been pretty cool to see Kittle out there looking like himself to me, looking fresh. How that affects him on game day and what the workload is, that will be determined. But he looks good to me. He’s practicing full speed. He’s getting a ton of reps. So I feel like we’re in good shape.”

Kittle is a two-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler who is a key part of San Francisco’s offense as a passing threat and a blocker in the run game. He had 57 catches for 628 yards receiving and seven touchdowns last season.

49ers remain mum on starting left guard

The one major uncertainty about San Francisco’s lineup for the opener is at left guard where several players have rotated with the starters in training camp as the team waited for someone to seize the job.

The leading contenders now appear to be rookie Carver Willis and second-year player Connor Colby but Kubiak wouldn't say who would get the nod. He also said there could be a rotation at the spot.

Willis is a fourth-round pick out of Washington who didn’t play guard at all in college. Despite playing tackle in college, the Niners envisioned him as an interior lineman when they drafted him and have worked him extensively at guard this summer.

Colby was a seventh-round pick last year out of Iowa. He started six games at guard last season but struggled. He began camp as the starter but was unable to solidify that role.

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It was the latest action by the U.S. against boats and vessels in Latin America that it said were involved in drug trafficking.

The joint task force intercepted a floating refueling station that supported illicit drug trafficking operations at sea in the Eastern Pacific, the Southern Command said in a statement.

It added that the people on board the vessel were removed and will be transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.

A video accompanying the announcement showed military personnel boarding a boat, followed by a helicopter flying overhead and finally a projectile striking and sinking it.

The statement also indicated that U.S. forces continue to conduct “precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks that fuel drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.”

Ecuadorian authorities did not immediately comment.

The sunken vessel, whose name has not been released, was the fifth targeted by U.S. forces in less than two weeks.

The fishing vessel María Candelaria was struck last week in the Pacific, according to information from U.S. Southern Command, in coordination with Ecuadorian authorities.

The Ecuadorian navy located 26 crew members from that vessel, who arrived Sunday in the port city of Manta. Eight fishermen from the Conquista II were also located, while their families on the mainland demanded information about their whereabouts.

The other two vessels were the OM2 and Los Tres Hermanos, whose crew members say they were sunk. Southern Command recently identified them as “floating refueling stations for multiple vessels engaged in illicit drug trafficking operations,” in posts on the social media platform X.

The United States has said all of the boats were linked to Los Choneros, which the U.S. considers a foreign terrorist organization.

These cases add to those of three other vessels whose Ecuadorian crews say they were intercepted by U.S. forces this year. In the case of the Fiorella, eight fishermen remain missing since January. The crews of the other vessels returned to Ecuador after being sent to El Salvador.

At least 227 people have been killed in 68 U.S. government strikes that began against boats in the Caribbean and Pacific more than a year ago. Critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness.

In at least one case, Ecuadorian authorities said they had no evidence that a survivor of one of the strikes had participated in any criminal activity.

The Trump administration is pursuing deals with allied nations to extend its offensive to land across multiple Latin American countries. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a visit to Panama this month that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil. Guatemala denied reaching such a deal. Ecuador launched similar missions with the U.S. in March.

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The two-time U.S. Open champion lost a lopsided fourth-round match on Monday to Elena Rybakina. But she continued to make her mark as the undisputed fashion queen on tour. Osaka, already known for her walk-on fashion reveals at tournaments, has been upping her game at the year's final major with a series of dramatic ensembles — all with a basketball theme, as her sponsor, Nike, honors the New York Knicks' championship win.

For her last look, she arrived on court Monday in a coat of many colors: a fur-trimmed cloak designed by Brooklyn-based label KidSuper.

“I felt really swaggy when I put it on," Osaka said after the match. “I feel feel like it embodied New York a lot."

For her increasingly dramatic looks the past week or so, Osaka has worked with celebrity stylist Law Roach — also known as Zendaya's stylist — displaying the work of multiple designers.

Monday's eclectic walk-on ensemble from KidSuper, the label of designer Colm Dillane, included not only the lavish coat, but a headband that echoed the blue, red and white NBA logo — only now, displaying a racket-wielding tennis player, not a basketball player.

For her first-round match a week ago, Osaka channeled NBA great Allen Iverson in a long, white tulle skirt and a dramatic gray, hooded robe. When she removed the hood, Osaka's hair was in cornrows under a headband, recalling Iverson's look when was the NBA MVP while playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. Her ensemble was designed by Who Decides War, the New York-based streetwear brand.

For round two, Osaka arrived on court in an ensemble by Thom Browne, with a flowing white jacket embroidered with crossed tennis rackets. Underneath, her tennis skirt's mesh fabric resembled a basketball net.

For the third round, Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, wore the label Monse — an oversized hybrid of a gray suit jacket and hoodie sweatshirt over flowing gray fleece pants, an outfit meant to mesh business wear with sports wear.

After her loss Monday, Osaka was asked if she was disappointed that there may have been other fashion looks she'd been planning to display, had she remained longer.

“I mean, I think there’s always something, you know?” Osaka said. “I feel like that’s a way that I can have fun and sort of just excite myself, also.”

But the 28-year old — who noted that she’d been hampered during Monday' match by pain in her leg — was philosophical about her loss.

“Maybe I’m just getting older, but I don’t feel sad,” Osaka said. “I think, also, if I reflect on my career and the things that I’ve been able to do, there’s nothing that I regret or there’s nothing that I’m sad about ... If I win another Grand Slam, it’s not going to change my life.”

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It’s the Miami Dolphins legend’s 21st year putting on the giveaway.

Sixty disadvantaged children from Miami-Dade and Broward counties got a chance to go on a $300 shopping spree at a Davie Old Navy store.

Each child was paired with a celebrity shopper, including Miami Hurricanes athletes and Dolphins alums.

Since launching the program, the foundation has helped more than 1,000 local children get ready for a new school year.

Whether it means the three-time Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year will be ready to play in the Rams’ season opener against the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday morning local time is still unclear.

“We going day by day,” Donald said. “(We’ll) Come up with a game plan and see what’s going on. But feeling good. Feeling really good.”

Donald did not practice Monday, which he described as a scheduled day off. Such breaks were frequently built into his game week to reduce wear and tear in later years during the 10 seasons of his first stint with the Rams. They are likely to again be a regular feature now that Donald is 35 years old and hasn’t played in an NFL game since a NFC wild-card round loss to the Detroit Lions in January 2024.

For Donald, everything is about putting himself in position to be as effective as possible in meaningful action. He is still holding himself to the same standard that led to 111 sacks in 154 regular-season games and eight first-team All-Pro honors.

“Even with my first day out there with 11-on-11, I thought things would be a little all over the place, but (I) settled in, settled in. A couple plays was a little rusty. It ain’t where I want to be, but it’s pretty damn good,” Donald said.

“If you ask me, you know, to not play football in two years, to be moving how I’m moving, like I said, it’s really no drop off.”

Defensive coordinator Chris Shula said the opportunity to have a player with Donald’s resume is worth navigating the uncertainty of his status for this game.

“It’s a challenge I’ll take any time,” Shula said. “No, we’re taking it day by day, and we’re just trying to get him acclimated to the defense. But at the end of the day, football is football. I know it’s been about two years, but we kind of expect him to hit the ground running, and we’ll see what happens.”

Shula said the Rams are accounting for all possibilities when it comes to Donald's availability at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

“We’re ready for him if he does (play), ready for him if he doesn’t, and we’ll have a plan for however many plays he feels like he can go, and we’ll go from there,” Shula said.

The only thing that seems to be clear is neither Donald nor Shula expect him to be a every-down player at this stage of his career. After being used on 867 (80.8%) of the Rams' defensive snaps in the 2023 regular season, Donald will likely be focusing on getting to the quarterback alongside star pass rusher Myles Garrett, whose acquisition in June first sparked his interest in coming out of retirement.

The Rams have plenty of quality interior linemen to reduce Donald's workload, including Kobie Turner, Poona Ford and Braden Fiske.

“That’s the best thing about it, I don’t have to worry about playing 70, 60 snaps when you have a group like this,” Donald said. "There’s no pressure on me. I can just go out there, play free, play ball. Let the game come to me, play with the guys around me. Help them, they help me. Hopefully we have a lot of success this season.”

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Jesús Gerardo García, alias “el Kekas”; Irineo Francisco “N”, y Ángel Jesús “N” fueron presentados el lunes en un tribunal de la ciudad costera de Ensenada para el juicio oral por su presunta participación en el crimen de los hermanos australianos Callum Ryan Robinson y Jake Martin Robinson, y del estadounidense Jack Carter Rhoad. La audiencia concluyó al final de la tarde y continuará el martes.

Poco antes de entrar al tribunal, Martin Robinson, padre de los hermanos australianos, dijo a la prensa que él y su esposa decidieron asistir a la audiencia en Ensenada para representar a sus hijos. “Sé que ellos querrían que estuviéramos aquí; ellos harían lo mismo por nosotros”, expresó.

García fue detenido en 2024 junto con otros dos hombres y Ary Gisell Silva Raya tras la localización de los cuerpos de los hermanos Robinson y Carter, quienes fueron reportados como desaparecidos poco después de arribar a México para surfear en las playas de Baja California.

Silva Raya, que fue pareja de García y a quien las autoridades le incautaron un teléfono de una de las víctimas, fue sentenciada en noviembre pasado a 20 años de cárcel, luego de declararse culpable de los delitos de “robo calificado con violencia” y “robo de vehículo con violencia” en un procedimiento abreviado.

García, quien enfrenta un proceso por el delito de desaparición forzada, no aceptó el procedimiento abreviado y decidió ir a juicio.

Según la fiscalía estatal, Silva Raya llegó a Punta San José —a unos 80 kilómetros (50 millas) al sur de Ensenada— el 27 de abril de 2024, donde tuvo contacto con los tres extranjeros, e “instigó a uno de sus acompañantes a despojarlos de sus bienes”, lo que se concretó un día después.

La fiscal estatal María Elena Andrade Ramírez dijo a la prensa que “el Kekas” —palabra que en la jerga local significa quesadillas, o tortillas de queso-– trató de apoderarse de las llantas y otras partes de una camioneta en la que viajaban los extranjeros, pero que al resistirse éstos al robo, presuntamente los asesinó y luego ocultó los cuerpos en un pozo, donde fueron encontrados el 3 de mayo de 2024.

Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport serving Jakarta and three other regional airports reopened just after midnight, Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said. Two resumed normal operations by late morning after one reopened Monday.

Purwagandhi said the airports were allowed to resume operations only after authorities determined conditions were safe for aviation. He said airport authorities and airlines were required to inspect all aircraft before flights resumed.

“Pilots and flight crews were also instructed to remain aware of restricted airspace zones established around areas affected by volcanic ash,” Purwagandhi said.

Aviation authorities temporarily restrict aircraft from areas where ash has been detected because volcanic particles can damage engines and other critical systems.

The continuous eruption of Anak Krakatau with lava fountains and loud booms ended Sunday but the volcanic island remained active Tuesday, with four eruptions recorded between dawn and midday. The latest two eruptions lasted 19 seconds and 17 seconds, according to Indonesia's Geology Agency.

Following that episode, Anak Krakatau’s activity transitioned back to strombolian eruption characteristics, which include intermittent explosions ejecting lava, ash and incandescent volcanic material from the crater, unlike continuous eruptions that can last for many hours or days.

Four strombolian eruption earthquakes were recorded at Anak Krakatau on Tuesday, said Lana Saria, head of the Geological Agency.

“The return to strombolian activity signaled the end of the prolonged continuous-eruption phase,” she said.

None of Tuesday's eruptions could be observed visually because the volcano was shrouded in dense fog, but all four events were confirmed by seismographs that recorded volcanic tremors, the agency said.

The airport closures Sunday and Monday disrupted nearly 2,961 flights, including 622 international services, and affected about 341,000 passengers.

The government also authorized schools in areas affected by volcanic ash to shift temporarily to online learning to reduce students’ exposure to ash.

Anak Krakatau is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between Indonesia’s main islands of Java and Sumatra. Its name means “child of Krakatau,” and the volcano is the offspring of the infamous Krakatau, whose monumental 1883 eruption triggered a period of global cooling.

An eruption of Anak Krakatau in 2018 caused a tsunami that killed at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java. Researchers believe volcanic activity triggered an underwater landslide and caused a large chunk of Anak Krakatau’s southwest slope to collapse and displace a large volume of water.

The volcano remained at Indonesia’s second-highest alert level since July, and authorities advised residents, tourists and fishermen to stay at least 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the active crater.

Indonesia has more than 120 active volcanoes and frequently experiences eruptions due to its location along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the series of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most global seismic activity occurs.

Five more people died after the cargo plane overshot Miami International Airport’s runway 30 on Sunday afternoon and crashed into a van, a fence, a sports utility vehicle, and a second fence, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the Boeing 767-300 on Prime Air Flight 798 for Amazon struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van inside MIA and a Toyota Corolla Cross LE that was on Northwest 67th Avenue outside of MIA.

“The recovery of victims is most important,” Homendy said.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said deputies were working to identify the victims.

The Boeing 767-300, which was manufactured in 1994, had departed with two crew members from San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB.

A witness’s video shows there were stormy clouds when the plane landed on the runway shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday. Homendy said the plane traveled for 1,300 feet past the paved surface.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed more than 60 units. Dark smoke billowed from the crash site. Firefighters reported using foam to help extinguish the flames in the engine compartment.

“We had a very complex fire,” Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raied “Ray” Jadallah said on Sunday.

Jadallah said firefighters rescued the pilot and co-pilot, who were trapped in the cockpit. Rohan Ellis, a witness, shared a video showing them getting out through a window.

Homendy said the crash site was still not safe on Monday afternoon.

“There is fuel everywhere. That will have to be remediated, but then they are also removing fuel from the aircraft, so we have to allow that to occur,” Homendy said.

Two of Miami International Airport’s four runways remained closed on Monday afternoon, according to Greg Chin, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.

Homendy asked witnesses to share photos and videos with the NTSB team via e-mail at witness@ntsb.gov.

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Los cierres, que incluyen universidades comunitarias y oficinas estatales y de condados, entraron en vigor para el condado de Kauai, que estaba bajo una advertencia de huracán emitida por el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés). El condado incluye las islas de Kauai, que tiene más de 73.000 habitantes, y Niihau, donde hay menos de 100 residentes.

Una parte del vasto Monumento Nacional Marino Papahanaumokuakea también fue incluida en la advertencia.

El NHC informó el lunes por la tarde que se prevé que el núcleo de la tormenta pase sobre Niihau o apenas al oeste de la isla el lunes por la noche y el martes en la madrugada. Aunque se calcula que los vientos —lo suficientemente fuertes como para convertir a Lowell en un huracán de categoría 2 el lunes por la tarde— se debilitarán, se prevé que la tormenta siga siendo un huracán en su punto de mayor cercanía a las islas.

“Cerrar oficinas, escuelas y tribunales ayudará a mantener a la gente fuera de los caminos durante condiciones peligrosas y permitirá que los equipos de emergencia se concentren en proteger a nuestras comunidades", indicó Green en un comunicado de prensa. "Insto a todos en el condado de Kaua'i a permanecer en interiores, evitar viajes innecesarios y atender todas las instrucciones oficiales de emergencia”.

Exhortó también a los residentes a mantenerse alejados de las costas, evitar conducir a través de aguas inundadas, prepararse para apagones y estar atentos a las actualizaciones.

Estaba vigente una advertencia de tormenta tropical para la isla de Oahu, que tiene cerca de 1 millón de residentes.

Se prevén acumulaciones aisladas de lluvia de hasta 25 centímetros (10 pulgadas) en Oahu y Maui, y 30 centímetros (12 pulgadas) en partes de la Isla Grande de Hawai, la más oriental de las islas principales del estado.

El mes pasado, Hawai se vio afectado por la tormenta tropical Lala. Aunque no tocó tierra, golpeó con fuerza al archipiélago —y especialmente a la Isla Grande—, provocando deslaves, arrasando unas 100 viviendas y causando cortes de electricidad generalizados.

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The crash happened just before 4 p.m. when the driver of a Hyundai Sonata going westbound on Southwest 40th Street, also known as Bird Road, turned onto 57th Avenue, also known as Red Road, in front of the biker, causing him to T-bone the sedan and fall from his Kawasaki.

Lt. Alex Camacho, an FHP spokesperson, said the motorcyclist died at the scene.

Authorities have not publicly identified the motorcyclist, nor have they said whether the Hyundai driver will be cited or charged.

El accidente ocurrió poco antes de las 4 de la tarde, cuando el conductor de un Hyundai Sonata que circulaba hacia el oeste por la calle 40 suroeste, conocida como Bird Road, giró hacia la avenida 57, conocida como Red Road, justo frente al motociclista. Este impactó de frente contra un costado del sedán y cayó de su Kawasaki.

El teniente Alex Camacho, portavoz de la FHP, indicó que el motociclista murió en el lugar del accidente.

Las autoridades no han identificado públicamente al motociclista, ni han informado si el conductor del Hyundai recibirá una citación o enfrentará cargos.

