Adell reached up to catch TJ Rumfield's deep fly for the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning, but the ball grazed the outside of his glove before bouncing off his head and over the wall for a solo homer.

There was brief confusion on the field when the ball caromed off a digital scoreboard above the fence and back into the outfield. Rumfield stopped at second base, initially unsure of the ruling, before proceeding around the bases to give Colorado an 8-0 lead on the way to an 8-2 victory.

It was similar to an infamous blunder on May 26, 1993, when Canseco, then playing for the Texas Rangers, lost track of a long drive hit by Cleveland's Carlos Martínez. The ball bounced off Canseco's head and over the right-field wall for a home run.

Rumfield's gift homer ended the night for Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez, who gave up three homers and eight runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The play also stood in stark contrast to some of Adell's fielding exploits this season, including a game in which he robbed the Seattle Mariners of three would-be home runs. After that one, former Gold Glove outfielder Torii Hunter, now a special assistant to the general manager for the Angels, said Adell had “probably the greatest defensive game I’ve ever seen.”

Adell struggled at times with fielding early in his major league career, including a play during the 2020 season when a deep drive by Rangers outfielder Nick Solak bounced out of Adell's glove for what was ruled a rare four-base error. But Adell has had far more fielding highlights than lowlights since, and he was a Gold Glove finalist in 2024.

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Matt Olson marked his 844th consecutive game with a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, giving the Braves a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Olson's towering shot — his 17th homer of the season — got a big assist from a strong breeze blowing toward the right-field corner. The slugging first baseman thought he got under the ball, but it kept drifting and drifting — until it barely cleared the tall brick wall.

“I did not" think it was a homer, Olson said. “Luckily, we had some wind blowing out that way.”

Appropriately, Olson took a starring role on a day that Major League Baseball marked the 85th anniversary of Gehrig's untimely death from ALS at age 37 — a disease that is forever linked to the Iron Horse and cut short his then-record streak of 2,130 consecutive games.

Olson, who also doubled and came around to score a run that gave Atlanta a 3-2 lead in the third, has played in every game going back to May 2, 2021 — the longest active run in the big leagues.

“We've talked about the streak,” he said. “It's not something I'm hanging up on a pedestal. But to be able to show up and play while I'm able to, I want to.”

Braves manager Walt Weiss praised Olson's durability and couldn't think of higher praise than being compared to Gehrig.

“Lou Gehrig was one of my all-time heroes,” Weiss said. “I made all four of my sons do their fifth-grade book report on Lou Gehrig. That was mandatory in our house. What a legacy he left behind. And you've got our iron man hitting the game-winning homer on Lou Gehrig Day, so very appropriate."

Olson was acquired in a blockbuster deal with the Athletics ahead of the 2022 season after the Braves couldn't agree on a new contract with longtime first baseman Freddie Freeman.

It was huge shoes to fill, but Olson has been highly productive since joining the Braves. He hit a franchise-record 54 homers in 2023, and is on pace for another big season for the team with baseball's best record at 41-20.

“He's rock-solid in every way," Weiss said. “He's so reliable.”

Olson said there's a simple reason that he prefers playing every day, eschewing even the occasional day off.

“I just don't like sitting,” the 32-year-old said with a smile. “I've had days off in the past and, man, it sucks sitting there and watching everybody else play. Sure, you're tired sometimes. But I just think you have a commitment to your teammates and the fans and yourself and the organization. If you can go, you should go.”

His playing streak is the longest in the big leagues since Miguel Tejada had 1,152 consecutive games from 2000-07. Of course, Gehrig's record was broken by Cal Ripken Jr., who played in 2,632 consecutive games during his Hall of Fame career with the Baltimore Orioles.

Like Weiss, Olson appreciates what Gehrig meant to the national pastime and especially how he brought more attention to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurological disease that has no known cure.

“I know people from my area who've been affected by it," Olson said. “A brutal disease. Every time we get a chance to bring some awareness to it and do something to help people who are really affected by it, we're all for it.”

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The report released early Wednesday by the U.S. Trade Representative said Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and the United Kingdom and some other countries and territories would face 10% additional tariffs for allegedly failing to enforce a forced labor import ban.

A 12.5% additional tariff would be imposed on China, Japan, India, South Korea, Brazil and Switzerland and dozens of other countries.

“The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable. This creates a dynamic where American workers are forced to compete globally on an unlevel playing field,” USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer said in a statement.

He added that "each of our trading partners must do more to ensure that trade does not perversely encourage and entrench forced labor globally.”

The USTR said failure to prevent such imports is "unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce."

This latest barrage of tariffs is likely to unsettle key trading partners that have been hit by waves of tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office early last year.

Just two weeks ago, the European Union approved a tariff deal with the United States to cap tariffs on most EU exports at 15% following intense debates among the EU’s 27 nations and threats by European lawmakers to block the agreement.

Trump recently returned from a visit to China, where he and its leader Xi Jinping discussed expanding market access for American businesses in China and increasing Chinese investment into U.S. industries. The two leaders agreed to set up separate boards of trade and investment — though few details were provided.

The new tariffs would not take effect immediately. They are subject to public comment and review. Public hearings on the proposed duties are due to begin on July 7.

The investigation into alleged failure to prevent imports of goods allegedly made by forced labor was conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The strategy would enable Trump to skirt limits on his tariffs imposed by the Supreme Court.

It found that 60 countries investigated had failed to enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.

The report defined forced labor as “work or service exacted from a person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”

It cited an estimate by the UN's International Labor Organization that as of 2021, 27.6 million people were engaged in forced labor.

Rice imported from Myanmar, tobacco from Malawi, beef from Brazil, and cotton and polysilicon from China were among the many products it said are prone to involving forced labor.

The U.S. has long said imports of goods that include material from China's far-western Xinjiang are at risk of using forced labor. Beijing denies allegations of forced labor in the Muslim majority region.

The Supreme Court ruled in February that Trump had overstepped his authority by using a different law – the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 – to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.

The Trump administration has said it would appeal a federal judge's order making all companies that paid the duties on those earlier tariffs eligible for refunds.

Earlier this week, the administration separately proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce.’’

The USTR said its investigation showed Brazil had lax anti-corruption enforcement and unfair tariffs of its own, among other things.

In its nearly 100-page report on forced labor, the USTR said that even if a country enforces a ban on forced labor domestically, importing goods made with forced labor violates the rules of fair trade.

It said some key items would be exempt from the additional tariffs or subject to lower tariffs, including certain textiles, tomatoes, bananas, coffee and some metals.

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AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.

The pact struck in 2022 with the Solomons’ then-Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare created fears in the United States and among allies including Australia that it would allow the Chinese navy to build a base in the South Pacific.

Before Wale became prime minister in a parliamentary vote May 15, he had called for the detail of the treaty to be made public.

Wale said Wednesday he had only been provided with a copy a few days ago and after he had “removed certain people from key positions.” He didn’t identify those people.

“I haven’t had a good look at it. I’ve had a look at it,” Wale told reporters in the Australian capital Canberra.

“I’ve been praying and fasting about it. … There is a nondisclosure clause in it, so I couldn’t show it to you right away. But we are going to be reviewing (the treaty), as we are reviewing other security agreements that we have with many other countries,” he added.

Wale was visiting Australia in his first overseas trip since he became leader of his nation of 700,000 people, 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) northeast of Australia.

Wale and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese announced their governments would negotiate a comprehensive strategic treaty that would elevate the bilateral relationship and cover security and economic issues.

Wale’s predecessor, Jeremiah Manele, had resisted Australia’s efforts to forge closer ties, but Wale said the two governments had decided to “reset” the bilateral relationship.

“We acknowledge that there’s been some problems in the past few years,” Wale said.