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NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the Boeing 767-300 on Prime Air Flight 798 for Amazon struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van inside MIA and a Toyota Corolla Cross LE that was on Northwest 67th Avenue outside of MIA.

Homendy said there were seven workers in the Econoline van belonging to the Professional Ocean Service Corp., which she described as a cleaning company that operates on planes at MIA.

“The recovery of victims is most important,” Homendy said.

Five people died, and five were injured, including three whose condition was critical. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said deputies were working to identify the victims.

Homendy said the five dead were in the vehicles. The Econoline van, she said, was “torn apart.”

Antonio Cesar Hespanhol, a vice president at Professional Ocean Service who was in Chile, said some of the company’s employees were among the dead, but he had not confirmed how many.

The Boeing 767-300, manufactured in 1994, had departed with two crew members from San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB.

A witness’s video shows there were stormy clouds when the plane landed on the runway shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday. Homendy said the plane traveled for 1,300 feet past the paved surface.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed more than 60 units. Dark smoke billowed from the crash site. Firefighters reported using foam to help extinguish the flames in the engine compartment.

“We had a very complex fire,” Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raied “Ray” Jadallah said on Sunday.

Jadallah said firefighters rescued the pilot and co-pilot, who were trapped in the cockpit. Rohan Ellis, a witness, shared a video showing them getting out through a window.

Fire rescue personnel took the injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and the Jackson South Medical Center.

Homendy said the crash site was still not safe on Monday afternoon.

“There is fuel everywhere. That will have to be remediated, but then they are also removing fuel from the aircraft, so we have to allow that to occur,” Homendy said.

Two of Miami International Airport’s four runways remained closed on Monday afternoon, according to Greg Chin, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.

Homendy asked witnesses to share photos and videos with the NTSB team via e-mail at witness@ntsb.gov.

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La presidenta de la NTSB, Jennifer Homendy, dijo que el Boeing 767-300 del vuelo 798 de Prime Air, de Amazon, golpeó una van Ford E-150 Econoline blanca del año 2012 que estaba dentro de MIA y un Toyota Corolla Cross LE que circulaba por Northwest 67th Avenue, fuera del aeropuerto.

Homendy señaló que en la van Econoline iban siete trabajadores de Professional Ocean Service Corp., una empresa de limpieza que, según describió, presta servicio a los aviones en MIA.

“Lo más importante es la recuperación de las víctimas”, dijo Homendy.

Cinco personas murieron y cinco resultaron heridas, tres de ellas en estado crítico. La alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, informó que los agentes trabajaban en la identificación de las víctimas.

Homendy indicó que los cinco fallecidos estaban en los vehículos. La van Econoline, dijo, quedó “destrozada”.

Antonio Cesar Hespanhol, vicepresidente de Professional Ocean Service, quien se encontraba en Chile, dijo que algunos de los empleados de la empresa están entre los muertos, aunque no había confirmado cuántos.

El Boeing 767-300, fabricado en 1994, había despegado de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con dos tripulantes a bordo, según la Administración Federal de Aviación y la NTSB.

El video de un testigo muestra que había nubes de tormenta cuando el avión aterrizó en la pista, poco antes de las 2 p.m. del domingo. Homendy dijo que la aeronave recorrió 1,300 pies más allá de la superficie pavimentada.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue desplegó más de 60 unidades. Una densa humareda negra salía del lugar del accidente. Los bomberos reportaron el uso de espuma para ayudar a extinguir las llamas en el compartimiento del motor.

“Tuvimos un incendio muy complejo”, dijo el domingo el jefe de Bomberos de Miami-Dade, Raied “Ray” Jadallah.

Jadallah contó que los bomberos rescataron al piloto y al copiloto, que quedaron atrapados en la cabina. Rohan Ellis, un testigo, compartió un video que los muestra saliendo por una ventana.

El personal de rescate trasladó a los heridos al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital y al Jackson South Medical Center.

Homendy dijo que la tarde del lunes el lugar del accidente todavía no era seguro.

“Hay combustible por todas partes. Eso habrá que remediarlo, pero además están extrayendo el combustible de la aeronave, así que tenemos que dejar que eso ocurra”, explicó Homendy.

Dos de las cuatro pistas del Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami seguían cerradas la tarde del lunes, según Greg Chin, vocero del Departamento de Aviación de Miami-Dade.

Homendy pidió a los testigos que compartan fotos y videos con el equipo de la NTSB por correo electrónico, a witness@ntsb.gov.

Otras cinco personas murieron luego de que el avión de carga rebasara la pista 30 de MIA, poco antes de las 2 p.m. del domingo, y “quedara detenido en un terreno contiguo al aeropuerto”, cerca de unas bodegas, según la alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz.

El jefe de Bomberos de Miami-Dade, Raied “Ray” Jadallah, dijo que los bomberos se apresuraron a liberar al piloto y al copiloto del avión de carga, que quedaron atrapados en la cabina. Rohan Ellis, un testigo, compartió un video que los muestra saliendo por una ventana.

“El avión sí golpeó un par de vehículos”, dijo Jadallah, y agregó que los bomberos también tuvieron que sacar a los heridos que estaban “atrapados dentro de los autos”.

El personal de rescate trasladó a los heridos al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital y al Jackson South Medical Center. MDFR desplegó más de 60 unidades.

Una densa humareda negra salía del lugar del accidente. Hubo una fuga de combustible. Los bomberos reportaron el uso de espuma para ayudar a extinguir las llamas en el compartimiento del motor.

“Tuvimos un incendio muy complejo”, dijo Jadallah.

Los agentes de Miami-Dade pidieron al público evitar la zona cercana a Northwest 67th Avenue, entre las calles 25 y 36, durante la tarde del domingo y la mañana del lunes.

El video de un testigo mostró que nubes de tormenta cubrían parcialmente el cielo cuando el avión de carga aterrizó en MIA, tras llegar desde el Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín, en San Juan, Puerto Rico.

La Administración Federal de Aviación emitió una orden temporal de detención de operaciones en tierra durante unas tres horas la tarde del domingo.

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#MDFR INCIDENT UPDATE #1: SEPT. 6 - 3:25 P.M.

Over 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units are on scene of an incident involving a plane that overran a runway and struck multiple vehicles near Miami International Airport. Units arrived to find an airplane that had caught on fire as a… pic.twitter.com/T0JTFZTb3F

— Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) September 6, 2026

ACTUALIZACIÓN N.º 2 DEL INCIDENTE DE #MDFR: 6 DE SEPT. - 6:25 P.M.

El domingo 6 de septiembre, a la 1:55 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue recibió reportes de un avión de carga que había chocado contra varios vehículos cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

Más de 60 unidades… pic.twitter.com/wa4iIWs6x8

— Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) September 6, 2026

🚨 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚨

Due to a major first responder presence, NW 67th Avenue between NW 25th Street - NW 36th Street is currently closed. Expect delays and seek alternate routes.

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— Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office (@MiamiDade_SO) September 6, 2026

21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The FAA will investigate. Contact the…

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The closures, which include community colleges and state and county offices, were put into effect for Oahu and Kauai County, which was under a hurricane warning issued by the National Hurricane Center. Kauai County includes the major islands of Kauai, which has a population of over 73,000, and Niihau, where there are fewer than 100 residents.

A portion of the vast Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument was also included in the warning.

The weather agency also warned late Monday of the possibility of “several tornadoes” near Kauai and Niihau in the evening and overnight, with tornadoes also possible on other Hawaiian Islands.

A tropical storm warning was in effect for Oahu, which has close to 1 million residents.

The National Hurricane Center said the core of the storm was expected to pass near or just west of Niihau late Monday and early Tuesday. While the winds — which were strong enough to make Lowell a Category 2 hurricane as of Monday afternoon — were expected to weaken, the storm was expected to remain a hurricane at its closest approach to the islands.

“Closing offices, schools and courts will help keep people off the roads during dangerous conditions and allow emergency crews to focus on protecting our communities,” Green said in a news release. “I urge everyone in Kaua'i County to remain indoors, avoid unnecessary travel and follow all official emergency instructions.”

He also urged residents to stay away from shorelines, avoid driving through floodwaters, prepare for power outages and monitor for updates.

Isolated rainfall totals of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) were expected in Oahu and Maui, and 12 inches (30 centimeters) was expected in portions of the Big Island of Hawaii, the farthest east of the state's major islands.

Last month, the state had a brush with Tropical Storm Lala. While it did not make landfall, it hit Hawaii — and especially the Big Island — hard, leaving behind landslides, washing away about 100 homes and causing widespread power outages.

The three-time MVP was reinstated from the 60-day injured list Monday night, an off day for the Yankees. They open a three-game series at home Tuesday night against the Colorado Rockies.

Judge hasn't played since May 31 because of a broken right rib, but the slugger traveled with the Yankees on their recent trip to the West Coast. He took batting practice on the field multiple times last weekend in San Diego and ran the bases as he worked toward his return.

The 34-year-old outfielder will rejoin New York's active roster without going on a minor league rehab assignment first. Throughout his absence, Judge said he wouldn't need a stint in the minors to get ready.

“If I tell them I’m ready to go play, I think we’re ready to go play,” Judge said on Aug. 27. “I’m not a pitcher. I’m a position player. I can get my reps down here in the cage. I’m in every game. I’m sitting there in the dugout watching every game, feeling the environment, feeling the energy, so I don’t think there’s going to be much of a difference.”

With 19 games remaining in the regular season, the Yankees (81-62) trail first-place Tampa Bay by four games in the AL East. They are two games ahead of rival Boston (80-65) for the top American League wild card and hold a potential tiebreaker between the teams after winning the season series.

The higher seed plays at home throughout every best-of-three Wild Card Series.

New York was 36-23 after Judge last played on May 31 and went 45-39 in the 84 games he missed since.

The offense, however, was obviously affected. The Yankees batted .243 with 86 homers in 59 games through May 31 but hit only .227 with 107 homers in 84 games while Judge was out.

Their batting average during that stretch ranked 29th among the 30 major league teams, ahead of only Seattle (.225).

New York had a .770 OPS through May 31, but it was .681 in his absence.

Judge is hitting .248 with 17 homers and 38 RBIs. He was initially injured attempting to avoid second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. on a diving catch in Houston on April 26 and batted .263 with seven homers and 20 RBIs in 31 games before being sidelined.

The captain's only homer in the final 18 games before he went on the injured list was a game-ending, two-run shot to beat Tampa Bay 2-0 on May 24 that snapped an 11-game drought without an RBI, the longest of his career.

Judge won a batting title last season when he hit a career-high .331 with 53 homers and 114 RBIs in 152 games. He missed 10 games from July 26 to Aug. 4 with a flexor strain in his right elbow that he sustained on a throw to home plate July 22 in Toronto. He underwent a plasma-rich platelet injection and did not require offseason surgery.

Judge skipped a rehab assignment in 2023 when he missed 42 games with a fractured right big toe after crashing into the right-field fence at Dodger Stadium. In 2019, he appeared in five minor league games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when he missed two months with a strained left oblique.

To make room on the 40-man roster for Judge, right-hander Chase Hampton was designated for assignment Monday night.

New York optioned right-hander Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Sunday's loss in San Diego.

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This story has been corrected to show Judge is 34 years old, not 35.

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Power went out at Doak Campbell Stadium just minutes before the scheduled kickoff and the delay lasted about 1 hour, 45 minutes. The Seminoles (1-0) and Mustangs, playing their opener, finally took the field at 9 p.m. EDT for warmups and the game started at 9:15 p.m. under less than ideal conditions.

When play began, not all the stadium lights were operating and the teams were forced to deal with a number of other issues, including no coach-to-player communication, no iPads on the sidelines, no public address announcer and no scoreboard. There was no public game clock and on-field officials were keeping track of the time. Some replays were being shown on the Jumbotron.

Coach-to-player communication was restored with about six minutes remaining in the second quarter, and clock functions and yardage distances were back on the scoreboard.

A statement on the Jumbotron inside the stadium during the delay read: “Technical staff are addressing a power disruption to the west side tower due to an electrical short in the main transformer. Electricians are working to restore the power service. The game remains suspended. Update to follow.”

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips chatted with athletic directors from both schools, SMU’s Damon Evans and Florida State’s Michael Alford, for a few minutes on the field before administrators moved inside to further discuss options.

The highly anticipated finale on Labor Day to the weekend's first full slate of games was put on hold as a countdown clock inside the stadium stopped at 7:30 p.m. and the stadium lights went out.

Florida State and SMU had run out of their respective tunnels and onto their sidelines just moments before the game officially entered a delay. The Seminoles and Mustangs remained on their sidelines before eventually being sent back to their locker rooms.

A few specialists from both teams returned to the field to warm up. Florida State's punter encouraged the fans to stand up and cheer, and the school’s band played in one end zone. Fans did the wave and knocked around beach balls.

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He was in his usual leadoff spot as the designated hitter for the series opener against the Cincinnati Reds, a 6-3 win by the Dodgers.

“I'll be focusing on hitting,” Ohtani said through a translator after the game. “I'm confident that my overall performance should be better moving forward. The thing that I was more focused on was to make sure that the pitching wouldn’t cause the worse scenario, which was for me to not be able to play at all.”

Ohtani hasn’t pitched in a game since July 3 and hasn’t thrown since a bullpen session in Detroit on Aug. 28.

Speaking to the media for the first time in three weeks, Ohtani said he's disappointed not to be pitching.

“But I want to make sure that when I look back this season that I use this as a learning experience and use that as something to improve upon for next season,” he said.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he would see how Ohtani felt after the game before deciding on his status for Tuesday.

“It was certainly good to get him back out there, but there was certainly nothing to kind of write home about,” Roberts said. “To take four days off, to come out of it feeling good, I think that’s a win in itself.”

The NL West-leading Dodgers won all four games during Ohtani’s absence, including a sweep of the Washington Nationals.

By taking pitching off Ohtani's plate, the Dodgers hope the four-time MVP will lock in on hitting and get back on track after not appearing to be himself at the plate.

“As long as I’m playing in games, it’s not exactly the best way to recover and heal,” Ohtani said. "Of course, the best mode of recovery is to completely not play. But right now I just want to make sure that I’m playing, playing well and just focusing on the now.”

Ohtani is hitting .277 with 30 homers and 80 RBIs this season. Since the All-Star break, however, he’s batting .246 with eight homers and 22 RBIs in 42 games.

“Yes, he loves pitching, loves being a two-way player,” Roberts said before the game, “but right now it just doesn’t make any sense. It’s more of what’s best for the team, number one, and 1A, what’s best for him."

Utility player Tommy Edman took Ohtani's place as the leadoff hitter for four games. He went 7 for 17 (.412) with one home run, four RBIs and five runs. Edman started at second base and batted third on Monday.

Asked why he doesn't move Ohtani out of the leadoff spot, Roberts replied: “I think he’s our best hitter. I think the best player should have the most latitude. Is it forever? I don’t know. Is it until the end of the season? I don’t know yet.”

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Se trata del exmilitar Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, de 82 años, quien fue demandado ante una corte del Distrito Sur de Florida —estado en el que vive— por las tres hijas del magistrado Carlos Horacio Urán Rojas, por su presunta responsabilidad en su tortura y ejecución extrajudicial.

El caso inició en la corte estadounidense en 2022 con la demanda y se espera que el martes inicie el juicio contra Plazas Vega. Al tratarse de un juicio civil, no interviene el gobierno como acusador.

Urán Rojas es una de las decenas de víctimas del asalto armado al Palacio de Justicia, edificio que albergaba las altas cortes en Bogotá, en 1985 por integrantes de la guerrilla M-19. Los funcionarios y civiles que estaban en el lugar fueron rehenes, mientras los guerrilleros demandaron hacer un juicio público al entonces presidente Belisario Betancur (1982-1986).

El gobierno de la época no negoció con los guerrilleros y emprendió un operativo militar para retomar el control del palacio con tanquetas y armamento, desatando enfrentamientos y generando incendios. Plazas Vega, uno de los encargados de la retoma, era el comandante de la Escuela de Caballería de la Brigada XIII del ejército.

La retoma se extendió hasta el otro día y, aun después de cuatro décadas, la información de lo ocurrido es inconclusa, incluyendo el número de muertos.

Cruce de versiones

Helena, Xiomara y Mairée Urán Bidegaín señalan en la demanda que los militares le comunicaron a su familia que el magistrado murió durante el fuego cruzado dentro del Palacio de Justicia. Sin embargo, cuestionan esa versión asegurando que décadas después fueron halladas pertenencias de su padre en una bóveda dentro de la Brigada XIII.

También indican que surgieron grabaciones y testimonios de testigos que dicen haber visto al magistrado salir con vida del Palacio de Justicia con miembros del ejército.

Plazas Vega fue juzgado en Colombia por las desapariciones del Palacio de Justicia. Cumplió casi ocho años en prisión, hasta que la Corte Suprema de Justicia anuló su condena en 2015, tras concluir que no había suficiente certeza sobre la responsabilidad penal de Plazas.

“El coronel Plazas Vega es un héroe de la Patria”, defendió el conservador De la Espriella en la red social X, en la que recordó que la corte colombiana lo absolvió luego de años de lo que consideró una “persecución” judicial.

El mandatario colombiano ordenó al canciller, Omar Bula, y a la embajadora en Washington, María Consuelo Araújo, evaluar el caso de Plazas Vega y apoyarlo, aunque es inusual que un presidente ordene apoyar judicialmente en otro país a un colombiano en un caso que no corresponde a una demanda contra el Estado.

“Si el coronel tiene que enfrentar situaciones jurídicas por cuenta de hechos ocurridos en el ejercicio de su deber, en defensa de la Patria, es deber del Estado acompañarlo”, explicó De la Espriella.

Plazas Vega pidió a la corte estadounidense anular el caso, alegando que fue absuelto por una alta corte en su país y las demandantes no agotaron todos los recursos disponibles en Colombia; sin embargo, la solicitud fue denegada.

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El reportero de The Associated Press Joshua Goodman contribuyó a este reporte desde Miami.

The Trump administration’s push to end the fighting has lost momentum, with the focus on the Iran war for the past six months.

The trip by the Americans, part of a renewed effort to end the war, followed a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks in the more than 4½-year all-out war.

Despite the latest diplomatic push, the core demands of Moscow and Kyiv remain mutually exclusive, especially over territorial concessions, underscoring the difficulty of reaching an agreement. Kushner acknowledged the challenge, saying the U.S. was working “behind the scenes” to create the conditions for a possible deal.

“It’s a very, very hard problem, but we’re going to try,” Kushner said.

Russia has recently been using fast-flying jet-powered drones, and the recurring wail of air-raid sirens has become part of daily life in Kyiv. Troops have struggled to make progress along the 1,250-kilometer (775-mile) front line.

Zelenskyy held three rounds of talks with the Americans on Sunday, the last of which brought in national security advisers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Security guarantees and a winter plan

Zelenskyy said at a news conference that the discussions covered air defense needs — including Patriot systems — and a “winter package” of support covering both air defense and energy infrastructure before the colder months. He said that Kyiv was seeking “serious volumes” of American support on that front, with backing from European partners as well.

The Ukrainian president said the U.S. planned to increase production of Patriot interceptor missiles next year, with Germany also expanding its own production under existing licensing agreements.

Zelenskyy said that Russia had intensified strikes on Ukrainian cities before Russia’s State Duma election later this month, calling the attacks deliberate “terror” against civilians. He said Ukraine was working with 67 domestic companies developing systems to shoot down Russia’s jet-powered drones at scale.

The Ukrainian leader said the territorial question “remains relevant,” but reiterated his view that such difficult issues “can only be resolved at the level of leaders.” Zelenskyy said the talks also touched on long-term security guarantees and economic support for Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction. He said that a strong Ukrainian army remained “one of the main guarantees of security.”

Zelenskyy said the sides agreed to hold a follow-up meeting involving Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe, though a location has not been set.

Witkoff said the U.S. was pursuing “a diplomatic resolution to this conflict, not a kinetic resolution.” Referring to the previous day’s talks, he said the meeting in Moscow had produced “new ideas” that were later brought to Kyiv. He pointed to the presence of national security advisers from the so-called E3 nations — France, Germany and the U.K. — as evidence that “collaboration is critical” to reaching a deal.

Asked whether Washington was prepared to increase pressure on Russia if the talks produced no breakthrough, Kushner said the U.S. approach was to look for a “win-win” outcome.

He said his father-in-law, U.S. President Donald Trump, was focused not just on ending the fighting but on building “a framework that could actually lead to a durable peace,” and that he and Witkoff had held a “constructive and substantive” meeting with Putin, discussing what Russia, Ukraine and the wider world could each gain from a settlement.

Kushner said the two envoys hoped to revive trilateral talks involving Russia and Ukraine directly, a format last used roughly six months earlier, and said that Washington remained in near-daily contact with Ukrainian officials even between visits.

No breakthroughs in Moscow talks

Saturday’s meeting in Moscow lasted more than three hours behind closed doors and ended without any major developments being announced. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, described the talks as constructive, frank and useful, but he didn’t discuss specific outcomes.

While Moscow offered its “comprehensive assessment” of the battlefield situation in Ukraine, Ushakov said, the talks weren’t purely focused on the war.

“Economic issues and potentially large, mutually beneficial joint projects for Russia and America were discussed in considerable detail,” he said.

The last known visit to Moscow by Witkoff and Kushner was in January when they also held talks with Putin at the Kremlin.

Russia and Ukraine continue to exchange fire

Putin and Zelenskyy had agreed to pause strikes on each other’s capitals while the talks took place. Still, the two traded fire overnight into Sunday, officials said.

Air raids on the capital noticeably eased during the U.S. envoys’ visit, prompting Zelenskyy to joke that their presence in Kyiv appeared more potent than the Patriot missile systems Ukraine has been urgently seeking.

Russian attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions killed one person and wounded at least 10 others overnight into Sunday, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

In Zaporizhzhia, drone strikes killed a 74-year-old man and wounded three people, while a drone damaged an apartment building, wounding seven people, in the Khmelnytskyi region.

Ukraine’s air force said Sunday it intercepted 82 drones out of 108 launched by Russia overnight, along with six missiles. In Russia, a man was killed and a woman was seriously wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a vehicle, local authorities in the Belgorod border region said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday its air defenses overnight shot down 258 Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions, the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.

Mixed hopes on the ground

In Kyiv on Sunday, dozens gathered for a nationwide 9 a.m. moment of silence honoring Ukraine’s fallen soldiers, a daily ritual held in cities across the country.

Nataliia Lipei, 67, whose son Viktor was killed in December 2022, was among those who attended. Despite a health condition, she has traveled from city to city to take part.

“I hope these steps and these meetings will definitely produce results, because there has been so much bloodshed and so many deaths here that we have to stop all of this,” Lipei told The Associated Press.

Not everyone shared her hope for the talks. Oleksandr Pastukhov, a 27-year-old video editor who joined the commemoration, was skeptical the envoys’ visit would change anything.

In his Sunday prayer, Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine and said he hopes the negotiations will bring results.

“I hope that the efforts undertaken in recent days to resume negotiations will bear concrete fruit and make way for diplomacy,” he told the gathered faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

___ Associated Press writers Volodymyr Yurchuk and Yevhenii Ocheretianyi in Kyiv, and Elise Morton in London, contributed to this report.

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Tuesday will get off to a muggy start, as there may be a shower or two dotting the coastline in the morning. The afternoon will feature a mix of clouds and sun with the possibility of more showers and storms developing, particularly inland. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s.

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Five other people died after the cargo plane overran MIA’s runway 30 shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday and “came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport,” near warehouses, according to Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz.

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raied “Ray” Jadallah said firefighters rushed to free the cargo plane’s pilot and co-pilot, who were trapped in the cockpit. Rohan Ellis, a witness, shared a video showing them getting out through a window.

“The airplane did strike a couple of vehicles,” Jadallah said, adding that firefighters also had to free the injured who were “trapped in the vehicles.”

Fire rescue personnel took the injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and the Jackson South Medical Center. MDFR deployed more than 60 units.

Dark smoke billowed from the crash site. There was a fuel leak. Firefighters reported using foam to help extinguish the flames in the engine compartment.

“We had a very complex fire,” Jadallah said.

Miami-Dade deputies asked the public to avoid the area near Northwest 67th Avenue, between 25th and 36th streets on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.

A witness’s video showed storm clouds were partially covering the sky when the cargo plane landed at MIA after arriving from the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary ground stop order for about three hours on Sunday afternoon.

Cordero-Stutz asked relatives in need of information about the victims of the plane crash to call 305-471-2400.

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Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have been listening in on the sounds dolphins and fish make underwater — and all that talking is fascinating.

Jessica Carvalho, a research scientist, and professors Gregory O’Corry-Crowe and Laurent Chérubin are all studying sound at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce. Local 10 News spoke to them about what they’re finding out.

“Here are some examples of spectrograms, so basically these are images that we produce of sound,” Carvalho said, showing Local 10 News results.

O’Corry-Crowe, who studies marine mammals at the institute, explained that sound is key for helping dolphins navigate the ocean.

“The ocean is a world of sound more than light, and dolphins kind of straddle that interface effortlessly,” O’Corry-Crowe said.

Chérubin said researchers are probing these questions: “Let’s say the dolphins, we know they are there, but what do they do? Where do they live? Where do they talk? Where do they hang out? Where do they go have some food?”

Chérubin engineered a way to listen in on all that chatter under the sea.

Together, the team of three used an autonomous, wave-powered vehicle to snoop on dolphins and their prey.

Outfitted with solar panels galore, the glider was sent out to sea for two months, recording all the sounds dolphins and fish make.

“The idea of listening quietly, eavesdropping on eavesdroppers, you know, has really been sort of fascinating,” O’Corry-Crowe said.

Dolphins whistle to communicate with each other.

They use echolocation to navigate and forage for food.

Fish can use calls to communicate, too.

They’re smaller and quieter, but that could mean fish quiet down when they detect dolphins.

“Are the fish producing sound and that’s how the dolphins are finding them?” Carvalho asked. “Or are those particular areas excellent for fish and a great environment and the dolphins know to hunt them there?”

It’s the whole “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” question.

But in this case, the question is whether dolphins are listening for fish or fish are listening for dolphins.

Seems like they are all snooping on each other.

“I think it’s fascinating that they are socializing in certain areas and hunting in others, like that’s not something that we have much knowledge about,” Carvalho said.

Thanks to the decked-out glider, they were able to capture 62 hours of underwater sounds.

Of course, those loud dolphins dominate the recordings.

But don’t underestimate the little guys: the fish noises prove they are not passive victims.

“These are actually fish as well, right there, these small little spikes at the bottom,” Carvalho said, showing study results.

From the sound of it, everyone seems to have a favorite hangout spot.

And dolphins don’t really eat where they play. They seem to separate work from their social life.

When it comes to research like this, there may not always be a definitive answer. Finding out what happens underneath these waters can spawn even more questions and a real desire for discovery.

O’Corry-Crowe said the next step is gathering more information over time.

“Deploying the gliders for longer periods, longer durations, would be one thing, and comparing across years and seasons would be another, and then ultimately we need to kind of get visual confirmation of what we are hearing,” O’Corry-Crowe said.

The glider saves a lot of money compared with boats and planes when it comes to research.

So this smooth operator may be outfitted with cameras and other features to dig deeper into the underwater abyss and the language of those living there.

“When we put it out, we didn’t know what to expect, right?” Chérubin said. “So basically we’re still going through it, and at every corner it’s a surprise.”

In 1998, the film received mixed reviews and had a modest box office performance. It has since become a cult favorite, embraced by a new generation who found the romantic comedy through social media clips. The two Oscar winners are returning to their roles of witchy sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in “Practical Magic 2,” in theaters on Sept. 10, giving them a chance to reckon with the original’s rocky reception and its unlikely second life.

Both films trace their roots to Alice Hoffman’s novels: “Practical Magic,” published in 1995, inspired the original film, while her 2021 novel “The Book of Magic” expands the Owens family’s story and provides inspiration for the sequel.

‘Maybe it needed to marinate’

Bullock recalls a promotional push for the original film that became memorable — for the wrong reasons.

“I had so much trauma from the press junket from the first one because it was brutal,” Bullock recalls. “We were not well-received because we were ‘too much,’ ‘too witchy,’ ‘too many women,’ ‘too many tones.’ I’m like, ‘Have you lived a day in a life as a woman?’ ”

“We didn’t stumble, but it stumbled, but it didn’t really stumble. Maybe it needed to marinate a little bit. We were marinating,” said Bullock. “But here we are, and how lucky are we that we’re still here to be able to go reap the benefits and the rewards of our work?”

The movie eventually found the audience it had missed in theaters, and Bullock said she realized there had been a reappraisal about six years ago.

“I was still harboring so much shame,” she said. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, the things that were said, I’m sorry, we thought we were doing something nice.’ And turns out we did. It was just 28 and change years too early.”

Reclaiming the witch

Part of that second life, Bullock believes, reflects a broader change in the way people have come to view the word “witch.”

“A witch has always been a negative connotation. It was presented that way. The word is being taken back, and there’s ownership of it from the community saying, ‘I’m a witch and I’m proud,’ ” Bullock said.

For Kidman, the film’s resurgence became personal.

“People started just coming into my life who would go, 'You want to know what my favorite film of yours is? ‘Practical Magic.’ And suddenly I was like, ‘What? Wow, OK,’ ” she said.

When it came time to make the sequel, Bullock sat down with her children and their friends to watch the original.

“I wanted fresh eyes,” she said. “Because we were embarking on the new chapter, the new baby witches coming in. I wanted to understand it from a point of view I didn’t have. I wanted to see what they had to say.”

Building the magic again

As producers, Bullock and Kidman also faced the practical realities of mounting a legacy sequel on a budget. Among the challenges was recreating one of the original film’s most recognizable elements: the Owens house.

The production rebuilt the house on a London back lot as a full structure, rather than the temporary exterior shell used for the original film.

“It was an incredibly tough fiscal time. We were hedging the dollar,” Bullock said. “We’re not a big superhero film, so you don’t get the luxury of a big price tag.”

Kidman added: “And we also knew the responsibility of bringing it in on a certain price because then you go, 'OK, we can breathe a bit,' ” she said. “I think when a budget blows out, you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, the stress.’ And we don’t need any more stress in our lives. It’s stressful enough.”

A new generation of witches

The sequel continues the story of the younger generation of Owens women, with Joey King and Maisie Williams playing Kylie and Antonia Owens, the daughters of Sally.

“I really appreciate that it’s like a passing of the baton. I think it’s beautiful,” King said. “It just felt like we were stepping into their world and doing this with them, and it’s a real gift and honor to be considered the people who are taking the batons.”

Producer Denise Di Novi, who also produced the original and cast King in her first leading role in 2010's “Ramona and Beezus,” said the new characters could carry the story forward.

“We would love to make a third one, and I think there’s so much more to do with Kylie and Antonia," she said. “At the end of the movie, spoiler alert, but you kind of feel like the Sally and Gillian characters are kind of the elder aunts, you know, and Kylie and Antonia are the ones launching off into the world as witches.”

Williams is also hoping to expand on the younger Owens women’s story: “We’re so there for it. There’s so much more of ‘Book of Magic’ that we didn’t get to explore,” she said.

The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, who boasted of new missile capability and claimed it had been “tested” against a U.S. warship. But it was not clear whether what was tested was the missile the new report described, the solid-fueled Qassem Basir.

The U.S. on Saturday said ballistic missiles were launched at U.S. warships and it struck three Iranian oil tankers in response. Experts called the launch a dangerous escalation, noting that until then Iran's attacks at sea had targeted commercial shipping during six months of war. The U.S. said the warships evaded the attacks.

Iran’s messaging in recent days has become more assertive, and Monday’s report said the Qassem Basir marks “a turning point in Iran’s defense strategy.” It described the missile as having greater range and accuracy and a half-ton warhead. The missile was unveiled last year, when it was described as having at least a 1,200-kilometer (745-mile) range.

Concerns about Iran's ballistic missile program were one of the stated reasons the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran early this year, sparking the war.

US dismisses talk of Iran-imposed ‘exclusion zone’

The White House responded to plans announced by Rezaei to create an “exclusion zone” near the Strait of Hormuz that's aimed at vessels trying to transit, saying the waterway is open and controlled by the U.S.

It also said the U.S. Navy had cleared the strait of mines, and that tanker traffic to non-Iranian ports would increase. A U.S. blockade on Iranian ports continues in an effort to increase Tehran's economic pain by limiting its oil exports. The U.S. military said that as of Monday, 94 commercial vessels had been redirected and three had been disabled.

Tehran wants ships to follow a route it chooses through the strait, which was considered an international waterway before the war. Rezaei acknowledged that the U.S. has been helping a limited number of ships transit on a route off Oman, and said Tehran isn't sinking them because they carry oil, noting environmental concerns.

As both countries continue to assert claims about the strait and the flow of shipping, global commerce information firm Kpler noted on X that transits through the waterway dropped sharply last week.

A week ago, an attack on a Saudi-owned tanker killed two crew members and left seven unaccounted for. If they are confirmed dead, that would make the attack the deadliest on a commercial vessel since the war began on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Regional countries express frustration

Frustration emerged again in the Gulf over the uncertainty around the waterway that's crucial for shipping global supplies of oil, natural gas and related products like fertilizer.

“No single state” should control the strait, Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said at a forum of world leaders in Abu Dhabi, adding: “Our energy exports will not be held hostage, nor will our trade and economic activity.”

The UAE, a close U.S. ally, has repeatedly come under Iranian missile and drone fire in the war. Last month, the UAE suspended all trade with Iran after saying it had come under renewed fire.

Rebuilding trust between Iran and the Gulf countries could take decades, Gargash warned.

And Nabil Fahmy, secretary-general of the Arab League, told a ministerial-level meeting in Cairo that “we will not accept our maritime corridors to become a bargaining chip in the calculations of others" and condemned Iran's attacks on Gulf nations.