Albanese said Australia should be the Solomons’ primary security partner, rather than China.

“We have said very clearly we want Australia to be the security partner of choice in our region and we want the Pacific family to look after our security in this region,” Albanese said.

Wale said the regional looking after its own security was "the direction we want to take.”

China has provided police instructors to the Solomons as part of their bilateral deal. The Solomons doesn’t have a military, so police there have a larger security role than in countries with defense forces.

The Solomons provided China with a diplomatic coup in 2019 when Sogavare’s government switched official recognition to Beijing from Taiwan, the self-governed island democracy China claims as part of its territory.

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Arrested in the incident is Jose Zamora, who is facing a slew of charges including attempted kidnapping with a firearm.

Port St. Lucie police said it happened Sunday morning outside the First United Methodist Church on SW Prima Vista Boulevard.

Police said Zamora wanted to talk to the victim and tried to force her into his car at gunpoint.

“Several witnesses witnessed what was going on and intervened,” said Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemzyck. “The courage that they displayed helped disarm a very dangerous escalating situation. The suspect did remove a firearm and placed it at the victim’s side and tried to force her into the vehicle.”

Then, they say Zamora took off and drove to Hialeah.

The victim felt some pain but did not have any visible marks or bruises, police said.

According to authorities, the victim lived with Zamora in Hollywood before moving to Fort Pierce together, and by last December she wanted him out of the house because he became aggressive towards her.

“They had a prior romantic relationship which had ended, and it ended allegedly due to some infidelities,” said Niemzyck. “But he has a significant violent criminal history to include past attempted kidnapping.”

Police said the victim got a protective injunction against Zamora in March after he was arrested for a weapons violation.

Niemzyck said those details gave them cause to believe he would have harmed the victim.

“He’s a convicted felon prevented from having a firearm,” he said. “He’s got a dangerous past. So, the family of his believed that he was a danger to himself as well as her. Actually, he was considered a potential suicide by cop suspect.”

Investigators said they used license plate readers to track Zamora down.

He’s currently locked up in the St. Lucie County Jail in Fort Pierce on a bond of $750,000.

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Ultimately, commissioners unanimously approved the resolution allowing the city to take action against BSO to help begin the transition, including bringing in “outside legal counsel” and possibly “filing litigation against” the sheriff’s office.

The city said it was necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city.

The move came as Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony sent out a storm of social media videos and a flyer, warning Deerfield Beach residents about the split.

“When this starts and these men and women are removed from those areas, there’s no coming back,” Tony said in a video posted to social media. “When I pull 50 (deputies) out, they will be reassigned.”

City officials have been working on starting the city’s own police and fire rescue departments before September 2027, when BSO stops working for the city.

Deerfield Beach Mayor Todd Drosky said it’s essential for the city to be legally protected over the city’s fears that Tony will pull deputies out of the city early.

“Any implication by the sheriff otherwise, to not provide services at any date before then, is a breach of our contract,” said Drosky.

The city has been transitioning away from BSO, after relying on the agency for more than three decades.

The city has named both a transitional fire chief and a transitional police chief, both of whom spoke at Tuesday’s meeting.

The city streamed the commission meeting on YouTube.

Related document: The commission meeting’s agenda

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Andrew Gillman is general manager of the Echo Brickell Condominium, located at 15th Street and Brickell Avenue.

“I was shocked that it came so close to hitting those girls,” he said of the latest incident.

Gillman said close calls like that crash on Saturday have been alarmingly common.

“This is the seventh or eighth time in the last four years,” he said.

Past incidents include an SUV rolling down the sidewalk in the middle of the night and another car careening and crashing into a palm tree.

Gillman says a scooter driver also lost control and was killed there several years ago.

“I don’t feel safe where I’m standing right now,” he said.

Neighbors are urging city leaders to evaluate the intersection and install barriers to protect pedestrians and the building.

“We want to resolve this and not have anybody lose a life over this because it hasn’t been addressed,” said resident Michelle Pasko.

Darrin Gurksy is an attorney for the Brickell Condominium Association.

“We’ve offered to pay for bollards, we think that would resolve a lot of the issues based upon how this drive comes through over here, and that’s our hope,” he said. “We’ve reached out to the city before, previously, because we’ve had vehicles that have actually driven up our stairs before.”

Added Pasko: “We have cafes on both corners of our building. There’s mothers with baby carriages and people walking their pets.”

Miami commissioner Damian Pardo provided Local 10 News the following statement:

“Public safety is always our top priority. We received our first direct communication on this matter over the weekend and responded immediately. At this time, we are coordinating a meeting with the residents who reached out so we can better understand their concerns and discuss potential solutions.

“Any incident that puts pedestrians at risk is concerning, and we are grateful that no one was seriously injured in this crash. We take resident concerns seriously and will continue working with the appropriate city departments, law enforcement, and community stakeholders to evaluate conditions and identify any measures that may improve safety.”

La Ley fue aprobada con los votos de 147 de los 160 diputados que integran el Congreso y entrará en vigor tres meses después de su publicación.

La nueva medida tiene como objetivo brindarle al sistema financiero guatemalteco más herramientas de control y prevención del lavado de dinero proveniente de delitos como el narcotráfico, el terrorismo de pandillas y la corrupción.

La iniciativa fue aprobada después de varios meses de debate y de una disputa interna de la oposición entre el partido VAMOS del expresidente Alejandro Giammattei y el partido VALOR que buscaba debilitar la propuesta.

El diputado Allan Rodríguez, de VAMOS, cabildeo para evitar la aprobación de esta ley. Fue sancionado por el Departamento del Tesoro estadounidense en 2022 por utilizar “su autoridad como presidente del Congreso para otorgar subvenciones para la construcción a cambio de sobornos”.

El GAFI, un organismo intergubernamental creado por el G7 encargado de establecer los estándares internacionales y promover políticas para combatir el lavado de activos, la financiación del terrorismo y la proliferación de armas de destrucción masiva, ya había advertido que el país podría quedar aislado si no endurecía sus leyes para hacer frente a estos delitos.

Samuel Pérez, diputado ligado al oficialismo, dijo a The Associated Press que la aprobación de la ley le otorga herramientas al Estado guatemalteco para investigar y detectar este tipo de delitos.

“Pero sobre todo, evita que estos crímenes sigan ocurriendo, también evita que se afecte las remesas si hubieran bloqueos a bancos que no combatan estos delitos con estándares internacionales”, dijo Pérez.

Sobre los obstáculos a la aprobación de la ley, Pérez dijo que se debían a que "hay varios diputados que se dedican a lavar dinero por diferentes motivos, como dinero proveniente de delitos de pandillas, del narcotráfico o de actos de corrupción cometidos por alcaldes o de fondos de obras públicas, como ha ocurrido en el pasado.

Pérez aseguró que la delincuencia encuentra nuevas vías y formas para burlar a las autoridades, por lo que el Estado también debe modernizarse.

La Oficina del Departamento de Estado de Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental de Estados Unidos señaló la semana pasada en la red social X que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump apoya a los países del hemisferio que realizan esfuerzos para fortalecer sus leyes contra el lavado de dinero.

“Una de las mayores amenazas para la seguridad en nuestro hemisferio es el lavado de dinero, que resulta esencial para que los carteles y los narcoterroristas conviertan el tráfico de drogas, la trata de personas y otras actividades ilícitas en los fondos que necesitan para financiar la violencia que ejercen contra nuestras sociedades”, indicó la agencia.

The Southeastern and Big Ten conferences said the “bill leaves critical issues unresolved,” including not “meaningfully” preempting state laws with a federal one, which has long been considered a key element for a measure to get support from the NCAA and the conferences.

In an interview last week, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who drafted the bill with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told The Associated Press “the bill is drafted to preempt state laws that conflict with the provisions in this bill.”

The SEC-Big Ten statement came out less than 24 hours before a scheduled hearing about the bill in front of the Senate Commerce Committee. Cruz chairs the panel and Cantwell is the ranking Democrat.

The legislation has received support from the Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conferences, but the Big Ten and SEC, as the two richest leagues that also have decision-making power over the future of the College Football Playoff, hold the biggest cards.

One of the bill's key provisions would give conferences an option to pool their media rights — an idea the Big Ten and SEC have long claimed would not result in a financial windfall that proponents suggest. The leagues' statement did not speak to that issue.

A spokesperson for the Commerce Committee that Cruz chairs acknowledged the Big Ten-SEC position.

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The move deepened the turmoil at the nation's most influential TV news program, days after a leadership overhaul.

Pelley, 68, criticized management Monday during a fiery staff meeting with Nick Bilton, the program's new executive producer installed by Weiss last week, according to a detailed report on the Status website.

In a termination notice obtained Tuesday night by The Associated Press, Bilton, a technology journalist and filmmaker with no traditional broadcast news experience, accused Pelley of carrying out an “ambush” against him.

“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” the letter states.

Pelley said in a statement that “60 Minutes” has lost its DNA under new management. He accused them of asking him to “inject falsehoods and bias” into his work, without sharing specific details.

“Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration,” he said in the statement.

Pelley is accused of a ‘performative display of hostility’

Status, which said it had a recording of the Monday meeting, reported that Pelley had said Weiss was brought in to kill the news outlet, “and she’s doing exactly that.” Weiss was not present for the meeting.

Pelley reportedly grilled Bilton about the firings last week of Bilton’s predecessor, Tanya Simon, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

Alfonsi had criticized Weiss last year for postponing a segment about deportees sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Pelley said in his statement that those colleagues "stood for fairness against the forces of political bias.”

In the dismissal letter Tuesday, Bilton said Pelley’s “performative display of hostility” demonstrated that he has “no interest in contributing to the future success of the show.”

An uneasy stretch for CBS News

Since Weiss took over the network's news operation last October, it has traveled a bumpy road.

Pelley's termination came just five days after Weiss, who has become a polarizing figure in the media world since taking the reins, told staff in a memo that it was time for a “new approach” at the top-rated newsmagazine.

In the memo, Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski said their goal for “60 Minutes” was “building a show that thrives in the 21st century.” That could include extending the show beyond a 60-minute broadcast, they said.

“60 Minutes” first aired in 1968 and is the longest-running prime-time show in TV history. Its investigative journalism and probing interviews, sometimes with unwilling subjects, have given it the reputation of uncompromising journalism — precisely the trait that Pelley said he feared was under assault.

Pelley started working for CBS in 1989. He was its chief White House Correspondent from 1997 to 1999, during Bill Clinton's presidency, and anchored “CBS Evening News” from 2011 to 2017. He has won 51 Emmy Awards, according to his CBS bio.

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Video from Sky 10 shows that the biker crashed into an apparently-parked hearse at Angels of Paradise Mortuary, located at 2796 NW 46th St. in the unincorporated Brownsville area.

The property is owned by the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Brownsville.

Dispatch records showed the wreck happened at around 3:15 p.m.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, a preliminary investigation showed that the motorcyclist lost control of his bike and crashed into the Cadillac.

Authorities said that medics took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

MDSO deputies remained at the scene Tuesday afternoon investigating the crash.

Las fuertes lluvias paralizaron el tráfico en las calles de la ciudad y provocaron la cancelación de cientos de vuelos, mientras que los servicios de trenes fueron suspendidos o sufrieron retrasos. Más de 5.000 viviendas se quedaron sin electricidad, según Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, que presta servicio a la región de la capital.

En el centro de Tokio, se recomendó a los residentes cerca del río Zenpukuji que se refugiaran. Imágenes de televisión mostraban el agua turbia crecida a punto de desbordarse.

La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón informó que la tormenta tropical Jangmi se encontraba al este de la ciudad de Shima y avanzaba hacia el noreste a media mañana, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 90 km/h (55 mph).

La agencia emitió la advertencia de inundación de nivel más alto en varias zonas del centro y el este de Japón, e instó a las personas que viven a lo largo de ríos y en áreas vulnerables a trasladarse a terrenos más elevados por seguridad.

La tormenta dejó 50 centímetros (20 pulgadas) de lluvia en las últimas 24 horas en la zona de Owase, en el centro de Japón. La AMJ indicó que se esperaban hasta 20 centímetros (8 pulgadas) hasta la mañana del jueves en algunas áreas, incluida Tokio.

Jangmi tocó tierra en la prefectura de Wakayama con fuerza de tifón, con vientos de 126 km/h (78 mph), antes de internarse en tierra y debilitarse de forma significativa. Se pronosticó que mantendría fuerza de tormenta tropical durante gran parte del día.

El tifón había golpeado antes la isla meridional de Okinawa y dejó a 15 personas con heridas leves. ___

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The dismissal comes a day after Pelley slammed the show’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, during a staff meeting Monday, accusing her of trying to “kill” “60 minutes.”

The show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent a note to Pelley on Tuesday saying he was terminated for cause, effective immediately.

Pelley reportedly took aim at Weiss after the network fired the program’s veteran executive producer and replaced her with Bilton.

The New York Times reports that it obtained audio of the meeting, saying Pelley accused Weiss of having no qualifications for her job and called Bilton’s qualifications “slender.”

Bilton is a documentarian and former tech reporter for the New York Times and Vanity Fair.

Sources say Pelley’s comments received mixed responses from staff members.

A CBS news spokesperson declined to comment, and Pelley did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In a wide-ranging interview with “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg to promote her White House memoir, the former first lady said Tuesday that she had put life in perspective after her husband, former President Joe Biden, was diagnosed with prostate cancer that spread to his bones.

She said she is no longer angry about the way Democrats pressured her husband to end his reelection bid after performing disastrously in a 2024 debate against Republican Donald Trump.

“No, I’m not angry. I mean, what’s the purpose of anger now?” Jill Biden said at the first event for her book, held at the 92nd Street Y in New York following publication earlier Tuesday.

‘I think we were partly in denial’

Jill Biden wrote in the memoir, “View from the East Wing,” that addiction wasn’t something she and her husband talked about. “I think we were partly in denial,” she acknowledged, adding that she wondered why someone who had a family that loved him, a good education and a lucrative career would turn to drugs.

“It’s hard for me to say this, but Hunter was a drug addict,” she said Tuesday.

She said Hunter's spiral into addiction was “a really hard time for our family to go through.” Hunter Biden started abusing alcohol and drugs after his older brother, Beau Biden, died in 2015 of an aggressive form of brain cancer. Hunter has now been sober for several years, she said.

“I'm sorry that I didn't talk about it a little bit more,” she said on stage.

Jill Biden spoke about how proud she is of Hunter for turning his life around, becoming an artist and helping other recovering addicts.

“And I hope that by talking about it more as I go forward I hope that it offers other people hope,” she said. “It is such a tough, tough thing to deal with.”

Hunter Biden wrote about his addiction to drugs and alcohol in a memoir of his own, published in 2021.

His addiction led to federal charges that he lied about his drug use on forms he used to buy a gun. He was convicted after a trial and faced prison time but ultimately received a pardon from his father, who had repeatedly insisted that he wouldn’t use the powers of the presidency to spare his son — until he changed his mind just before turning the office over to Trump, who had talked about exacting “retribution” against those he perceived to be his political enemies.

Fighting cancer has been tough, too

Jill Biden has said she was angry over how the Democratic Party treated her husband after the debate — but has since put that aside after Joe Biden was diagnosed a year ago with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that spread to his bones.