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Anna reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Josh Boak in Washington and Fatma Khaled in Cairo contributed.

Kanu was a Buckeye defensive tackle when Ohio State beat Texas in a 2024 season College Football Playoff semifinal on the way to the national championship.

Then he was a Longhorn when the Buckeyes beat Texas again in the 2025 season opener. That loss proved critical when the preseason No. 1 ultimately missed the playoff.

So here he is again, waiting for another Texas-Ohio State matchup on Saturday night when the Buckeyes become the first No. 1 team to visit Austin since Alabama in 2022. Texas is No. 5.

“I'm not going to make this game personal,” Kanu said Monday. But he quickly acknowledged how big the game is for college football.

A Longhorns-Buckeyes matchup may seem routine of late, but it has been rare in the history of the sport. Ohio State has been playing college football since 1890 and Texas since 1893. Saturday will mark just the sixth meeting across that gulf of time.

“I think this is the game everybody is the country is looking forward to,” Kanu said. “This is a playoff-caliber type game.”

And one that Ohio State was better prepared to handle the last two years.

“They owned the moment better than we did last year,” Kanu said.

The big moments of both recent games certainly swung Ohio State's way.

In 2024, Texas was driving for a tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter when Jack Sawyer sacked Quinn Ewers, scooped the fumble and ran 83 yards for the game-clinching TD. The play set off wild celebrations as Kanu and his teammates cheered Sawyer all the way down the sideline.

Last season's matchup in Columbus left Kanu with nothing to cheer about. The Buckeyes won 14-7 and pushed the Longhorns around most of the day. Texas quarterback Arch Manning's Heisman Trophy campaign all but ended, and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin's was just starting.

Kanu said he still has friends on Ohio State. But he made it clear there won't be any friendly chatter this week.

“We don’t talk this week,” Kanu said. “We can chat after this week.”

Last season's matchup hurt Texas more than just a battered ego. It was the first of three losses that ultimately kept Texas out of the playoff despite a strong finish.

A win in Columbus last year could have changed a lot for Texas. Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said he won't try to project the impact of this week on the Decembers playoffs.

“I don't need to spend so much energy and time on ‘what does this game mean?’ As a competitor, we get to play the No. 1 team in the country, a team we've had two battles with the last two years,” Sarkisian said.

“We've got 10 other games to go play,” to determine the season's ultimate destination, Sarkisian said.

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The Phillies' All-Star left-hander walked to the mound to a roaring ovation and with his warmup music — usually played in the first inning — cranked inside the ballpark as he tried to treat the final inning like any other.

“Just think about the pitch in front of you,” Luzardo said.

Luzardo was economical and efficient in the ninth with his pitches against the Atlanta Braves and looked to the sky in appreciation as he got the final out in Philadelphia's 1-0 win on Monday in 1 hour, 51 minutes, the fastest game in baseball this season.

He struck out 12 and tossed two-hit ball with only one walk for his first career complete game.

“Everyone dreams about being a guy your team relies on,” Luzardo said. “Just going out there when, I don't want to call it a must-win, but a big win, it feels good.”

The Phillies split a four-game series with the NL East-leading Braves and cut the division lead to four games in front of a holiday crowd of 41,820. They play three more next weekend in Atlanta.

Phillies manager Don Mattingly said there was no doubt Luzardo was going back out for the ninth.

“I knew Donnie probably wouldn't let me go too much more,” Luzardo said. “Thankful for Donnie for giving me a chance to go back out there in the ninth.”

Luzardo at least had some run support when he took the mound to a standing ovation as the familiar Meek Mill tune “Dreams and Nightmares” played to a packed Citizens Bank Park.

Kyle Schwarber got Luzardo the win when he socked his MLB-leading 43rd homer into the second deck against reliever Didier Fuentes.

Schwarber hit his 11th career go-ahead home run in the eighth inning or later. It was only the Phillies' fourth hit of the game.

The Phillies had left the bases loaded in the first inning against Braves starter Grant Holmes.

“We expect to win a baseball game when we walk out of these doors,” Schwarber said.

The NL pitcher of the month for August, Luzardo (14-5) didn’t walk a batter until the ninth inning and retired the final two batters to complete the 109-pitch gem. He threw 78 strikes.

It was the franchise’s fastest nine-inning game since July 4, 1989, vs. Cincinnati.

Luzardo's sweeper kept the Braves off balance all game — he had 12 total swings-and-misses on his go-to pitch and five strikeouts on his fastball — and he gave the Phillies bullpen a needed day off after a rough late-game collapse a day earlier.

“I felt really good going back out in the ninth,” Luzardo said. “It could have been adrenaline or emotions or whatever it could have been.”

In his last 21 starts since May 14, Luzardo has posted a 1.93 ERA over 135 innings, striking out 164 batters while surrendering only 39 walks. The Phillies are 18-3 in those games.

Luzardo won only eight total games over 30 starts when he played for Mattingly with the Miami Marlins in 2021 and 2022. He contended with various injuries over the early part of his career, and the Marlins traded him to the Phillies for two prospects in December 2024.

Mattingly had a hunch there was much more talent lurking inside Luzardo than what he flashed in parts of six seasons with Oakland and the Marlins.

“Stuff-wise, he looked the same,” Mattingly said. “He always looked like this. It was just not enough strikes.”

Luzardo powered his way through the zone against a loaded lineup and settled the nerves of Phillies fans frothing for some sort of vengeance against the Braves.

Mattingly brushed off the suggestion that old-school retaliation should be on the table against Braves slugger Ronald Acuña Jr., who flapped his arms and stutter-stepped around third base after he hit a tying three-run homer in Sunday’s 5-4 win and gave himself a curtain call to the irritation of Phillies fans.

The days of a fastball to the ribs to send a message has about gone the way of the neighborhood play.

“That's just not part of the game now,” Mattingly said. “I think it's about making pitches. Getting the ball to the right spots.”

Luzardo simply made Acuña uncomfortable at the plate, much to the delight of the fans who reveled in booing the Phillies' foil.

Acuña was retired on one pitch in each of his first two at-bats and was 0 for 3 before he walked in the ninth.

No matter.

Luzardo struck out Drake Baldwin and got Ozzie Albies to fly out on the first pitch to end the game.

Phillies left fielder Brandon Marsh gleefully tossed Luzardo the game ball and the winning pitcher said he would gift it to his parents.

Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski has posited himself as the NL Cy Young Award front-runner, yet much like the Phillies and Braves, Luzardo is lurking, in the hunt and determined to finish in first.

“He keeps finding a way to get better and better,” Schwarber said, “which is awesome.”

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El plan combinará el apoyo estatal con el de empresas privadas a las que citó el lunes en Quibdó, capital del departamento, para buscar inversión a favor de Chocó, el departamento más pobre del país, que sumó a su ya difícil situación la devastación del terremoto.

“No hay una sola razón objetiva que condene a las gentes de este departamento al atraso. Todo lo contrario, pocas regiones de Colombia reúnen una riqueza natural, una ubicación y unas posibilidades semejantes”, dijo De la Espriella en una declaración junto a los empresarios.

La reconstrucción fue bautizada por el presidente como “Plan Marshall”, en referencia a la iniciativa patrocinada por Estados Unidos que ayudó a reactivar las economías de Europa occidental tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Incluirá la construcción de cinco vías que pretenden conectar a Chocó con otros departamentos de Colombia y al mar, dado que conecta con el océano Pacífico. Actualmente, a muchos pueblos solo se puede acceder en avión o en barco, y los ríos pueden ser peligrosos.

De la Espriella aseguró que las vías costarán aproximadamente 318.000 dólares, los cuales serán financiados en parte con obras por impuestos, un mecanismo que permite que los empresarios se encarguen de las obras como parte del pago de impuestos.

En la región, vasta en recursos naturales, operan varios grupos armados ilegales como el Clan del Golfo, el mayor cártel del país, y la guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional, que buscan controlar pasos estratégicos para el narcotráfico y la lucrativa minería ilegal de oro.

El plan también contempla un “régimen especial minero” que incluirá la formalización de mineros que ya trabajan en la zona y la búsqueda de “seguridad jurídica” para los inversionistas que quieran entrar en esa actividad, según explicó la ministra de Minas, María Nohemí Arboleda.

El gobierno, con apoyo de los empresarios, prometió dar un “capital semilla” de aproximadamente 1.500 dólares para 1.000 emprendedores que fueron afectados por el terremoto.

Colombia sufrió el embate del terremoto de 7,4 —el de mayor magnitud registrado en lo que va del siglo— el 10 de agosto. El epicentro estuvo en el departamento de Chocó, en el oeste, pero la devastación se extendió a otros 15 departamentos.

Las cifras oficiales calculan que más de 330 personas perdieron la vida, 111 continúan desaparecidas y más de 466.700 personas resultaron afectadas, miles de ellas perdiendo su casa por completo.

Rodríguez hizo estas declaraciones al presentar ante periodistas el informe anual que será enviado a las Naciones Unidas para ser discutido el 28 de octubre sobre el efecto de las sanciones de Washington a la isla, a las que desde enero se agregó un bloqueo petrolero.

A raíz del este último ambas naciones mantuvieron comunicación, pero ninguna ofreció detalles.

“Ha habido conversaciones con el Departamento de Estado. Se mantienen comunicaciones en este sentido. Dichas conversaciones no cuentan avances ni progresos a partir de la falta de voluntad del gobierno de los Estados Unidos”, dijo Rodríguez. “Cuba reitera que estará dispuesta a continuar dichas conversaciones sobre la base del derecho internacional, sin precondiciones”.

El funcionario acotó que en este momento no hay “ni agendas, ni hojas de ruta” pero recalcó que el gobierno está dispuesto “a continuar esos contactos a pesar de la falta de progresos”.

Estados Unidos, que ha sostenido sus sanciones por décadas con más o menos fuerza, incrementó la tensión en el primer semestre y llegó a barajar una operación militar en Cuba para lograr cambios políticos y económicos. Washington acusó de inepto al gobierno cubano y consideró que su modelo político de corte socialista no es sustentable.

El Parlamento cubano y el Partido Comunista aprobaron por su lado en junio un histórico paquete de 176 transformaciones económicas de corte aperturista. Las autoridades insistieron que se trata de una decisión soberana y no de una concesión hacia Washington.

Daños económicos

Según Rodríguez, los daños ocasionados por las medidas de Estados Unidos contra la isla alcanzaron los 8.083 millones de dólares entre marzo de 2025 y febrero de 2026. El canciller destacó que es un monto “récord”.

El funcionario acotó que la cifra no refleja todavía el impacto del cerco energético y financiero impuesto a finales de enero y que “multiplicaría” las pérdidas para la isla.

El cálculo de las pérdidas se realiza con una metodología validada por la ONU y debe abarcar desde marzo a febrero de cada año.

En 2025 unos 165 países votaron en contra de la política de sanciones estadounidenses contra la isla.

El cerco energético agudizó una dura crisis de un lustro en Cuba con impactos en cada sector de la vida cotidiana ya que además incluyó apagones de más de 30 horas. Deterioró los sistemas de salud y educación, así como el transporte, generó una caída del turismo y de la actividad económica en general.

The Americans rebounded from their worst preliminary-round game in 50 years after edging Italy 55-52 on Sunday. Stewart set the tone early to make sure that wouldn't happen again as the U.S. won its 33rd in a row in the tournament, going back to a semifinal loss to Russia in the 2006 World Cup.

Next up for the U.S. is the quarterfinal round on Thursday. They’ll face the winner of the Hungary vs. Japan game which takes place Tuesday.

Stewart had 11 points in the first 10 minutes as the U.S. jumped out to a 29-15 lead. The Americans had only 30 points in the first half against Italy. They kept it going in the second quarter behind Napheesa Collier, who had seven of her 12 points in the period.

The Americans extended the advantage to 57-33 at the half. They weren't challenged in the second half by the Czechs as the lead ballooned to more than 40 points.

Stewart finished short of her World Cup career-high of 23 points set against China in 2018. She only played just over 16 minutes against the Czechs. Stewart sat in the fourth quarter giving her no chance at becoming only the second player in World Cup history to have a triple double. The Czech's Erika Dobrovicova accomplished the feat in 1994 against Spain.

The Czech Republic finished winless in pool play. The Czechs were playing in their first World Cup since 2014. They won the silver medal when they hosted the event in 2010.

In other games on Monday, China beat Italy; Germany topped Mali; Belgium beat Australia; Puerto Rico edged Turkey; France routed Nigeria; Spain beat Japan and Hungary slipped past Korea.

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“Obviously everybody’s responsible, including me, for doing things properly,” Belichick said. “And we intend to do that.”

Later Monday, a school spokesman issued a statement backing the 74-year-old Belichick, who won six Super Bowl titles with the NFL's New England Patriots.

“The University continues to support Bill Belichick and the Carolina football program," said Dean Stoyer, UNC's vice chancellor for communications.

The Tar Heels were off following their season-opening win against TCU in Ireland on Aug. 29. But during that open week, general manager Michael Lombardi resigned after being put on paid administrative leave in late July amid an investigation by UNC’s Office of University Counsel.

The same day, WRAL of Raleigh cited anonymous sources in reporting the type of questions asked of some interviewees. Some focused on Belichick's son Steve, the Tar Heels' defensive coordinator currently on medical leave.

Additionally, Lombardi attorney Tom Mars told The Athletic that the school’s probe now included questions into potential “inappropriate” relationships that didn’t involve his client. Mars hasn’t returned a call or email from The Associated Press regarding that comment.

Two people with knowledge of the situation had previously told the AP that a human resources complaint from a former employee was tied to Lombardi originally being placed on leave as the investigation launched. They spoke at the time on condition of anonymity because the school wasn't publicly discussing case details, with UNC saying employees and athletes weren't permitted to discuss the topic “as is standard procedure with personnel matters.”

Those developments have only added to a year’s worth of unwanted headlines off the field to go with shaky play on it under Belichick.

By Monday, reporters spent roughly the first 13 minutes of Belichick's 20-minute game week news conference asking questions that had nothing to do with Saturday's upcoming home debut against East Tennessee State.

That included whether his program had an atmosphere of rule compliance and if Belichick had “control” over the program.

“If you’re around here every day, I think you’d see it,” Belichick said.

Belichick was also asked whether he had spoken to chancellor Lee Roberts and athletic director Steve Newmark about his job security. He responded by looking ahead to the ETSU game, though he later elaborated more on his relationship with school officials when asked whether they had asked him to change anything in running the program.

“They've been very supportive, a great working relationship with those people,” he said. "In the end, look, we want to run the program in the very best way. And if there’s things we need to do to correct it, then we’ll obviously do them.”

The Tar Heels tallied more losses by double-digit margins (five) than wins (four) in Belichick's debut season, along with distractions such as an assistant coach being briefly suspended for violating NCAA rules. Belichick said in July he had hoped lessons learned would lead to more success in Year 2.

The Tar Heels got that with the 15-10 win against TCU after losing to the Horned Frogs by 34 in Belichick's UNC debut. But the past week take some glow off that victory.

“We’re so focused on everything internal and getting better on the field and getting better in the meeting room that we could care less about what we see in the headlines or what's on the news,” running back Benjamin Hall said. “It's not going to affect this team.”

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So when Potapova fell and was injured late in their fourth-round match Monday at the U.S. Open, Andreeva put aside the tennis and went to assist.

The French Open champion helped Potapova up so she could get treatment, then finished off a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory that sent her to the quarterfinals in Flushing Meadows for the first time.

“It’s not the perfect end to the match,” Andreeva said.

Andreeva led 5-3 in the final set when Potapova lunged to hit a running forehand and went down holding her left knee. As Potapova sat on the court in pain, the 19-year-old Russian came from the other side of the net and rested her hand on the 25-year-old's shoulder.

She helped the No. 24 seed up and Potapova was able to limp to her bench, where Andreeva asked if someone could bring her ice. Potapova was treated and eventually able to continue with her knee bandaged, though with limited movement she didn't win another point and didn't even attempt to get Andreeva's final shot.

Potapova appeared to be tearing up as Andreeva came around the net for a long embrace after the final point.

Potapova now represents Austria, but she was born in Russia and still played under that flag when she won the junior Wimbledon championship in 2016.

“For me, Nastya, she was always like a prodigy,” Andreeva said. “She came on tour early. She also had a lot of wins. I also remember we were all watching and cheering for her when she won juniors Wimbledon title. I remember watching that match. For me, she was always, like, a little star that I was kind of always looking at.”

Potapova won their first meeting on tour in 2022 but Andreeva has won the last four. This one prevented Potapova from reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.

“First, she just beat me. So after, I just kind of knew that she’s a tough player to play, but at the same time, she was so nice,” Andreeva said.

“Then since then we would practice together, and just like that, the more you see each other, the more you spend time together, then you just talk about everything, discuss everything. Then just like that, I feel like we have a good connection off the court.”

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The two Big Ten coaches acknowledged Monday they did not know there could be a discrepancy between what everyone was seeing on television and inside the stadium and the conference's tracking system.