“I think Joe's cancer diagnosis, it really puts life into perspective and you really do appreciate each and every day and a lot of anger that you have, you think, 'What's the point?' You know, ‘What is the point?’ she said. ”And I think that's why Joe and I try to, you know, just take each day that comes and try to find the joys."

The former president, 83, was in the audience for the event, along with many other Biden family members, and received a couple of standing ovations from the packed house.

She said when the doctor told them that her husband of nearly 50 years had a problem, “I never ever thought it was going to be prostate cancer.” She said that type of cancer is one thing, but it becomes “a whole different ballgame” after it attacks the bone.

She didn't go into the details, but suggested the former president's cancer treatment is taking a toll on him.

“Joe's here tonight. You see him. He looks handsome as ever,” she said. "But, you know, cancer drugs, cancer treatments have their consequences and I think those consequences are pretty tough.”

Living in a ‘fishbowl’

Biden, who turns 75 on Wednesday, described some of her favorite memories of life in the White House, including weekends at Camp David and working with military families.

She said the hardest part of the role of first lady, in her experience, is the loss of privacy.

“You really do live in a fishbowl,” she said. “Everybody knows everywhere you are. It's the truth. I couldn't even walk downstairs to my office."

She mimicked how U.S. Secret Service officers would speak into their devices as she walked through the White House, using their code name for her.

“'Capri on elevator. Capri walking down hallway. Capri walking up steps. Capri walking outside,'” Jill Biden said, as the audience laughed. She also cited the scrutiny of her clothes, including one time she was photographed in Washington with her hair pulled into a ponytail by a scrunchie.

’I wore a scrunchie and they wrote about it," she said. "Who cares?”

The dollar briefly surpassed 160 Japanese yen before slipping back slightly. Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel.

Buying of technology shares linked to the boom in artificial intelligence has been driving rallies worldwide.

By midafternoon, the Nikkei 225 was up 2.9% at 68,634.74. Shares in computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron gained 13.4%, while those for chip testing equipment maker Advantest gained 5.9%.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost 1.7% to 25,596.92, while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.4% to 4,092.53.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.9% to 8,806.40 and Taiwan's Taiex gained 2%.

In India, the Sensex lost 1.1%.

Markets in South Korea were closed for a holiday.

On Tuesday, winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher, pushing U.S. stocks to more records.

“One thing that stands out in today’s market is how little investors seem willing to pay for protection despite a world overflowing with potential shocks,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% to 7,609.78 after drifting between small gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4% to 51,307.79, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1% to 27,093.90. All three set all-time highs.

A report said that U.S. employers were advertising many more jobs at the end of April than economists expected, a potential signal of continued health for the U.S. labor market.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock soared 19.5% after it reported a profit for the latest quarter that blew past analysts’ expectations. It credited demand from customers building their artificial-intelligence capabilities.

Marvell Technology leaped 32.5% for its best day since its stock began trading in 2000 after Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, suggested at a conference in Taiwan that Marvell could be “the next trillion-dollar company.” The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave. Nvidia, which slipped 0.7%, has seen its total value top $5 trillion.

Generac climbed 5.7% after saying it signed a deal to provide backup power generators to an unnamed “leading hyperscale data center operator.”

Such “hyperscalers” are spending tremendous amounts of money to build huge AI data centers, which are powering what proponents believe is the next great revolution for the global economy.

Alphabet is one of those hyperscalers. The parent company of Google said it’s raising $80 billion in cash to help pay for its investments by selling shares of its stock, which lost 3.9% on Tuesday.

The company is planning to spend as much as $190 billion on equipment and other investments this year. That’s more than all the stock of The Walt Disney Co. is worth, and Alphabet is forecasting its spending on investments next year will “significantly increase.”

Such huge sums raise the question about whether AI can produce the profits and productivity necessary to make all the investment worth it or if there is a bubble in AI investments.

Analysts have been saying the broad U.S. stock market may be set for a slowdown following an unrelenting streak of nine straight winning weeks for the S&P 500, its longest since 2023.

The rally has been largely due to strong profit reports from U.S. companies, and to hopes that the United States and Iran will reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That would allow oil to flow freely again from the Persian Gulf and hopefully lower its price.

In the oil market, prices resumed climbing. Brent crude oil, the international standard, climbed $1.10 to $97.10 per barrel early Wednesday. It’s still well above its roughly $70 level from before the war.

U.S. benchmark crude oil advanced $1.17 to $94.93 per barrel.

After briefly trading as high as 160.44 yen, the U.S. dollar slipped to 159.90 yen from 159.92 late Tuesday. The euro fell to $1.1625 from $1.1632.

The justices granted the state’s emergency appeal to use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority-Black population in just one of its seven congressional districts. The three liberal justices dissented.

The high-court order is the latest development in a redistricting frenzy that is part of a broader push by President Donald Trump to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim House majority in the November elections. It comes a day before an important deadline that Republican Gov. Kay Ivey had already extended in the state’s desire to use the map in special primary elections in August.

The state’s Republican leadership went to the Supreme Court last week, the day after a three-judge court refused to let the state use its preferred map.

The lower court had ordered Alabama to use the same court-drawn map it used in the 2024 elections that sent two Black Democrats to Congress. Black residents comprise a majority or close to it in two of the state’s seven congressional districts.

"The Supreme Court’s decision gives cover to Alabama and others to deliberately and openly discriminate against Black voters without fear of any consequence. The Court’s shameless decision to reinstate an intentionally racially discriminatory map defies any thoughtful or consistent application of the law,” Deuel Ross, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said Tuesday night.

He said the fund will “continue to throw all of our resources into the fight to ensure that Alabama voters have the fair representation that they deserve.”

Shortly after the court acted, Ivey confirmed that the state will use the map in special congressional primaries in four districts on Aug. 11.

“The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed what I have said all along and that is that Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts best. Today’s decision is a win for the people of Alabama and our elections. Alabama is doing our part to keep America strong, and I am proud our state continues to fight the fight to ensure activists do not get the final say,” Ivey said.

“I will see y’all at the polls August 11!” she said.

The order is the latest development in the fallout from last month’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the federal Voting Rights Act. That ruling has led Republicans in several Southern states, including Alabama, to take steps to reshape voting districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats.

The Alabama cases stretches back several years. The three-judge panel in 2023 ruled that a map drawn by Republican state lawmakers intentionally diluted the voting power of Black citizens. The court said the state, which is about 27% Black, should have two districts where Black voters are the majority or close to it.

After the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Louisiana case, Alabama officials moved to implement the 2023 state-drawn map. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to lift the injunction that had blocked the map’s use and sent the case back to the three-judge panel for reconsideration in light of the Louisiana ruling.

In the meantime, voters cast ballots in Alabama’s May 19 primaries, and Ivey set the new special August primaries in the districts affected by the map switch.

Upon further review, the judicial panel said it was standing behind its initial finding that there was “undisputed evidence” of intentional racial discrimination.

It said the special congressional primaries should instead proceed under the previous court-approved districts.

The panel was wrong, the high court’s conservative majority wrote in an unsigned opinion that said the lower court “did not heed the presumption of legislative good faith.”

In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor chastised her colleagues for enabling what promises to be “a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.”

The use of the court-ordered map led to the 2024 election of U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, a Black Democrat. The map put into place by Tuesday’s order gives the GOP an opportunity to reclaim the south Alabama seat.

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Associated Press writer Kim Chandler contributed to this report from Montgomery, Ala.

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The plan would raise the state’s $50,000 homestead exemptions to $250,000.

The governor is not getting everything that he wanted as the bill heads to his desk: The biggest change is that school funding is protected, meaning property taxes will not go away entirely.

Changes also include removing a trust fund for struggling smaller counties, which had no funding source to begin with and taking away money earmarked for the state to sell the plan to voters.

DeSantis faced scrutiny in 2024 for using taxpayer funds to campaign against ballot measures legalizing marijuana and protecting abortion rights.

“Voters deserve to know what they’re voting on without bias,” State Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boca Raton, said Tuesday.

And the elephant in the room: Why this? Why now, with so many details left open?

“Why the rush? Why three days? Why not ask for actual numbers?” State Rep. Robin Bartleman, D-Weston, asked.

State Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Martin County, responded, “We have been working on this issue for over a year and a half. We have met with people from Pensacola to Key West. However, we currently have a proposal from the governor, and that’s what we’re hearing during this special session.”

Skeptics have raised concerns about shortfalls for critical government services, leading residents to pay the costs of running local government one way or another.

“They can charge a fee for the mosquito district to come spray your neighborhood,” Berman told Local 10 News. “I really worry that this is a switch that you’re not getting a tax break, you’re just going to end up paying for it through other fees.”

And you know what’s coming, no doubt there will be these huge voter information guides and awareness and education as we head to November, and Florida voters decide whether or not to make the most significant tax cuts in recent Florida history. I’m Glenna Milburgh, live in Tallahassee today, Local 10 News,

But Republicans have criticized how local governments spend taxpayer funds.

“We do believe that local governments are going to have tough decisions to make and I trust that our local elected officials will make the right decision,” House Speaker Danny Perez, R-Miami-Dade, said.

As with any amendment to the state constitution, it would require 60% of the vote to pass in November.

Their latest deal is among the biggest and the riskiest — and it's totally their style.

Myles Garrett walked into the Rams' training complex in Woodland Hills on Tuesday after LA gave up budding star Jared Verse and three high draft picks to complete one of the NFL's biggest trades in recent seasons.

“To acquire a player like this, these things don’t come up often,” coach Sean McVay said.

Yet this bold deal for arguably the greatest pass rusher of this generation is only the latest in the line of blockbuster trades engineered by Snead. In the past 10 years alone, he has maneuvered to get Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford, Jalen Ramsey, Von Miller, Trent McDuffie, Brandin Cooks and other veterans for trade prices that would have been too steep for many front offices.

The Rams have spent a decade chasing rings with an urgency that screams “win now,” but is actually rooted in an organizational confidence that McVay's coaching ability will make up for the sacrifices necessary in draft capital and veteran talent.

“You’re always threading that needle for sustainability, trying to win consistently,” Snead said Tuesday. “But it’s a hard one to thread.”

McVay is all in on the Rams' organizational urgency, since the coach is often the most aggressive voice in Snead's ear to get big deals done: “I'm not the most patient person,” McVay said with a smirk.

“To be able to add players like (Garrett) is so rare,” McVay added. “We feel really fortunate that this feels very similar to when we were fortunate enough to acquire a player like Matthew Stafford. Things like this don’t present themselves, and we wanted to be aggressive.”

These opportunities might be rare, but the Rams have seized a whole lot more of them than other teams — and they were already a top Super Bowl contender even before they landed Garrett.

Snead addressed Los Angeles' primary weakness three months ago by acquiring McDuffie, making him the NFL's highest-paid cornerback and re-pairing him with free-agent signee Jaylen Watson, his longtime Chiefs teammate.

But even with a defensive line featuring four above-average players all still on their rookie contracts, Snead and McVay wanted to improve.

The GM made contact with Browns counterpart Andrew Berry after the team adjusted Garrett's contract in a way that signaled a deal was possible for the All-Pro who had just set the NFL's single-season sacks record.

“Andrew and I have a good relationship, (and) we like talking football a good bit,” Snead said. “So I would pester him a little bit, probably jokingly at first. Kept doing that, and then we began talking a little more seriously.”

Snead hoped to do the deal only with picks, both before and after the current draft. Berry wanted Verse, the budding young star and the only first-round pick that Snead had actually made between quarterbacks Goff (2016) and Ty Simpson (2026).

Although both Snead and McVay claim they were reluctant to part with Verse, the Rams finally agreed with the backing of owner Stan Kroenke, who has been fully supportive of his front office's uncommon urgency.

Garrett was eager to join this franchise's lineage of superstar pass rushers stretching from the Fearsome Foursome to Aaron Donald. But he also agreed to the trade because after nine seasons in Cleveland, he finally wanted to play for a consistent contender.

That's what the Rams have been ever since McVay took over in 2017 — racking up eight winning seasons, seven playoff berths, four NFC West titles, three conference title game appearances, two Super Bowl berths and one ring.

“It just came down to the timing of everything," Garrett said. “What does it look like to be a winner now, and to have the opportunity to do that immediately? That was just too good of an opportunity to pass up.”

The Rams' aggression doesn't just apply to trades: Snead and McVay have also shown no hesitation to drop good players and franchise icons when they deem it necessary, either for reasons financial or competitive.

They've released Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp and star running back Todd Gurley, and they traded Goff and receiver Robert Woods before the contract extensions they had received from the Rams had even started.

Those moves often feel heartless to fans, and players like Goff and Kupp have expressed public dismay about the way Snead and McVay moved on from them. But everyone eventually seems to understand that this is how the Rams do business.

That includes Woods, a stalwart five-year contributor and a locker-room leader on McVay's early teams after signing as a free agent in 2017.

The Southern California native hurt his knee in practice midway through the 2021 season, forcing him to miss the Rams' Super Bowl championship run — and Snead traded him to Tennessee a month after the trophy was raised.

Woods bounced around the NFL for four more seasons before retiring earlier this year — and he quickly returned to the Rams as an assistant coach.

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Misted in rain, they fastened ceramic nametags onto mesh that covered a cobblestone wall at Omma Poom Park — meaning “mother’s embrace" — in Paju, South Korea.

More than 900 tags, suspended like unmailed letters, formed a quiet monument to years of mass child-parent separations that has created what's likely the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.

“There are so many tiles that hang, and yet that is merely a small fraction of us that exist,” said Nicole Rieth, adopted to Michigan when she was 4 months old, in January 1989.

“As far as connecting with my birth mother, it’s not about gleaning specific information from her or even necessarily seeking a relationship. I’ve just always wanted to know who I looked like, because I’ve never had that before.”

Each nametag, hand-painted by an artist, carries the adoptee’s name, birth year and birthplace. Colors mark the decade of adoption, and most are red and sky blue, for the 1970s and 1980s, when foreign adoptions peaked. White is for adoptees who died without reunions.

One laminated note fluttered among the tags, left by anonymous parents searching for a child named “Bora.”

“You are not alone. You have a mother and a father,” it said. “I’m so sorry and I love you.”

Resurfaced pain

Paju, which sits near the North Korean border and once hosted U.S. military bases, carries a long memory of foreign adoptions, which began in the aftermath of the 1950-53 Korean War with mixed-race children born to Korean women and American soldiers, regarded as outcasts at home.

Adoptions surged in the 1970s, when the focus shifted to fully Korean children, typically born to unwed mothers or impoverished families. Thousands were sent annually to the West for decades through the mid-2000s, including more than 6,600 a year during the 1980s, when Seoul’s former military dictatorship aggressively sought to reduce mouths to feed.

Omma Poom opened in June 2025 after a yearslong campaign by Paju-based photographer Lee Yong-nam and Me & Korea, an adoptee support group.

Lee, 72, said his interest in adoption issues grew from searching for a Black-Korean childhood friend likely adopted to America.

“Adoptions continued unchecked and now the pain is surfacing,” he said of the visitors, who are mostly younger than the war generation.

1,000 letters to birth mothers

On a hill overlooking Omma Poom, a converted U.S. army building serves as a museum, where some 1,000 profile pages — each containing an adoptee’s photo, birthdate and message to a birth mother — are stored.