But that's how conference officials explained the dramatic finish in Whittingham's debut for No. 16 Michigan. After time appeared to expire with Western Michigan leading 12-7, the refs added 1 more second and the Wolverines capitalized on their second chance with J.J. Buchanan hauling in Bryce Underwood's desperation heave for a 47-yard touchdown and a stunning 13-12 victory.

"Well, I guess they have this Hawkeye system? I was unaware of that,” Whittingham said Monday. “But as I looked, I knew it was close. When the ball sailed back to the end zone, I glanced up at the clock, and it was just ticking to zero, and somebody touched it. I didn’t know who had touched it, but apparently, it was a defender that had already established an out-of-bounds position. I’m assuming they got it right. They looked at it, and the technology they have is very advanced, I guess.”

It was a learning experience for both longtime coaches, who are relatively new to the Big Ten.

The 66-year-old Whittingham joined Utah's staff in 1994 and stayed through last season, coming out of a brief retirement to take the Michigan job. He won a school record 177 games including 11 bowl games as the Utes head coach from 2005-25.

The 49-year-old Odom returned to his alma mater, Missouri, as an assistant coach in 2003 and spent a total of 14 seasons on the Tigers staff, the last four as their head coach. His tenure at Missouri was split by a short stint at Memphis, from 2012-14, and following his firing as the Tigers head coach in 2019, he went to Arkansas for three seasons before returning to the head coaching ranks at UNLV in 2023 and moving to Purdue in 2025.

The Boilermakers (1-0) beat Indiana State 44-19 on Friday night to snap a 10-game losing streak.

“I didn’t until Saturday night,” Odom said at his weekly news conference when asked if he was aware a second clock, not visible inside the stadium, kept the official game time.

The Big Ten issued a statement two hours after the game, clarifying the process that was used and citing the rule that was enforced about when the clock stops if a player touches the ball out of bounds.

“It was determined (Western Michigan safety Micah Davis) started his jump from an established out-of-bounds position (left foot) and made contact with the ball with 1 second remaining on the clock,” the conference said. “A side-by-side view of the play and the game clock, using a direct shot of the game clock in the stadium, was used to determine the final ruling.”

Based on that explanation, Whittingham and Odom believe the refs got it right.

Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and Western Michigan President Russ Kavalhuna also told ESPN on Sunday night they accepted the explanation though Kavalhuna believes more transparency is needed. The Broncos (0-1) play in the MAC.

“If you look at what they saw, then you reach the conclusion they reached,” Kavalhuna said. “However, if you look at what the broadcasters broadcast, you reach a different conclusion. I think it would be good to ask ourselves, can we sync those up so that the viewers could see what the officials would be looking at?”

The ACC even allows television viewers to hear the discussion between the game officials and the replay center before reaching a conclusion.

But it wasn't just fans who were confused.

“I believe those charged with orchestrating, administering and officiating the game, they have to make decisions based on all the information they get, and then it’s their job to communicate that to us. I would assume that’s what happened in Ann Arbor," Odom said. “Like the other night, we were exiting the field for halftime and the official stopped me and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got to make sure that that last play there...' They wanted to make sure everything lined up the way it did. So it’s never over till it’s over. Until they blow the whistle or whatever that indicator is.”

Whittingham now believes the matter is closed as he moves on from the season-opening win and focuses on hosting No. 10 Oklahoma in one of this week's featured games.

“I think everyone’s fairly satisfied with the explanation. I am, and I think Western Michigan came out with a statement that, ‘Hey, we’re not going to question this anymore,’” he said. "They gave us a fairly transparent answer, and we’ll move forward.”

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“Our desire to win Week 1, beat the Jets, is because it’s Week 1 and nothing more,” Saleh said. “I’m forever grateful for the opportunity they gave.”

Forgive anyone who doesn't buy that it's just business in the NFL.

The Jets hired Saleh in 2021, then fired him five games into the 2024 season. Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets whose playoff drought now has reached 15 straight seasons, the longest in major North American sports.

Now Saleh has his second chance as an NFL head coach with the Titans, who are trying to snap a skid of four consecutive losing seasons and went 6-28 combined the past two. He has plenty of former Jets with him now in Tennessee.

Saleh reunited with Aaron Whitecotton as his defensive line coach, and the Titans currently have seven players Saleh coached with the Jets either on the roster or practice squad. That group includes defensive end Jermaine Johnson II, defensive linemen John Franklin-Myers and Solomon Thomas and safety Tony Adams.

Thomas spent three seasons with the Jets between 2022 and 2024 and couldn’t be happier to see this opponent for the opener with his new team. He agrees with Saleh that there’s no grudges held against the Jets or that he and fellow teammates want to get a win against their old team for payback.

The veteran lineman going into his 10th season said he’s focused on showing what they’re doing now with the Titans.

“We went through a lot of adversity at the Jets, and we’re bringing all the things we learned from that adversity here and spreading it in the culture of this locker room, spreading in the culture of the coaches,” Thomas said. “And I think it’s a lot of knowledge that we’re passing on from then.”

Defensive end Jacob Martin is among Tennessee's free agent additions who played for Saleh with the Jets. Martin was only there for eight games in 2022 before being traded by the Jets, and Martin said that every game in the NFL is personal — at least to him.

“I know a lot of guys in this locker room that were with the Jets organization," Martin said. “They’re extra excited to play in this one and myself included. I would say that's your old boss."

Asked what went wrong with the Jets, Martin said that's a question people have been asking for a while.

“I’m not really sure what the answer to that is, truthfully,” Martin said. "It just didn’t work out there. I don’t know why.”

The Jets traded Johnson to the Titans in February, giving up on a one-time Pro Bowler and their 26th pick overall in the 2022 draft. Johnson, who tore an Achilles tendon in 2024, has made clear he's targeting at least 10 sacks this season being reunited with Saleh.

Johnson said he's looking forward to seeing former teammates Sunday, talking and swapping jerseys after the game.

“First impressions are everything, believe it or not," Johnson said. "So this is the first time we get to introduce the world, the NFL, the 31 other teams into who we are as a team and who we as a defense and who I am as an individual. So just super excited ... to start that.”

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Detective Priscilla King recently asked the public for help after a surveillance camera recorded video of a man killing the ducks on Aug. 30 near University Drive and 13th Street.

Police officers identified Christopher Antoine, a convicted felon on probation, as the suspect.

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Antoine was convicted of criminal mischief of more than $1,000 after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested him on June 5, 2024, according to Broward County court records.

Broward County Circuit Judge Lorena V. Mastrarrigo sentenced Antoine to probation. His supervision started on Dec. 5, 2024, and it was set to end on Dec. 4, 2028, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

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La detectivesa Priscilla King había pedido ayuda a la comunidad recientemente, luego de que una cámara de vigilancia grabara el 30 de agosto a un sujeto matando a los animales cerca de University Drive y la calle 13.

La policía identificó como sospechoso a Christopher Antoine, un exconvicto que se encontraba bajo libertad condicional.

Registros judiciales del condado Broward señalan que Antoine fue condenado por daños a la propiedad mayores a $1,000, tras ser arrestado por oficiales de la Oficina del Alguacil de Broward el 5 de junio de 2024.

La jueza de circuito de Broward, Lorena V. Mastrarrigo, lo sentenció a libertad condicional. Su periodo de supervisión comenzó el 5 de diciembre de 2024 y estaba programado para terminar el 4 de diciembre de 2028, según el Departamento de Correcciones de Florida.

Leo unveiled the portrait before celebrating Mass with his fellow Augustinian brothers at the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano south of Rome. He joins a handful of past popes whose visits to the sanctuary were commemorated with portraits that adorn its walls, going back to Pope Urban VIII in 1630.

Leo visited the sanctuary on May 10, 2025, just two days after his election and in his first outing as pope. The former Robert Prevost had been there many times before, since the place has special significance for the pope's Augustinian religious order.

The sanctuary is managed by Augustinian friars and has been a place of pilgrimage since the 15th century. Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, elevated it to a minor basilica and expanded the adjacent convent in the early 1900s.

Leo referred to that 2025 outing during his homily at the basilica Monday, which commemorates the birth of Mary. Leo recalled what he wrote then in the sanctuary's guest book.

The new pope wrote at the time that he felt the “need and profound desire” to come to the sanctuary after his election to pray before the Madonna of Good Counsel “who has accompanied me all my life with her maternal presence, with her wisdom and example of love for her son who is always the center of my faith.”

Leo and the Vatican are stepping up activities after a summer lull. The Holy See’s typically busy autumn conferences and audiences are taking shape, and Leo is set to go to France at the end of the month and make his much-awaited trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November.

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She just has to beat Zheng Qinwen, which won't be easy. Even when Zheng goes down — way, way down — she refuses to stay there.

Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals Monday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Osaka in a matchup of power-hitting Grand Slam champions. The No. 2-seeded Rybakina is guaranteed to replace Aryna Sabalenka atop the WTA rankings if she reaches the semifinals in Flushing Meadows.

“Of course I want it, I don't know anyone who wouldn’t wish this, but definitely that’s one of my goals,” Rybakina said. “I try to approach the same way, try to do everything I can, fight until the end my next match and let’s see what’s going to happen.”

Trying to stop her will be Zheng, who made a daring escape from a 5-0 deficit for the second straight match. The 2024 Olympic gold medalist from China beat No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-3 to become the first qualifier to reach the final eight in Flushing Meadows since Emma Raducanu won the title in 2021.

Two days after she was down 5-0 in the third set before winning the final seven games to stun No. 22 Madison Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5, Zheng quickly dropped the first five games against Swiatek, the 2022 U.S. Open champion.

“I guess to come back 0-5 yesterday is not lucky, that’s all I can say,” Zheng said.

Rybakina won the Australian Open this year for her second major title and her No. 2 ranking is her career best. Even if she loses Wednesday, she can still get to No. 1 if neither Sabalenka, Coco Gauff or Jessica Pegula wins the title.

Rybakina was too good for Osaka, who won two of her four Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open but appeared to be struggling with a foot or ankle problem. The match lasted just 1 hour, 6 minutes, with Rybakina closing it out with an ace. She leads the WTA Tour in that category.

Resurgent Zheng goes from qualifying to quarterfinals

Zheng was a U.S. Open quarterfinalist in 2023 and 2024 — the year she reached the Australian Open final — but after her ranked dropped following elbow surgery she had to go through qualifying this year to reach the main draw. Raducanu’s title five years ago made her the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era, which dates to 1968.

Swiatek couldn't convert two set points serving at 5-1 and Zheng fought off another when Swiatek served with a 5-3 lead. She said she was so focused on each point that she even forgot the score.

Swiatek came in with a 7-1 record against Zheng, with the only loss two years ago in the Olympic semifinals in Paris. Zheng came back from a 4-0 deficit in the second set that day to stop Swiatek’s 25-match winning streak at Roland Garros, where she has won four French Open titles.

Swiatek got treatment on her left thigh in the second set but said her problems were neither physical nor mental.

“It was more that I started making mistakes from easy balls and Qinwen stopped doing mistakes," Swiatek said. "She played the balls better.”

Andreeva provides an assist on her way to quarterfinal vs. Gauff

Gauff beat No. 14 Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-4 to return to the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time since winning her first major title at the tournament in 2023. She lost in the fourth round in each of the last two years.

The No. 4 seed will face French Open champion Mirra Andreeva, the No. 5 seed who came back to beat No. 24 Anastasia Potapova 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, after helping her opponent when she injured her knee in the final game of the match.

5 hours, 5 sets as van de Zandschulp ousts lucky loser Gea

Botic van de Zandschulp outlasted Arthur Gea 3-6, 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-4 in 5 hours, 13 minutes, the fourth-longest match in U.S. Open history. He will play top-seeded Alexander Zverev, who beat No. 21 No. 21 Luciano Darderi 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Gea, a Frenchman who got in the tournament when 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud pulled out with a back injury, had a match point in the third-set tiebreaker in a bid to become the first lucky loser to reach the quarterfinals of a men's major. A lucky loser is a player who loses in the final round of qualifying but reaches the main draw when another player withdraws.

A breakthrough for Belgium's Blockx

Also going five sets — though a mere 3 hours, 50 minutes — was Karen Khachanov’s 7-5, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 14 Learner Tien. Tien was trying to give the host country four men in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time since five made it in 1995. No. 8 Ben Shelton, No. 11 Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen all advanced Sunday, along with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Khachanov will play No. 28 seed Alexander Blockx, who beat No. 24 Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to become the first man from Belgium to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals.

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Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade respondieron al incendio en el apartamento cerca de Northwest 14th Avenue y Northwest 103rd Street aproximadamente a las 6:30 a.m.

Según la MDSO, los agentes llegaron y encontraron el apartamento del tercer piso completamente envuelto en llamas.

Los agentes comenzaron inmediatamente a evacuar a los residentes de los lados este y oeste del edificio.

Equipos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue también respondieron y extinguieron el incendio.

Las autoridades dijeron que los bomberos posteriormente encontraron a una persona muerta dentro del apartamento. La identidad de la víctima aún no ha sido divulgada.

La causa del incendio sigue siendo desconocida.

Detectives de la Oficina de Homicidios de la MDSO respondieron a la escena y asumieron la investigación.

No se divulgó información adicional de inmediato.

“Labor Day has never been just another holiday,” Jackson told several hundred union members at a Southern Maine Labor Council event Monday in Portland. “Today, here with the people I’ve fought alongside for years, I want to make a pledge about exactly what I’m going to do in the United States Senate.”

Jackson, who became the nominee in a special convention in July, is trying to whip up support in a short period of time as he attempts to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race Democrats view as critical to winning Senate control.

He was among the candidates in key November races who spent Labor Day weekend stumping at festivals, union halls and parades as the midterms enter the final weeks with control of the House and Senate on the line.

Labor Day marks the beginning of the busy stretch of campaign season

This year's campaigns already have been combative, busy and expensive, and they are expected to get even more so as a larger number of voters tune in ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. The first statewide mail ballots already went out, in North Carolina, on Friday.

Outside the Jackson event in Portland, Doug Born, a 64-year-old union stagehand from Westbrook, said Jackson's background as a logger and his longtime support of organized labor are reasons to support him.

“I think he'd be the most working-class guy in the Senate. That appeals to me,” Born said. “We need more union members in seats of power.”

Collins had no events scheduled for Labor Day, but she visited shipbuilder Bath Iron Works early in the morning on Sept. 1 to greet employees and promise to continue “leveraging her seniority to secure billions in destroyer contracts, infrastructure modernization, and wage enhancements,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

Trump hopes to whip up support later this week with midterm convention

President Donald Trump is also stepping up his own efforts for Republicans in the coming days. His party is set to gather this week in Dallas for an atypical midterm convention, a two-day event that Trump and other Republicans hope will generate enthusiasm for the GOP, which currently controls the White House and Congress.

Typically, the party in power in Washington loses seats in Congress during the midterm elections.

Trump has vowed to campaign for Republicans in dozens of races, saying he plans to spend the 30 days before Nov. 3 stumping in House and Senate battlegrounds.

In a ‘right to work’ Southern state, Democrats still push for labor votes

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democrats’ nominee for governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, both visited an AFL-CIO picnic in metro Atlanta.

Ossoff, the only Democratic senator seeking reelection in a state Trump won in 2024, praised current and former labor leaders and activists, while lamenting workers’ economic circumstances under a billionaire president who has grown wealthier while in office.

“We are dealing with the most absurd and obscene corruption in the modern history of our republic,” Ossoff said, hammering Trump for the war in Iran and inflation while “building monuments to himself.”

“All of this, when for working families in Georgia, life just gets tougher and tougher,” Ossoff said.

Ossoff is facing Republican Rep. Mike Collins, who owns a trucking company but has pitched himself as a working-class advocate. Collins’ campaign did not respond to an inquiry about his Labor Day plans.

Bottoms, who faces wealthy healthcare CEO Rick Jackson, urged union members to use their personal influence and networks to help her counter the Republican nominee’s vast personal spending on Georgia airwaves. She noted that Georgia, like other Southern states, is historically anti-union and has so-called “right to work” laws that make it harder to organize unions and easier for companies to fire workers at will.

Jackson had no public events Monday.

Candidates made stops across House, Senate battlegrounds

In Wisconsin, both major-party candidates in one of the country's most competitive House districts — Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden and Democrat Rebecca Cooke — joined a parade in the western part of the state. Cooke walked the parade route before it started, talking with voters and handing out literature, and then did it again in the parade. Van Orden drove his 2001 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, with two of his grandchildren along for the ride, along the parade route.

Maureen Hilton, a 74-year-old retired insurance underwriter who lives just outside of the village of Readstown where the parade took place, said she’s disgusted with both political parties.

“Just do what’s right,” she said. “Get food prices down. Get gas prices down.”

But Jerry Ray, a 75-year-old semi-retired appliance repairman, said “it’s time for a change.” He’s voting for the Democrat Cooke in November.

“Trump’s had a chance and he’s just screwed it up royally,” Ray said as parade participants tossed candy to children along the route.

Van Orden said he gave Cooke credit for attending the parade in the Republican-leaning village with a population under 500.

At a fair Sunday in Ohio, an armed assailant charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton and injured several people before he was stopped by troopers, authorities said. A spokesperson for Acton’s opponent, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, said candidates “should be able to meet with voters without having to worry about threats or violence.”

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“It was difficult to make the roster for the Gold Cup one year before because the mindset was different,” Pochettino said Monday during an online question-and-answer session with reporters. “You say, 'If I play, I have not holidays. I cannot arrive fresh for the World Cup.' ... You know now that is bull----.”

Pochettino said his goal “is to change this type of idea that are not right.”

Pulisic, the top American player, took himself out of consideration for the 2025 Gold Cup citing the need to rest after his season with AC Milan and the hope to be fresh for the 2026 World Cup. He didn't score in four World Cup appearances this year, missing one group-stage match because of a calf injury and leaving the Americans’ round of 16 loss to Belgium on July 6 after fracturing his right tibia and fibula.

He had 10 goals in his first 15 matches for AC Milan last season but went scoreless in 19 club games after Dec. 28. He has been an unused substitute in AC Milan’s first three games this season.

Pochettino took over from Gregg Berhalter in the fall of 2024 and was given a four-year contract in a deal announced last month.

Pochettino plans to announce his roster on Sept. 17 for the first games of his second term, a double window that includes friendlies against Peru (Sept. 26 in Orlando, Florida), Chile (Sept. 29 in St. Louis), Mexico (Oct. 3 in Glendale, Arizona) and Canada (Oct. 6 in St. Paul, Minnesota). In their first competitive matches since the World Cup, the Americans play CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals in November.

“A new process, new project, new rules, new principles,” he said, speaking from London. “I think that the headline needs to be that (it) is a new start, a fresh start. And I think we need to change habits.”

“We need to create a group of players that (are) really being professional and compete in the way that we expect that they need to compete,” he added.

Players dropped from the World Cup roster, such as midfielders Diego Luna, Tanner Tessmann and Aidan Morris, could return. Young players such as 16-year-old Philadelphia midfielder Cavan Sullivan could be included for possible debuts.

Some, such as 19-year-old Crystal Palace winger Zavier Gozo, could be left off to allow them time to integrate with new clubs following summer transfers. Pochettino also expressed uncertainty about midfielder Sebastian Berhalter and defender Max Arfsten, who transferred to Middlesbrough.

Pochettino said players could be given national team debuts before they focus on the under-23 team, which will be coached by former U.S. defender Steve Cherundolo heading toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. He cited a “need to be careful” with youngsters.

“You need to (have) confidence. You need to have the trust in yourself and belief that you can perform and do well,” he said. “Sometimes if you play well and you are 17, 16 or 18 and you play well and people start to talk, about you are (Lionel) Messi or you are a big star in the world because you do some good things. If after you are confused and you don’t manage well, that can be dangerous for your career and that is what we don’t want.

“You only are entitled to talk a little bit out of order if you are Messi, if you win. If you won, you can talk with certain arrogance."

Among the attitudes Pochettino wants to change are those of coaches who would rather have their young players stay with clubs during international breaks.

“Sometimes the coaches say no. I have a 17-year-old guy that play in the MLS but when the (under) 19 national team called, say no because they need to rest," Pochettino said. “If (you are) 17, you need to rest, aye yai, yai. We have a big problem.”

No decision yet by Banks

Augsburg defender Noahkai Banks still hasn’t decided whether to play for the U.S. or Germany.

“Noki is still in the same situation that (he) was before the World Cup,” Pochettino said. “We are in contact with all the potential duel nationals. I think it’s important for us to see. That is the connection, the human connection, that is so important.”

Balogun a focus

Pochettino intends to telephone striker Folarin Balogun, whose proposed transfer from Monaco to Everton came apart last week.

“I want to know from him what happened but always offering our support,” he said. “He’s an important player for us, was an important player in the World Cup and (I) hope that he can find being in Monaco, in another place, his best place to perform."

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El mandatario visitó la zona de la tragedia y participó de una misa con familiares y afectados a quienes ofreció asistencia y anunció una “investigación exhaustiva que dependerá del Ministerio Público”. “No se puede hacer política en un momento de dolor”, dijo frente a las críticas. El tema abrió el debate sobre la seguridad en los cuarteles que almacenan explosivos.

En la zona donde el depósito del Regimiento Bolívar sufrió el viernes la doble explosión, los rescatistas trabajaban entre los escombros para recuperar los cuerpos de los que no están localizados, según explicó el comandante del Ejército, el general Héctor Alarcón.

Todavía no se conocen las causas de las detonaciones. La segunda fue tan potente que afectó a varias casas a la redonda, cuyos habitantes fueron evacuados. “No corresponde adelantar criterios mientras no concluyan las investigaciones periciales. No se sabe dónde se inició el fuego”, dijo Alarcón.

Señaló que las tareas de rescate son lentas debido a que la zona es de “alto riesgo” por la existencia de posibles explosivos entre los escombros.

“Volaron puertas y ventanas en casi dos kilómetros a la redonda, hay 70 personas afectadas”, según el concejal de Viacha Wilfredo Silva.

En las afueras del cuartel familias de los conscriptos esperaban en medio del llanto y el dolor cualquier noticia de los rescatistas.

La fiscalía abrió una investigación por presunto “homicidio culposo” y aún no hay acusados ni detenidos. Paz anunció un resarcimiento a las víctimas y a los afectados.

Pólvora y pirotecnia

En el depósito del cuartel había desde 2019 “pólvora negra”, explosivos de uso minero y pirotecnia, según el ministro boliviano de Defensa, Ernesto Justiniano, y el propio Alarcón.

Los decomisos de explosivos de contrabando que realiza la Aduana son entregados a las Fuerzas Armadas y el Ministerio de Defensa debe autorizar su destrucción, lo que al parecer no ocurrió desde 2019. “No se conoce la cantidad”, señaló Alarcón.

Paz y su ministro de Defensa anunciaron una revisión y actualización de los “protocolos de seguridad” en los cuarteles.

Entre los fallecidos están un sargento y seis conscriptos que hacían su servicio militar y estaban asignados al centro de mantenimiento del cuartel.

Luego se reportó el hallazgo de otros dos cuerpos, informó Alarcón.

Más de la mitad de los 81 heridos fueron dados de alta, mientras que dos heridos se encuentran en estado delicado, según la ministra de Salud, Marcela Flores.

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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the apartment fire near Northwest 14th Avenue and Northwest 103rd Street at approximately 6:30 a.m.

“I woke up around 6 o’clock in the morning because I heard some screams,” Oscar Umana, who took cellphone video of the fire, said in Spanish. “There were some people fighting outside, so I came outside to look and when I looked, I saw the fire started right there in that building. That’s where the fire started from.”

According to MDSO, deputies arrived to find the third-floor apartment fully engulfed in flames.

Deputies immediately began evacuating residents from both the east and west sides of the building.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews also responded and extinguished the fire.

Authorities said firefighters later found a person dead inside the apartment. The victim’s identity and cause of death have not yet been released.

Detectives with the MDSO Homicide Bureau and arson investigators responded to the scene and took over the investigation.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

“I felt the energy from the city,” said Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California. “I felt the energy from the coaches.”

But there was a complication that went beyond the distance factor. Hopkins had to deal with the dilemma facing just about every high school quarterback prospect since most Bowl Subdivision programs now overwhemingly rely on transfers at that position: About 65% of the FBS starting quarterbacks to open this season transferred at some point in their careers.

“It’s a totally different ballgame,” said Trent Dilfer, who has experienced quarterback recruiting from just about every angle.

Dilfer is a former Fresno State quarterback and first-round draft pick who started for the Baltimore Ravens’ Super Bowl championship team in the 2000 season. He coached a high school power at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, was a college head coach at UAB and now is back at Lipscomb.

He remembers when a quarterback coming out of high school could learn on the job. Colleges don’t need to be that patient anymore because so many college quarterbacks with starting experience are available each year since the NCAA erased the requirement of sitting out a year before the 2021-22 season.

“And that changed everything,” Dilfer said. “Because instead of recruiting the child, now you’re recruiting a man.”

Hopkins chose Wisconsin even as the Badgers enter a fourth straight season with a transfer as their starting quarterback. Hopkins spent the summer competing with Louisville transfer Deuce Adams for the right to back up Old Dominion transfer Colton Joseph, who got the start in the Badgers' season-opening loss to No. 4 Notre Dame on Sunday night.

“I feel like with this coaching staff – no matter if you’re the 2 or the 3 or the 1 - they're coaching every guy the same,” Hopkins said.

Transferring is now the norm

The reliance on transfers by most major programs leaves fewer roster spots available for high school prospects.

“If you’re a quarterback in this day and age, you have to earn it and you have to say, ‘I’m OK with taking less when I’m first getting recruited, because I want to get more when I show how good I am,’” Washington coach Jedd Fisch said.

They also must realize the college they select out of high school might not be where they finish.

Going by composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports, more than 80% of the top 50 quarterbacks from the 2023 class have transferred. The number of top-50 quarterbacks from that class who have attended at least three colleges is nearly double the total who stayed at one school.

“A kid who used to be able to go to a middle-of-the-road SEC or ACC school, it’s probably better for them to go now to a Group of Five school and play,” said Bryant Appling, who coaches Georgia high school power Buford. “Because two years from now, when they want to transfer or move up, they’ll have a leg up on the kid who’s just coming out of high school and who they’re not sure of.”

Major uncertainty from the transfer portal

All that activity makes it tough for high school quarterbacks who sign with colleges in December, just before the transfer portal window opens. Most finalize their college plans several months before that December deadline, when they have no idea who they might be competing against once they’ve enrolled.

“You’re fishing in the dark, so to speak,” said Jason Negro, the coach at St. John Bosco in Bellflower, California, whose list of former quarterbacks includes Illinois’ Katin Houser and 2018 first-round pick Josh Rosen. “You have no control over it. You might look at a roster in November or December - and in January it looks completely different.”

College coaches won't stop recruiting high school quarterbacks entirely, since they'd prefer to develop multi-year starters rather than depending on the portal each year. But the portal enables them to be choosier.

“If you’re going to invest in somebody to play at this level, they’d better be able to play in year one or at least year two,” Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said.

Coaches also rarely sign multiple high school quarterbacks in the same class anymore. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano noted that “back in the day, if you were a little bit low in that room, you wouldn’t think twice about doing that.”

Some quarterbacks have been proactive by reclassifying to enter college a year early, enabling them to profit off the use their name, image and likeness sooner.

Teddy Jarrard is at Notre Dame this year rather than playing his senior season at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Notre Dame also has a verbal commitment from Champ Monds, who skipped his junior season at Vero Beach (Florida) High and will begin his college career next year. Colorado’s Julian Lewis also reclassified.

“Some guys are ready to do that,” Schiano said. “They’re physically mature enough. They’re emotionally mature enough. Other guys, not even close.”

Experience matters

While the transfer portal hinders high school quarterback prospects initially, it offers potential long-term benefits. Quarterbacks not recruited heavily in high school can work their way up.

“If they just get in there and play, even at the I-AA level, you’ve seen guys who have made big strides come up,” Duke coach Manny Diaz said. “We’ve seen D-II guys that in the past might’ve just been stuck there forever and no one would have ever known about them.”

Diego Pavia went from New Mexico Military Institute to New Mexico State to Vanderbilt and became the 2025 Heisman Trophy runner-up. Trinidad Chambliss started out at Division II Ferris State, led Mississippi to a College Football Playoff semifinal berth last year and is back behind center for the Rebels this season.

Chambliss is one of at least 18 FBS starting quarterbacks this season who spent part of their careers at non-FBS programs.

“I have a really good friend whose son is a really great quarterback and is asking where he should go,” Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said. “I was like, ‘I’d go to the place where I could start. I’d go FCS. I’d go wherever and play,’ because everyone’s going to want to see a quarterback with experience.”

Chris McDonald, who coached Washington’s Demond Williams and Oklahoma State’s Broderick Vehrs at Basha High in Chandler, Arizona, said quarterbacks are now similar to baseball prospects moving up a farm system. Productive quarterbacks at lower-level schools get opportunities at bigger programs.

“Understand your recruitment really doesn’t end until you’re going into your last year of college,” McDonald said.

Hopkins, the Wisconsin quarterback, offers this advice to high school QB recruits.

“Trust your development,” he said. “Your development’s huge. I think a lot of kids, they’re really eager and they want to go to these really flashy programs because these coaches are throwing a lot at them. See yourself, be self-aware of your talents and what you’re capable of."

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Ecclestone, 95, arrived at Tires Airport near Lisbon, where officers from the Portuguese Public Security Police airport division found a shotgun in his possession for which he lacked a permit.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Ecclestone admitted he brought the weapon from Switzerland for pigeon shooting.

“They asked if I had a blue book, which is apparently the documentation you need, and I told them I never travel with documents like that, any documents at all practically,” Ecclestone told the British newspaper. “They said they would arrest me, but after what seemed like hours we sorted it out, but it has been wall-to-wall aggravation."

Ecclestone was at the helm of F1 from 1987-2017, and divides his time between his homes in Switzerland and Portugal.

This is not the first time he has run into trouble for carrying a weapon at an airport. In May 2022 he was detained at Viracopos Airport in Brazil after police found a .32-caliber pistol in his possession. On that occasion he had to pay a fine and was able to leave without further issues.

Ecclestone gained a marketing grip on F1 in the late 1970s by selling its TV rights. Four decades later, the British business magnate controlled the series until his decision to step down. He continues to attend races.

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According to Flight Aware, 129 domestic flights arriving or departing from MIA were delayed and 65 were canceled.

Airport officials confirmed that two of the airport’s four runways are currently open.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Boeing 767 cargo plane overran a runway at MIA around 2 p.m. Sunday and plowed across a road used by warehouse workers and other businesses that surround the airport.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said several vehicles were struck by the plane in a parking lot along Northwest 67th Avenue, between Northwest 25th Street and 36th Street.

“So what we see in the video is what we call an unstable approach,” airline Captain Francisco Diaz, who has flown similar planes, said. “The airplane was approaching the runway in a state that was outside of the standard. You can see that it’s pitching down a little bit and then when it reaches the landing zone of the runway it floats forever, right? And it actually makes two little bounces in the air before it touches down on the main gear. From the training perspective, you’re supposed to go around – go back in the air when something like that happens, specifically to avoid this from happening.”

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews launched a search-and-rescue operation for the pilot and co-pilot, who were trapped on the aircraft, as well as victims trapped inside vehicles that were struck by the cargo plane.

“The airplane did strike a couple of vehicles that required a couple of victims that were actually trapped in the vehicles,” MDFR Chief Ray Jadallah said.

Officials said over 60 MDFR units consisting of about 200 workers responded to the scene as thick, heavy plumes of smoke billowed from the plane into the air.

“As you’re well aware, these incidents require seconds, not necessarily minutes, in regards to a response,” Jadallah said.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during a press conference that five people were killed and five others were hospitalized.

Three of the injured people were listed in critical condition, authorities said.

According to officials, Prime Air Flight 7598 originated from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Airport officials said the plane was disabled after going off the northwest end of the airport’s diagonal runway.

A ground stop was issued after the crash and all runways were closed for hours, officials confirmed.

An airport official said one of MIA’s four runways reopened around 4:15 p.m., and a second was opened around 30 minutes later.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash and officials with the NTSB are expected to release more details at a press conference Monday.

Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Aviation experts said investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed and, if it was beyond the normal touchdown zone, why the pilots did not abandon the landing and circle back for another attempt.

Investigators will also examine the plane’s speed and braking, weather and wind conditions, the aircraft’s mechanical condition and other factors that could have contributed to the deadly overrun.

MIA not equipped with arresting systems used to stop planes that go past end of a runway

MIA is not equipped with arresting systems that the FAA says have been installed at more than 120 airports nationwide to safely stop planes that do go past the end of a runway.

“It prevents the airplane from leaving the airport premises,” Diaz said. “It’s a soft concrete that is after the runway and if the airplane gets into that area, it becomes like mud and stops the airplane from continuing moving forward.”

Those beds of lightweight, crushable material at the end of a runway have been credited by the FAA with helping save at least 497 lives aboard planes that overran runways.

MIA does not have EMAS, or the Engineered Materials Arresting System, because the FAA requires airports that don’t instead have a 1,000-foot runway safety area at the end of the tarmac, which the airport has. However, Diaz said he believes EMAS could have prevented the Amazon cargo plane from going into the parking lot Sunday.

Diaz is the current captain of a Boeing 747, but flew the same plane involved in Sunday’s crash a decade ago.

“This airplane registration is registration N1997A. It was the first Amazon Prime airplane about 10 years ago, and the company I used to work for, we were the ones that started this contract with Amazon and I flew this specific tail number 10 years ago,” he said.

Those flying into or out of MIA Monday are urged to check with their airline for their flight status before arriving at the airport.

Los soldados dispuestos para un control en el departamento de Nariño, fronterizo con Ecuador, fueron alertados sobre un presunto explosivo instalado en la vía Panamericana, la principal del suroeste. Al acudir al lugar para verificar fue activada un área minada.