One of the profiles belongs to Angela Lee-Pack, adopted to Canada in 1971 at age 2.

“I think about you every day and only wish the best for you,” she wrote to her Korean mother. “I hope one day I will be able to know who I am.”

Growing up in Ontario, Lee-Pack says she endured severe abuse from her adoptive mother, including being locked in a closet without food. She says she was later abused in another home, left at 15, and struggled for years before finding stability as an adult.

Lee-Pack has visited South Korea twice while searching for her birth mother, putting flyers across Seoul and Jeonju.

During her first trip in 2019, a man reached out, believing Lee-Pack was the daughter of a late uncle. The lead unraveled slowly and painfully. The man later found a woman in her 70s whose background appeared to match. But she denied giving up a child and refused contact. Lee-Pack collapsed in her hotel room and cried.

“Every time I look in the mirror I wonder who she is and what she looks like,” she said of her birth mother. “The thoughts never end.”

Lost connections

Rieth says that becoming a mother to two sons led her to begin looking for her birth mother.

According to her adoption file, Rieth was the third child of a couple who relinquished her shortly after her birth in 1988, citing financial hardship during a time when Seoul was actively pressuring families to have fewer children.

Rieth began searching for her biological family in 2024, but letters her adoption agency sent to her birth mother’s last known address went unanswered.

She is now pursuing another search through the National Center for the Rights of the Child, a government office. She wants her sons to know the heritage she grew up without.

“I kind of don’t want to allow myself to hope because the whole journey has been a roller coaster of hoping, finding something out, and diving down into hopelessness, getting a glimmer of a maybe,” she said. “And yet I want to exhaust every effort ... so that there are no regrets.”

Deep scars

During the peak of adoptions, authorities largely ignored rampant fraud, including illegal child procurements from hospitals and orphanages and manipulation of children’s origins. Many were falsely labeled as abandoned orphans to ease placements with Western families.

The deception left generations of Korean adoptees not knowing who they were, where they came from, whether they had been loved, abandoned or stolen.

On the other side were birth mothers pressured to surrender children born out of wedlock, separated from them without consent, or left searching for decades before learning they had been sent overseas under falsified records.

The gathering at Omma Poom came shortly after a group of birth mothers asked South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the alleged illegal adoptions of their children, adding to hundreds of fraud and abuse claims filed by adoptees.

Adopted in 1993 to Michigan, Jalyn Smith's agency in 2021 located her birth mother, who, according to the file, had relinquished Smith after separating from her biological father. The woman declined contact.

Five years later, Smith is pursuing the search again.

“Hanging it up, I felt proud,” Smith said about her name on Omma Poom’s wall. “I feel proud to be part of this community, though it comes with a lot of conflicting feelings of sadness and anger and grief.”

The senator told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that he thinks the appearance on the state's primary ballot of another Republican with the same name is a dirty political trick coordinated by Democrats and the campaign of his chief rival for the seat, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. He threatened a lawsuit to get to the bottom of it.

“Everybody in Alaska knows I’m Dan Sullivan-R. So he’s trying to do that. Why?" the senator said of the other Dan Sullivan. “He’s not an R. He’s purposely trying to trick my constituents to rig the election for Peltola.”

A spokesman for the Peltola campaign, Harry Child, said it “has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign." Jenny-Marie Stryker, executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party, said her organization “is in no way affiliated with either Dan Sullivan.”

The kerfuffle over the dueling Dan Sullivans on Alaska's August primary ballot has drawn the attention of state and national Republicans. They claim that adding a second Dan Sullivan to the ballot will sow confusion among voters who support the incumbent and help Peltola.

In Alaska's primary, the top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the ranked-choice general election.

Blake Murphy, an attorney for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, sent a letter dated Monday to Alaska election officials outlining concerns about the potential for voter confusion. Murphy also raised questions about the party affiliation of the challenger, calling the other Dan Sullivan a “sham” candidate.

Murphy wrote the NRSC could consider legal action “to ensure that the Alaska electoral process remains fair.”

Carmela Warfield, the state Republican Party chair, said in a statement accompanying Murphy’s letter that until recently, the challenger was registered as undeclared. In previous years, ballots have not identified which candidates were incumbents.

A spokesperson for the Alaska Division of Elections, Steve Kirch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter and said a records request would be required to get details of the challenger Sullivan’s voter registration history.

Sullivan, the incumbent senator, is an ally of President Donald Trump and is seeking a third term. He and Peltola are the highest-profile candidates in a race that’s being closely watched nationally as Democrats try to retake the Senate majority in this year’s midterm elections.

State election officials certified a Republican Dan J. Sullivan, from the southeast Alaska fishing community of Petersburg, as one of the candidates in the U.S. Senate race. Efforts to reach him were not immediately successful on Tuesday, and he did not appear to be registered with the Federal Election Commission.

His campaign website says he is a Midwesterner who moved to Alaska to work for the U.S. Forest Service and has been in Petersburg for nearly 50 years. After becoming disillusioned with what he saw as government inefficiency and “lack of long-term thinking,” he switched careers and became an elementary school teacher, the site says.

The challenger Sullivan said on his campaign website that the state deserves a senator who “puts Alaska first every single day. That’s the commitment I’m making to the people of this state, and together, we’re going to elect a Sullivan that actually stands up for Alaska.”

Sen. Sullivan, emphasizing his words with an expletive, told reporters in Washington that having the second Sullivan on the ballot was a scandalous attempt to trick Alaskans: “That's an insult."

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Halberstam, 74, spent nearly five decades working in sports broadcasting and management.

He served as the Heat’s radio play-by-play voice from the franchise’s inaugural seasons in 1992 through 1998, helping introduce the expansion team to South Florida fans.

Before joining the Heat, Halberstam was the play-by-play announcer for St. John’s men’s basketball from 1982 to 1992. His Wikipedia states that he later moved into sports media management, serving as executive vice president and general manager of Westwood One Sports from 2002 to 2008.

Halberstam was succeeded as the Heat’s radio voice by Mike Inglis, who later passed the role to current broadcaster Jason Jackson.

Halberstam in 2011 joined the Nova Southeastern University Sharks Athletics family as its Men’s Basketball play-by-play announcer.

In addition to his broadcasting career, Halberstam was also an author and longtime sports executive.

It’s part book club, part social club — and proof that a shared story can bring strangers together.

Founder Maalik Nelson launched Maalik Meets book club on Instagram, inviting friends to read and discuss books together. He started it organically, through his own love of literature.

“When it started, it just legitimately was like my closest five, six, seven friends. I started to choose more and more intentional books that I thought the community would want,” said Nelson. “The group went from like 10 to 20, then the next month it went from 20 to 30, then 30 to 50 and it continued to grow as the months went on.”

Currently, the club gathers monthly at Dale’ Zine in Miami’s design district, an independent art bookshop and gallery hosting meetups that also has its own Instagram page.

Members read the same book, then come together to share perspectives, reactions and interpretations. The format is intentionally simple and the books reflect the times.

“We all read a book. We all read the same book. You have stuff to say. You don’t need me,” said Nelson. “I let them talk and let them do their thing and then in the middle we have more of a structured discussion.”

This month’s selection was “Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke.

For longtime members and first-time visitors alike, the discussion revealed a central truth of the club: no two readers experience the same story the same way.

“We can read the same book and everybody will get something completely unique out of it and it’s incredible every time cause they will see something that you’ve never seen before,” said club member, Andrew Mendez.

There’s no professor at the front of the room. No panel. No lecture. Just conversation.

While books may be the reason people show up every month, they’re often not the reason people come back.

Maalik Meets has become much more than just a book club. The group hosts cookouts, panel discussions and social gatherings designed to keep connections growing beyond the page.