Inicialmente tres soldados resultaron heridos, pero el militar José Manuel López Villada falleció pese a recibir atención de enfermeros de combate, indicó el ejército en un comunicado.

Con información preliminar el ejército señaló como presunta responsable a una estructura que forma parte de la disidencia de las FARC llamada Estado Mayor Central comandada por Néstor Gregorio Vera, alias “Iván Mordisco”, quien no se acogió al acuerdo de paz firmado con el Estado hace una década.

La disidencia “habría acondicionado los alrededores de la vía con dispositivos explosivos improvisados activados por la víctima para atentar contra la integridad de las tropas”, detalló el ejército.

El presidente Abelardo de la Espriella rechazó el ataque e informó en X que ha sido capturado a un hombre presuntamente relacionado con la instalación del campo minado. Indicó que dio la orden de establecer quiénes lo planearon, financiaron y ejecutaron.

“No permitiremos que los terroristas siembren de minas nuestras carreteras y asesinen a quienes protegen a los colombianos”, afirmó el mandatario.

El ataque se produjo luego de que las autoridades realizaran operaciones militares en Nariño. De la Espriella informó la víspera en X que siete disidentes fallecieron en la operación y cinco más fueron capturados.

“Por cada soldado o policía que asesinen, haré caer sobre los criminales todo el peso y toda la fuerza legítima del Estado. No nos van a doblegar”, aseguró el mandatario conservador.

De la Espriella ha centrado su política gubernamental en la seguridad, prometiendo “mano de hierro” contra los ilegales y puso fin a las negociaciones de paz que adelantó su predecesor Gustavo Petro (2022-2026).

Durante el primer mes de su gobierno los grupos armados ilegales han respondido con ataques contra la fuerza pública, especialmente mediante el uso de explosivos.

La guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional, alzada en armas desde 1964, aceptó el lunes la autoría de dos ataques con drones cargados con explosivos contra la policía de Cesar, en el noreste del país, que no dejaron víctimas. También su responsabilidad en el ataque con explosivos y fusiles contra el batallón de Ocaña, fronterizo con Venezuela, en el que murieron tres militares.

En la comunicación divulgada en X la guerrilla reprochó que De la Espriella cerrara la posibilidad de negociar la paz e insistió en que el país necesita buscar un “acuerdo nacional”.

“Our teams have hit it,” said Christopher Bell, whose late pass on leader Kyle Larson led to his first Southern 500 crown. “Yeah, we need to make the most of it now, because we know how it goes.”

Right now, it’s all coming up Toyota and JGR in NASCAR. Denny Hamlin was the regular-season champion and favorite to collect his first championship in the series.

Ty Gibbs, team owner Joe Gibbs’ grandson, is showing his skills with 18 top-10 finishes — he was runner-up to Bell at Darlington — including victories at Bristol and Iowa.

Chase Briscoe, in his second season with JGR, has 16 top 10s and finished sixth in his quest for a third consecutive Southern 500 trophy.

Bell had endured a frustrating season, with seven second-place finishes and a wrist injury suffered in a crash at Michigan that he thought would derail his season. But with fresher tires after Larson stayed out on the track instead of changing to new tread, Bell quickly tracked down the defending NASCAR champion and broke through to victory lane for the first time this season.

He also cut into Hamlin’s Chase points lead, moving from 50 behind to just 12 as the series heads to World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, just outside of St. Louis, next week.

“We’ve got four great drivers, great teams,” Bell said. “I mean, I go back to, when was it, 2019 when all four of the JGR cars were incredible. This is right there with it.”

Bell’s win meant all four JGR drivers claimed wins this year, the first time that’s happened since that dominant 2019 season when the late Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Erik Jones won 19 of 36 races and Busch brought Gibbs his fifth and latest NASCAR title.

This year’s JGR quartet has won eight races and Toyota has won 15 of 27 events this season. Hamlin remains on top, even though he had the lowest JGR finish (18th) at Darlington, where a midrace crash cost him a chance to extend his points lead.

Bell sits second while Briscoe is fifth and Gibbs sixth. 23XI driver Tyler Reddick, who had five victories to lead the series this season, is fourth in the standings in another Toyota.

JGR co-owner Heather Gibbs, Ty’s mother, said the organization would be disappointed if one of the four wasn’t holding the trophy after the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November.

“I think we’ve worked so hard as a team and as an organization to be consistent and have four competitive cars,” she said. “Obviously points, coming, showing up every week, just as Christopher has, having all those top twos where it’s criticized, and that makes a championship-caliber team to be consistent.”

Bell joked that he was going to say he had two free weeks to work on other things since he had advanced to the next round. But that was under the old playoff format, which NASCAR ditched to return to Chase racing, where all 16 qualifiers compete in all 10 races without eliminations.

“There’s no more weeks off, and I love it,” Bell said.

It’s a consistent JGR approach to racing that has brought the organization 235 wins since Dale Jarrett won the 1993 Daytona 500 for the three-time Super Bowl-winning, NFL coach-turned-auto racing entrepreneur.

Adam Stevens, Bell’s crew chief, said JGR often has had a dominant program. But rarely has the talent behind the wheel, in the garage, in leadership and in research and development been so high across the board.

“I think all of our teams are in a really good spot in that regard, and I think that we’re kind of seeing, you know, we have the capablity,” Stevens said. “We have the program and we have the ability to make good and bad decisions with that information. But the internal strength individually of the teams is next-level right now.”

It’s a rare moment Bell knows he and his teammates should pounce on before the rest of the garage catches up.

“Right now we’re on top,” he said, “but we won’t be up there forever, that’s for sure.”

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It coincided with the busy Labor Day travel weekend.

One woman said, “I started out in Buffalo, New York, and then I went to Raleigh and then from Raleigh, we had a seven-hour layover, maybe nine hours and then ended up in Denver and had another hour layover and then ended up here.”

Another woman said her flight was rescheduled three times.

The deadly crash brought the entire airport to a ground stop Sunday while first responders rushed to the scene. Inbound flights were seeing the most issues.

Some flights were out-and-out cancelled.

One flyer said she was at MIA for 10 hours.

“They said wait ‘til 5 o’clock to see if we reopen and then they canceled the flight,” she said.

Nearly 150 delays and 60 cancellations were reported as of around 10:30 Monday morning.

Those delays also affected flight crews getting to MIA to staff flights.

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The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Hyde Beach House at 4010 S. Ocean Drive.

According to the Hollywood Police Department, medics took the victim, who was found in the hotel’s lobby, to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital. Police did not release information about his or her age or gender.

Police said detectives “are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident” and authorities have not announced any arrests.

They asked anyone with information to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Todo coincidió con el ajetreado fin de semana del Día del Trabajo.

Una mujer contó: “Salí de Buffalo, Nueva York, y de ahí fui a Raleigh, y en Raleigh tuvimos una escala de siete horas, quizás nueve, y terminamos en Denver, donde hubo otra escala de una hora, y de ahí llegamos acá”.

Otra mujer dijo que su vuelo fue reprogramado tres veces.

El accidente mortal obligó a detener toda la operación en tierra del aeropuerto el domingo, mientras los socorristas acudían al lugar. Los vuelos de llegada fueron los más afectados.

Algunos vuelos simplemente se cancelaron.

Una pasajera dijo que pasó diez horas en MIA.

“Nos dijeron que esperáramos hasta las 5 en punto para ver si reabrían, y después cancelaron el vuelo”, contó.

Hasta cerca de las 10:30 de la mañana del lunes se reportaban casi 150 retrasos y 60 cancelaciones.

Esos retrasos también afectaron la llegada a MIA de las tripulaciones que debían cubrir los vuelos.

El tiroteo ocurrió poco después de la 1 p.m. del domingo en el Hyde Beach House, en el 4010 de South Ocean Drive.

De acuerdo con el Departamento de Policía de Hollywood, los paramédicos trasladaron a la víctima, que fue encontrada en el vestíbulo del hotel, al HCA Florida Aventura Hospital. La policía no divulgó información sobre su edad ni su sexo.

La policía indicó que los detectives “investigan activamente las circunstancias que rodean este incidente” y las autoridades no han anunciado ningún arresto.

Se pide a cualquier persona con información que llame a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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And after Sunday’s fatal plane crash at MIA involving an Amazon cargo plane, many are wondering whether those systems could have saved lives.

“It prevents the airplane from leaving the airport premises,” airline Captain Francisco Diaz, who has flown the same plane, said. “It’s a soft concrete that is after the runway and if the airplane gets into that area, it becomes like mud and stops the airplane from continuing moving forward.”

Those beds of lightweight, crushable material at the end of a runway have been credited by the FAA with helping save at least 497 lives aboard planes that overran runways.

MIA does not have EMAS, or the Engineered Materials Arresting System, because the FAA requires airports that don’t instead have a 1,000-foot runway safety area at the end of the tarmac, which the airport has. However, Diaz said he believes EMAS could have prevented the Amazon cargo plane from going into the parking lot Sunday.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Boeing 767 cargo plane overran a runway at MIA around 2 p.m. Sunday and plowed across a road used by warehouse workers and other businesses that surround the airport.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said several vehicles were struck by the plane in a parking lot along Northwest 67th Avenue, between Northwest 25th Street and 36th Street.

“So what we see in the video is what we call an unstable approach,” Diaz said. “The airplane was approaching the runway in a state that was outside of the standard. You can see that it’s pitching down a little bit and then when it reaches the landing zone of the runway it floats forever, right? And it actually makes two little bounces in the air before it touches down on the main gear. From the training perspective, you’re supposed to go around – go back in the air when something like that happens, specifically to avoid this from happening.”

Diaz is the current captain of a Boeing 747, but flew the same plane involved in Sunday’s crash a decade ago.

“This airplane registration is registration N1997A. It was the first Amazon Prime airplane about 10 years ago, and the company I used to work for, we were the ones that started this contract with Amazon and I flew this specific tail number 10 years ago,” he said.

Diaz urged the public to wait for the investigation’s findings before deciding who or what was at fault for Sunday’s crash, and urged Miami-Dade officials to invest in EMAS for MIA’s runways.

“We don’t know if the airplane had any malfunction. We don’t know if the systems had any issues, like hydraulics or brakes or anything like that,” he said. “For the pilots out there, every time you are unstable in an approach, go around. Try a second time. Go back in the air and come back and try. For the authorities, Miami airport is doing a $9 billion investment in infrastructure. Please include something like EMAS for all the runways.”

Those flying into or out of MIA Monday are urged to check with their airline for their flight status before arriving at the airport.

Y tras el accidente aéreo mortal del domingo en MIA, en el que se vio involucrado un avión de carga de Amazon, muchos se preguntan si esos sistemas habrían podido salvar vidas.

“Impide que el avión salga de las instalaciones del aeropuerto”, dijo el capitán de aerolínea Francisco Diaz, quien ha volado ese mismo avión. “Es un concreto blando que va después de la pista, y si el avión entra en esa zona, se vuelve como lodo y lo detiene para que no siga avanzando”.

La FAA atribuye a esos lechos de material liviano y quebradizo instalados al final de las pistas haber ayudado a salvar al menos 497 vidas de personas a bordo de aviones que se pasaron de la pista.

MIA no tiene EMAS, el Sistema de Frenado con Materiales de Ingeniería, porque la FAA lo exige solo a los aeropuertos que no cuentan con un área de seguridad de 1,000 pies al final de la pista, y el aeropuerto sí la tiene. Aun así, Diaz considera que el EMAS pudo haber evitado que el avión de carga de Amazon terminara en el estacionamiento el domingo.

De acuerdo con la Administración Federal de Aviación, el avión de carga Boeing 767 rebasó una pista de MIA alrededor de las 2 p.m. del domingo y arrasó una vía que utilizan trabajadores de almacenes y otros negocios de los alrededores del aeropuerto.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue señalaron que el avión golpeó varios vehículos en un estacionamiento sobre Northwest 67th Avenue, entre Northwest 25th Street y 36th Street.

“Lo que vemos en el video es lo que llamamos una aproximación inestable”, dijo Diaz. “El avión se acercaba a la pista en una condición fuera de lo normal. Se ve que baja un poco la nariz y luego, al llegar a la zona de aterrizaje, flota una eternidad. De hecho, da dos pequeños rebotes en el aire antes de tocar con el tren principal. Desde el punto de vista del entrenamiento, uno debe hacer un motor y al aire, volver a subir cuando pasa algo así, justamente para evitar que esto ocurra”.

Diaz es actualmente capitán de un Boeing 747, pero hace una década voló el mismo avión que se accidentó el domingo.

“La matrícula de este avión es N1997A. Fue el primer avión de Amazon Prime hace unos 10 años, y la empresa para la que yo trabajaba fue la que inició ese contrato con Amazon. Yo volé esa misma matrícula hace 10 años”, contó.

Diaz pidió al público esperar los resultados de la investigación antes de decidir quién o qué tuvo la culpa del accidente del domingo, e instó a las autoridades de Miami-Dade a invertir en el EMAS para las pistas de MIA.

“No sabemos si el avión tuvo alguna falla. No sabemos si los sistemas tuvieron algún problema, como los hidráulicos o los frenos o algo así”, dijo. “A los pilotos les digo: cada vez que vayan inestables en una aproximación, hagan motor y al aire. Inténtenlo una segunda vez. Vuelvan a subir, regresen e inténtenlo. Y a las autoridades: el aeropuerto de Miami está haciendo una inversión de 9,000 millones de dólares en infraestructura. Por favor, incluyan algo como el EMAS para todas las pistas”.

A quienes tengan vuelos desde o hacia MIA este lunes se les recomienda consultar el estado de su vuelo con la aerolínea antes de ir al aeropuerto.

Según Flight Aware, 129 vuelos nacionales que llegaban o salían de MIA se retrasaron y 65 fueron cancelados.

Funcionarios del aeropuerto confirmaron que dos de las cuatro pistas están abiertas en este momento.

De acuerdo con la Administración Federal de Aviación, un avión de carga Boeing 767 rebasó una pista de MIA alrededor de las 2 p.m. del domingo y arrasó una vía que utilizan trabajadores de almacenes y otros negocios de los alrededores del aeropuerto.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue señalaron que el avión golpeó varios vehículos en un estacionamiento sobre Northwest 67th Avenue, entre Northwest 25th Street y 36th Street.

“Lo que vemos en el video es lo que llamamos una aproximación inestable”, dijo el capitán Francisco Diaz, quien ha volado aviones similares. “El avión se acercaba a la pista en una condición fuera de lo normal. Se ve que baja un poco la nariz y luego, al llegar a la zona de aterrizaje, flota una eternidad. De hecho, da dos pequeños rebotes en el aire antes de tocar con el tren principal. Desde el punto de vista del entrenamiento, uno debe hacer un motor y al aire, volver a subir cuando pasa algo así, justamente para evitar que esto ocurra”.

La alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, informó en una conferencia de prensa que cinco personas murieron y otras cinco fueron hospitalizadas.

Tres de los heridos estaban en estado crítico, indicaron las autoridades.

Según las autoridades, el vuelo 7598 de Prime Air había salido del Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín, en San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Funcionarios del aeropuerto dijeron que el avión quedó inutilizado tras salirse por el extremo noroeste de la pista diagonal del aeropuerto.

Tras el accidente se ordenó una detención de operaciones en tierra y todas las pistas permanecieron cerradas durante horas, confirmaron las autoridades.

Un funcionario del aeropuerto dijo que una de las cuatro pistas de MIA reabrió alrededor de las 4:15 p.m., y una segunda unos 30 minutos después.

La Junta Nacional de Seguridad del Transporte investiga la causa del accidente y se esperaba que sus funcionarios dieran más detalles en una conferencia de prensa el lunes.

El video del aterrizaje del domingo parece mostrar que el Boeing 767 siguió en el aire buena parte de la pista antes de tocar tierra. Expertos en aviación señalaron que los investigadores buscarán determinar en qué punto exacto aterrizó el avión y, si fue más allá de la zona normal de contacto, por qué los pilotos no abortaron el aterrizaje para intentarlo de nuevo.

Los investigadores también examinarán la velocidad y el frenado del avión, las condiciones del clima y del viento, el estado mecánico de la aeronave y otros factores que pudieron contribuir al accidente.

MIA no cuenta con los sistemas de frenado que detienen aviones que rebasan la pista

MIA no está equipado con los sistemas de frenado que, según la FAA, se han instalado en más de 120 aeropuertos del país para detener de forma segura a los aviones que se pasan del final de la pista.

“Impide que el avión salga de las instalaciones del aeropuerto”, explicó Diaz. “Es un concreto blando que va después de la pista, y si el avión entra en esa zona, se vuelve como lodo y lo detiene para que no siga avanzando”.

La FAA atribuye a esos lechos de material liviano y quebradizo instalados al final de las pistas haber ayudado a salvar al menos 497 vidas de personas a bordo de aviones que se pasaron de la pista.