In an age driven by likes, followers and algorithms — members say they’re building something more personal. Many show up for the but stay for the people.

Next month’s selection is “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin.

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

Now a member of a Los Angeles Rams team favored to raise the Lombardi Trophy next February, Garrett is ready to fill the one glaring hole in his football resume.

“Since the very beginning, it’s always been about winning. … And to have an opportunity to do that immediately? That was the opportunity that was too difficult to pass up,” Garrett said at his introductory news conference Tuesday, one day after the blockbuster deal that sent him from Cleveland to Los Angeles.

Garrett had been to the playoffs with the Browns in 2020 and 2023, which were his only two winning seasons in Cleveland after being drafted first overall in 2017. With the Rams, the 30-year-old defensive end has joined an organization that has reached the postseason in seven of head coach Sean McVay’s nine seasons in charge, won the Super Bowl following the 2021 campaign, played in another, and came agonizingly close against Philadelphia and Seattle teams that ended up winning it all the past two seasons.

The Rams spent the offseason loading up for another Super Bowl push by addressing the defensive deficiencies that cost them in the 31-27 NFC title game loss to the Seahawks. They traded for All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie, signed fellow Chiefs defensive back Jaylen Watson in free agency, and capped it by acquiring a two-time AP Defensive Player of the Year and five-time first-team All-Pro in Garrett.

The moves have Garrett expecting big things.

"I see a position to solidify myself here as well among the very greats,” he said.

Following a season where he set the NFL single-season record with 23 sacks and also had a career-high 33 tackles for loss, Garrett believes the Rams’ structure and support could allow him to reach even greater heights. He joins a defense that already ranked in the top 10 in points allowed and sacks, and Garrett expects an offense led by quarterback Matthew Stafford, who was voted NFL MVP after throwing for 46 touchdowns, to give him plenty of chances to close games out in the fourth quarter.

Those opportunities were few and far between in Cleveland, where Garrett had 125 1/2 sacks in 134 career games. The Browns went 58-90-1 during Garrett's time there.

“I mean, that did play into the decision as well, knowing I have the ability, you know, late game, to pin my ears back, not just because we need a play to be made, but because we have the lead and it’s obvious passing downs, being able to make those game-changing plays to win the game for us, those are things that appealed to me,” Garrett said.

Garrett has already taken steps to get comfortable in his new surroundings, striking a deal with nose tackle Poona Ford to secure the No. 95 jersey.

Garrett is also looking forward to getting in touch with NBA superstar LeBron James, who has spent the past eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, for more information about the city. Garrett described James as a “positive force in my life,” having received advice and mentorship from the Akron, Ohio, native and four-time NBA champion over the years since joining the Browns.

Garrett already has some familiarity with the region. His girlfriend, Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim, is from Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County. His father, Lawrence, was born in Los Angeles.

For all the initial excitement surrounding the trade, Garrett understands it will ultimately be judged by how he and the Rams fare on the field.

“Nothing changes for me,” he said. “I don't feel any pressure to be anything else, be anything different. As long as I'm myself and I come here to work every day and I'm a leader, the success will follow.”

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His family said in a statement that Bryson died Tuesday evening, days after having a stroke.

“While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit,” the family's statement said. “His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”

Internationally celebrated for his Disney classics, Bryson also built a career over five decades as one of R&B’s premier balladeers, recording hits including “Feel the Fire,” “I’m So Into You" and “Can You Stop the Rain."

“For more than five decades, Peabo’s extraordinary voice served as the soundtrack to some of life’s most cherished moments,” the family's statement said. “His music carried generations through joyful celebrations, great love stories and enduring moments of comfort and inspiration.”

Born and raised in South Carolina, the singer, songwriter and balladeer launched his career with the group Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display in the 1970s. Shortly afterward, Atlanta label Bang Records signed him as a solo artist.

He recorded for Capitol, Elektra and Columbia Records and became one of music’s most sought-after duet partners. Aside from Belle and Dion, he also collaborated with artists including Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole.

His duet with Flack, “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” became one of the defining love songs of the 1980s, while “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” helped expand his audience beyond R&B radio. He later scored No. 1 R&B hits with “Show & Tell” and “Can You Stop the Rain.”

Beyond music, Bryson appeared in stage productions including “Raisin,” “The Wiz” and “Porgy and Bess.” In 2018, he returned with “Stand for Love,” his 21st studio album, produced by hitmaking duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Bryson had a stroke in late May and was placed under medical care.

“At this time, the family requests privacy as they navigate this deeply personal moment together,” a statement from his representative read at the time. "The thoughts, prayers and love of friends and fans are welcomed and deeply appreciated.”

In 2019, Bryson made a full recovery after having a heart attack.

Comedian and television host Loni Love said she worked with Bryson on a cruise ship last year and spoke with him for hours on the deck one night after she noticed him sitting alone.

“He shared incredible stories, spoke passionately about his music, and had such a deep love for his craft,” she wrote in a social media post Tuesday. “I am so grateful to have had that special moment with him.”

Bryson's family said memorial and celebration-of-life arrangements will be announced at a later date.

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This story has been updated to correct that Bryson sang “Beauty and the Beast” with Dion and “A Whole New World” with Belle, not the other way around. It has also been updated to correct a misspelling of “Aladdin."

The buoy 80 meters (260 feet) below the water's surface will be removed June 16 from the Ocean Observatories Initiative — a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million that has continuously collected real-time data for more than a decade. But last month, the National Science Foundation announced it would dismantle most of the system, pulling instruments from waters off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina and Greenland by 2027.

Funded by the foundation, the observatories have tracked everything from ocean circulation and marine ecosystems to climate change and extreme weather. Its data has been freely available and has informed more than 500 scientific publications. The project was slated to run for another 15 to 20 years.

In an emailed statement, the foundation said the decision is not a cancellation, but a “descoping” aligned with a “wider strategy of a nimbler approach to prioritize support for evolving scientific priorities and emerging technologies, as well as smart lifecycle management within its research infrastructure portfolio.” The foundation added that its decision drew in part on a 2025 National Academies report on the future of ocean science.

But for the scientists who built and operated the system — and the researchers, educators and students who rely on its data — the timing feels particularly punishing.

An El Nino event, which disrupts weather patterns and supercharges marine heat waves, is predicted to arrive along the Pacific coast this summer. One marine heat wave is already pushing unusually warm water off California.

Without the Oregon and Washington moorings and the network of underwater gliders the Ocean Observatories Initiative operated in the region, researchers say they'll lose much of their ability to measure what's happening below the surface, which is precisely where the most significant oceanographic signals are.

“It’s a crippling loss of information,” Ed Dever, a professor at Oregon State University who helped lead the initiative’s Pacific Northwest operations, told The Associated Press Tuesday. Scientists can get some data from the surface, such as temperature and the distribution of chlorophyll, which drives photosynthesis in plants, but information below cannot be gathered from satellites alone, including low oxygen zones.

The initiative launched in 2015 after more than a decade of community planning and construction. It was designed as a 25 to 30-year project, built in part around the oceanographic consensus that detecting meaningful climate signals requires at least three decades of continuous data. “We’ve just got to the 10 year record,” Dever said, “which will give you some hints, but it won’t continue on.”

One significant piece will remain: a seafloor cable network managed by the University of Washington off the Pacific Northwest coast, which will continue providing data on volcanic and seismic activity in the region.

Scientists had seen warning signs as the administration’s proposed 2026 budget included a 55% cut to the science foundation. Official word to begin shutting down arrived in early May.

The initiative was coordinated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in collaboration with the University of Washington and Oregon State University, as well as past partners including Rutgers University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The initiative operated on roughly $48 million a year, not including the cost of research vessels, which adds substantially to the overall price. Prior to budget cuts, which began in 2025, around 60 to 70 people worked directly on the project across its partner institutions, Dever said.