MIA no tiene EMAS, el Sistema de Frenado con Materiales de Ingeniería, porque la FAA lo exige solo a los aeropuertos que no cuentan con un área de seguridad de 1,000 pies al final de la pista, y el aeropuerto sí la tiene. Aun así, Diaz considera que el EMAS pudo haber evitado que el avión de carga de Amazon terminara en el estacionamiento el domingo.

Diaz es actualmente capitán de un Boeing 747, pero hace una década voló el mismo avión que se accidentó el domingo.

“La matrícula de este avión es N19977A. Fue el primer avión de Amazon Prime hace unos 10 años, y la empresa para la que yo trabajaba fue la que inició ese contrato con Amazon. Yo volé esa misma matrícula hace 10 años”, contó.

A quienes tengan vuelos desde o hacia MIA este lunes se les recomienda consultar el estado de su vuelo con la aerolínea antes de ir al aeropuerto.

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A letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government officials said the couple will continue to refrain from using their royal titles as they have done since stepping back from official royal duties in 2020. Any charity work the couple undertakes will be carried out in a private capacity, and operational security decisions are matters for the relevant police agencies, the letter adds.

The letter was sent by the Lord Chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, to senior officials in the government and military, as well as lord lieutenants, the king’s personal representatives around the country.

“To help avoid doubt or confusion, The King has directed that (this) information be shared,” the letter says.

While the communication simply confirms that Harry and Meghan’s status remains unchanged, the decision to send the letter and release it publicly demonstrates the concern among some palace observers that the couple’s status could allow them to become a sort of parallel royal court, competing with working members of the royal family.

The security question is particularly sensitive because Harry has fought a long-running battle with the government for the restoration of publicly funded police protection, which was canceled when the couple gave up their royal roles.

The decision about whether to restore the couple’s round-the-clock police protection is a matter for a government panel known as RAVEC, or the Royal and VIP Executive Committee.

“Any specific questions from official and State organizations about the courtesies which should be extended to the Duke and Duchess, and particularly where recourse to public funds may be required, should be directed to Buckingham Palace,” the Lord Chamberlain said in his letter.

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According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Boeing 767 cargo plane overran a runway at MIA around 2 p.m.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during a press conference that five people were killed and five others were hospitalized with unknown injuries.

Three of the injured people were listed in critical condition, authorities said.

The flight originated from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, officials said.

According to information from MIA, Prime Air Flight 7598 was disabled after going off the northwest end of the airport’s diagonal runway.

A ground stop was issued, and all runways were closed following the crash, officials said.

We’ve issued a full ground stop at Miami International while first responders assess the scene after an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway.

If you’re traveling through the area, please expect significant delays and potential cancellations.

The @FAANews will send inspectors… https://t.co/k6xrXvoLzJ

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) September 6, 2026

An airport official said that one of MIA’s four runways reopened around 4:15 p.m., and a second was opened around 30 minutes later.

According to the FAA’s real-time airport status information for MIA, no planes would be allowed to depart until at least 5:30 p.m.

Plumes of black smoke could be seen coming from the plane as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said several vehicles were struck by the plane in a parking lot along Northwest 67th Avenue, between Northwest 25th Street and 36th Street.

MDFR officials said there were multiple people who were injured but did not elaborate on the extent of those injuries.

Crews launched a search-and-rescue operation for the pilot and co-pilot, who were trapped on the aircraft, as well as victims trapped inside vehicles that were struck by the cargo plane.

Officials also said that over 60 MDFR units responded to the scene.

Officials with MIA said passengers with flights scheduled on Sunday should check with their airlines for their flight status before heading to the airport.

Additionally, MIA officials said travelers using the Metrorail will need to transfer at the Earlington Heights station for the Orange Line to get to the airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the crash.

The FAA also said it will be investigating the circumstances that led to the plane going off the runway.

A spokesperson from Amazon released the following statement Sunday afternoon:

“We can confirm that an Amazon Air plane operated by 21 Air experienced an incident while attempting to land at Miami International Airport today. This is a fast-moving situation and we’re still gathering details. We’re working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened. Right now, our absolute priority is the safety, well-being, and care of everyone involved. We’re doing everything we can to support those affected.”

Kelly Nantel, Amazon spokesperson

The NTSB said their investigation will begin on Monday.

NTSB has launched a go team to investigate Sunday's runway excursion accident involving a B-767-300 cargo airplane at Miami International Airport. The airplane was operated as 21 Air Flight 7598 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy will…

— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 6, 2026

MDSO made a dedicated family information line. If you believe your loved one may have been involved in this incident, please call (305) 471-2400.

The “configuration” and the “technical features” of the nuclear reactor under construction in Syria during the leadership of ousted former President Bashar Assad were “very efficient in the production of fissile material that could be directly used for the fabrication of nuclear weapons,” IAEA director general Rafael Grossi said.

“Of course, that was never declared, that was always denied, so, and again, intentions cannot be judged, but that was a very serious proliferation concern that we had, and this has been difficult work,” he told reporters on the first day of a regular meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, in Vienna.

Syria was believed to have operated an extensive undeclared nuclear program under Assad that included a nuclear reactor built by North Korea in eastern Deir el-Zour province.

Following Assad’s ouster, the new government agreed to give IAEA inspectors access to suspected former nuclear sites.

During a visit to Syria in August, IAEA inspectors confirmed that “the cooling infrastructure which has now been uncovered is consistent with that of a nuclear reactor.” Grossi and a team of senior inspectors also visited a previously undeclared site in the country.

Inspectors had to ‘tear down walls’ to find hidden material

Syria notified the agency of the site’s existence in a July 17 letter and invited the IAEA “to cooperate with the Syrian authorities in the inspection and verification of the site and of any nuclear material to be potentially found.”

The IAEA said in its confidential report circulated to member states last Tuesday and seen by The Associated Press that this new site contained “natural uranium metal in the form of fuel rods with cladding.” The agency verified the material and confirmed “the presence of around 73 tonnes of natural uranium metal.”

Grossi said when the inspectors visited the site in August they had to “tear down walls” and go through “very difficult and narrow passages” to reach the nuclear material that had been hidden. The site had “boxes scattered all over the place,” he said.

Grossi said that “the important thing is that this material now is under safeguards” of the IAEA, adding that agency inspectors had managed to install cameras at the location.

Syria to decide what happens next

Asked if the nuclear material will remain in Syria or be removed, Grossi said that this is “a matter that the Syrian government will have to decide.” He added: “We are not requesting them to do this or to do that. For us what’s important is that we know all the time where this (material) is until the last gram.”

Logan Mintz, a director for nuclear materials security at the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative, said that natural uranium metal is not directly usable for a nuclear weapon but it could be “diverted to a covert weapons program that further processes it into plutonium for a nuclear weapon.”

She said that once deemed safe to move, the material could be “transported in certified containers” to a third country that can “safely and securely disposition it into a more chemically stable and more widely used form” for possible use in nuclear power plants.

“As with any transport of nuclear material, this movement would require robust security from theft or sabotage,” she said.

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The ministry said the German consulate must stop operations and its workers must leave Russia by Sept. 18. It reaffirmed the previously announced decision to shut German Goethe-Institut cultural centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg and said their employees must leave no later than Sunday.

The ministry's statement cast the moves as retaliation for Germany’s “unfriendly” decision Wednesday to close both the Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural center in the German capital, Berlin.

Germany said Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4, when an explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian plane.

The airport is a major international freight hub used for providing support to Ukraine. The drone was later defused.

Moscow has denied involvement in the drone attack and cast it as a provocation.

“It was the German authorities who once again provoked a new round of escalation in bilateral relations,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “All responsibility for the consequences lies entirely with the German government.”

Western officials have repeatedly accused Moscow of conducting a campaign of sabotage and disruption in their countries with the aim of undermining support for Ukraine and destabilizing European nations, accusations Russia has rejected.

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The five injured, including the pilots, were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital and Jackson South. Three of the patients are in critical condition.

The Boeing 767 Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway and crashed into parked cars in a nearby lot.

Photos from the lot show mangled cars, some upside down, with debris scattered throughout. One photo shows a large white van crushed behind the plane.

Several victims were trapped in their cars, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

The details of the victims’ injuries were not immediately known, other than that they were in critical condition.

There was also a search and rescue operation for the two pilots who were trapped inside the plane, according to officials.

The crash remains under investigation. Officials have been asked for an update on the victims’ conditions.

For the latest information on the crash, click here.

Las cinco personas heridas, incluidos los pilotos, fueron trasladadas al Jackson Memorial Hospital y al Jackson South. Tres de los pacientes se encuentran en condición crítica.

El avión de carga Boeing 767 de Amazon sobrepasó la pista y se estrelló contra vehículos estacionados en un lote cercano.

Fotos del estacionamiento muestran vehículos destrozados, algunos volcados, con escombros esparcidos por toda el área. Una foto muestra una gran camioneta blanca aplastada detrás del avión.

Varias víctimas quedaron atrapadas en sus vehículos, según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Los detalles de las lesiones de las víctimas no se conocieron de inmediato, aparte de que se encontraban en condición crítica.

También se llevó a cabo una operación de búsqueda y rescate de los dos pilotos que quedaron atrapados dentro del avión, según funcionarios.

El accidente continúa bajo investigación. Se ha solicitado a los funcionarios una actualización sobre el estado de las víctimas.

Para obtener la información más reciente sobre el accidente, haga clic aquí.

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Known as “The Natural,” Triana has been training in combat sports for nearly his entire life.

“It’s like I also got super strength. I’m really strong. I punch like an adult,” Triana said. “I never go down without a fight. I never quit.”

That confidence is backed by a growing list of accomplishments.

Triana said he became a world grappling champion in Munich, Germany, in 2023 and this year became the first six-time national youth MMA champion. He also has a 7-4 kickboxing record with three knockouts.

“I’m top of the world right now for my age,” he said.

A passion that started at age 2

Triana’s journey into the sport began before he was old enough to remember much else.

“Well, I first started when I was 2 years old. I was still sucking on a binky. I still had my blanket,” he said. “We got into the gym. I faced a kid who was 6 years old.”

By the time he was about 5, Triana said he knew fighting would be a major part of his life.

“Kids would cry when they went to the gym. I would cry when I had to leave the gym,” he said. “That’s how much I loved it.”

That childhood passion has since turned into an intense training schedule.

Triana trains six days a week, often two or three times a day and sometimes for six or seven hours.

He credits his father, Eduardo Triana, with helping him develop the discipline needed to compete at such a high level.

“I always see him as motivation,” Isaiah said. “He pushes me to my limits.”

Eduardo, who is also a fighter and coach, said watching his son take their sport around the world has been an unforgettable experience.

“It’s never a dull moment and I can’t stop pinching myself,” he said. “You never get used to it.”

His journey heads to the big screen

Now, Isaiah’s story is reaching an audience beyond the MMA world.

He is the focus of a new short film called “Fight Kid,” which follows his journey and one of his title fights.

The film is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12. His family also plans to host a red-carpet event in South Florida.

Even with a film being made about his accomplishments at just 15, Isaiah is already focused on what comes next.

“What I see in the future is for me to be UFC world champion. And I feel like I’m gonna do that,” he said. “Also, a dream of mine is to be UFC BJJ champion.”

Before pursuing those professional ambitions, Isaiah said he wants to wrestle in college. He’s also interested in a career in sports medicine or physical therapy.

For a teenager who has been competing almost as long as he has been walking, the titles and film premiere are milestones — but Isaiah believes his biggest accomplishments are still ahead.

Conocido como “The Natural”, Triana ha estado entrenando en deportes de combate durante casi toda su vida.

“Es como si también tuviera superfuerza. Soy realmente fuerte. Golpeo como un adulto”, dijo Triana. “Nunca caigo sin dar pelea. Nunca me rindo”.

Esa confianza está respaldada por una creciente lista de logros.

Triana dijo que se convirtió en campeón mundial de grappling en Múnich, Alemania, en 2023 y que este año se convirtió en el primer campeón nacional juvenil de MMA en seis ocasiones. También tiene un récord de 7-4 en kickboxing con tres nocauts.

“Estoy en la cima del mundo ahora mismo para mi edad”, dijo.

Una pasión que comenzó a los 2 años

El camino de Triana en este deporte comenzó antes de que tuviera edad suficiente para recordar muchas otras cosas.

“Bueno, comencé cuando tenía 2 años. Todavía usaba chupete. Todavía tenía mi manta”, dijo. “Entramos al gimnasio. Me enfrenté a un niño que tenía 6 años”.

Cuando tenía alrededor de 5 años, Triana dijo que sabía que pelear sería una parte importante de su vida.

“Los niños lloraban cuando iban al gimnasio. Yo lloraba cuando tenía que irme del gimnasio”, dijo. “Así de mucho me encantaba”.

Esa pasión de la infancia se ha convertido desde entonces en un intenso programa de entrenamiento.

Triana entrena seis días a la semana, a menudo dos o tres veces al día y, en ocasiones, durante seis o siete horas.

Él atribuye a su padre, Eduardo Triana, el haberlo ayudado a desarrollar la disciplina necesaria para competir a un nivel tan alto.

“Siempre lo veo como una motivación”, dijo Isaiah. “Me lleva hasta mis límites”.

Eduardo, quien también es peleador y entrenador, dijo que ver a su hijo llevar su deporte alrededor del mundo ha sido una experiencia inolvidable.

“Nunca hay un momento aburrido y no puedo dejar de pellizcarme”, dijo. “Nunca te acostumbras”.

Su camino llega a la pantalla grande

Ahora, la historia de Isaiah está llegando a una audiencia más allá del mundo de las MMA.

Él es el protagonista de un nuevo cortometraje llamado “Fight Kid”, que sigue su trayectoria y una de sus peleas por el título.

Está previsto que la película se estrene en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto el 12 de septiembre. Su familia también planea organizar un evento de alfombra roja en el sur de Florida.

Incluso con una película realizada sobre sus logros con apenas 15 años, Isaiah ya está concentrado en lo que viene después.

“Lo que veo en el futuro es que voy a ser campeón mundial de UFC. Y siento que lo voy a lograr”, dijo. “Además, uno de mis sueños es ser campeón de UFC BJJ”.

Antes de perseguir esas ambiciones profesionales, Isaiah dijo que quiere practicar lucha libre en la universidad. También está interesado en una carrera en medicina deportiva o fisioterapia.

Para un adolescente que ha estado compitiendo casi desde que comenzó a caminar, los títulos y el estreno de la película son hitos, pero Isaiah cree que sus mayores logros aún están por llegar.

6 large shrimp or prawns, head-on, if available (we used U5 Prawns for our recipe)

For the cure:

3 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons soy sauce

¼ teaspoon red crushed chilies

Combine ingredients together and rub the prawns with the cure.

For cooking and serving:

high-temperature cooking oil or nonstick spray, for grilling

limes, for serving

Butterfly and prepare the prawns:

Use a scissor to cut down the convex side of the prawn (with the tail and head facing away from you). Leaving the tail intact, cut about ¾ of the way through the body and head. Gently open the prawn to butterfly it but leave the two sides connected. Discard the vein and rinse the prawns. Pat dry.

Grill the prawns:

Whisk together the ingredients for the cure and brush over the meat of the prawns.

Heat the grill to medium-high heat, about 350˚F - 400˚F. Lightly grease the grates with high-temperature cooking oil or nonstick spray.

Grill for 2-3 minutes per side until cooked through. While the prawns cook, cut a couple of limes in half and grill the cut side until lightly charred. Serve the prawns warm with the cut limes.

4-6 cups vanilla pudding (recipe below or use your favorite!)

your favorite pound cake cut into 2 inch X 2 inch slices

4½ cups mixed berries, we used strawberries cut in quarters or 1/6ths, blueberries and raspberries

3 tablespoons granulated sugar, depending on your taste

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, depending on your taste

2 cups whipped cream, for topping

Toss the berries with as much granulated sugar and lemon juice as desired, depending on how sweet your berries are. Allow to macerate for 30-45 minutes.

Begin by placing a layer of slices of cake down in your trifle dish. Top with vanilla pudding. Top with enough macerated berries to completely cover the cake layers. Repeat the layers until you reach the top of your dish, ending with a layer of macerated berries. Refrigerator until ready to serve. Top with whipped cream before serving.

Vanilla Pudding:

Make about 4 cups

⅓ cup plus 1/4 cup granulated white sugar

¼ cup cornstarch

⅛ teaspoon salt

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1 large egg yolk, at room temperature

3½ cups whole milk, divided

2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

In a large heatproof bowl, whisk ⅓ cup of the granulated white sugar with the cornstarch, salt, eggs, and egg yolk. Whisk in ½ cup of the milk. Set aside while you heat the rest of the milk and sugar.

Have ready a fine medium-sized strainer and heat-proof bowl ready to strain the pudding after it is cooked.

Pour the remaining 3 cups of milk, along with the remaining ¼ cup of sugar, into a medium heavy bottomed saucepan and bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and gradually pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the pudding mixture to a heavy bottomed saucepan and place over medium heat and bring just to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of mayonnaise (about 3-5 minutes). Remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla extract and butter.

Pour through the strainer to remove any lumps that may have formed during cooking. Cover with plastic wrap touching the top of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4-6 hours.