“What’s happening with the Ocean Observatories Initiative is not unique,” he said. “This is just one of a number of science facilities that is being dismantled at the present time. It seems to really mark the end of a federal commitment to basic scientific research — a commitment that has served this nation very well for the last 70 years.”

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More rain is expected Wednesday. In fact, showers could get an early start before soaking storms develop through the day. The combo of dreary, soggy weather and north-northeast winds likely will keep high temperatures a few degrees below “normal.” Mid 80s are forecast. The average high for Miami this time of year is 89°F.

A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Detroit against Vincent Munster, who is chief of the virus ecology section at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, and Claude Kwe, who works with him.

Munster and Kwe were stopped at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in January after a flight from Paris and nine days in the Republic of Congo. An outbreak of the mpox disease has been linked to more than 2,000 deaths in Congo, a vast region in central Africa, though a two-year outbreak was declared over in April.

Munster “adamantly denied” returning to the U.S. with biological materials or samples, the FBI said in a court filing.

But tests subsequently revealed that Munster and Kwe were traveling with vials of deactivated mpox, the FBI said, yet they had failed to declare them or obtain the necessary permission.

"Any deliberate effort to conceal and smuggle biological materials into the United States without proper authorization is a breach of the public’s trust and could have placed the public at risk,” said Marcus Sykes of the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Munster and Kwe did not immediately respond to requests for comment. They are expected to appear in federal court in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday.

“This matter is currently under investigation, and NIH is cooperating fully with law enforcement and appropriate authorities,” said the National Institutes of Health, which oversees the lab. “Because this is an ongoing investigation and personnel matter, we are limited in what additional information we can provide at this time.”

There was no mention in the government's court filing about why Munster and Kwe may have wanted to bring the deactivated mpox virus to their lab. But they are virologists who have worked extensively on mpox research, the FBI said.

Munster told investigators at the Detroit-area airport that any necessary documents were in his laptop, “but you don't need them. I do this all the time,” the FBI quoted him as saying.

“It is reasonable to believe that Munster's statements regarding the possession of the required documentation to (customs officers) were materially false,” the FBI said.

The most common symptoms of mpox, according to the World Health Organization, are a rash and fever, but it can sometimes cause serious illness. Most people recover fully.

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was first identified by scientists in 1958 during outbreaks of a “pox-like” disease in monkeys. Until a few years ago, most human cases were seen in people in central and West Africa who had close contact with infected animals.

In 2022, the virus was confirmed to spread via sex for the first time and triggered outbreaks in more than 70 countries that had not previously reported mpox.

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The purpose of the massive release would be to help eradicate disease.

It’s a program called De Bug that would release male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria.

When those males mate with wild females, the eggs won’t hatch, so the population of disease vectors declines.

The Florida Keys has already been on the front lines of similar mosquito technology.

This will be the second year using infected mosquitos in a pilot program.

Mosquito experts and home service companies like Mosquito Joe said using an arsenal of tools is vital.

“Mosquitoes are a public health issue,” said Mosquito Joe co-owner Yoel Guitierrez. “They bring Zika, chikungunya, West Nile virus.”

Officials in Miami-Dade and Broward counties say Google has reached out to them.

A similar program in 2018 was deemed a success in Miami-Dade County, but it was expensive.

Google is trying to get approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, which is accepting public comments on the proposal through Friday.

El propósito de la liberación masiva sería ayudar a erradicar enfermedades.

Es un programa llamado De Bug que liberaría mosquitos machos infectados con Wolbachia, una bacteria de origen natural.

Cuando esos machos se aparean con hembras silvestres, los huevos no eclosionan, por lo que la población de vectores de enfermedades disminuye.

Los Cayos de Florida ya han estado en la primera línea de una tecnología similar contra mosquitos.

Este será el segundo año usando mosquitos infectados en un programa piloto.

Expertos en mosquitos y empresas de servicios para el hogar como Mosquito Joe dijeron que usar un arsenal de herramientas es vital.

“Los mosquitos son un problema de salud pública”, dijo el copropietario de Mosquito Joe, Yoel Guitierrez. “Transmiten Zika, chikungunya, virus del Nilo Occidental”.

Funcionarios de los condados de Miami-Dade y Broward dicen que Google se ha comunicado con ellos.

Un programa similar en 2018 fue considerado un éxito en el condado de Miami-Dade, pero fue costoso.

Google está intentando obtener la aprobación de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental, que está aceptando comentarios públicos sobre la propuesta hasta el viernes.

Opinion surveys suggested Lee’s Democratic Party is certain to win more races than its main rival, the conservative People Power Party, which remains in disarray after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office and convicted of rebellion over his martial law debacle in late 2024.

Given its favorable political landscape, experts say the Democratic Party must score a landside victory and win some key races such as the mayoral vote in Seoul, the capital, so as to give Lee a clear boost.

“The conservatives' support base has been fractured and weakened in the wake of Yoon's impeachment, while the liberals' support base has grown stronger. Considering that, results of the elections will determine whether their dominance would prolong for a considerable time," said Jeong Han-Wool, director of the Korean People Research Institute.

South Koreans will elect 16 regional leaders

Up for grabs in Wednesday’s polls are 16 mayoral and provincial gubernatorial posts, 12 of them held by the PPP. Fourteen new members of the 300-member National Assembly will also be chosen in by-elections.

The polls opened at about 14,300 stations at 6 a.m. and are to close at 6 p.m. As of noon, the voter turnout rate stood at 19%, according to the election commission. South Korea has 44.6 million eligible voters.

Some earlier surveys indicated the Democratic Party would win up to 15 of the 16 posts. But newer surveys showed opposition or independent candidates were closing the gap with their Democratic Party competitors or even overtook them in five to seven races.

The Democratic Party entered the elections with a clear advantage because the public still has strong negative feelings about Yoon’s martial law imposition, said Choi Jin, director of the Seoul-based Institute of Presidential Leadership. In addition, voters likely view the Lee administration as a new government that deserves a chance to implement its agenda, he said.

Thursday will mark one year in office for Lee, whose approval ratings hover over 60%. A key factor attributing to Lee’s popularity is what he describes as “pragmatic diplomacy” that eased concerns that his rule would hurt ties with the U.S. and Japan. Whatever the outcome of Wednesday’s election, Lee’s foreign policy agenda will likely remain unchanged, experts say.

Much attention is focused on Seoul's mayoral race

Choi said that a resounding victory for the Democratic Party would be it winning at least 12 races in the elections. He said the party must also win the hotly contested Seoul mayoral race or the Lee government would suffer “a tremendous blow."

The Seoul race pits the Democratic Party's Chong Won-o, a former Seoul district head who rose politically after Lee publicly praised his governance last October, against current mayor and political heavyweight Oh Se-hoon with the PPP.

A Seoul mayor “isn't a post that someone whose campaign solely relies on the president's coattails can afford," Oh told reporters Tuesday.

In a separate news conference Tuesday, Chong said he expected Seoul voters to deliver “a stern verdict” on Oh over what he called the mayor's incompetent and irresponsible governance style.

Election results are crucial for the conservative opposition

The PPP is still struggling with internal feuding between reformists who joined the Democratic Party-led push to impeach Yoon and his loyalists who attempted to protect the embattled leader.

Among the candidates running for the parliamentary by-elections is Han Dong-hoon, leader of the reformist faction who was eventually expelled from the PPP. Surveys show Han, now an independent, holding a slim lead over the Democratic Party's Ha Jung-woo, a former Lee adviser on artificial intelligence, in a race in Busan, the country's second biggest city.

Jeong, the institute director, said that a Han victory could help anti-Yoon reformists regroup and emerge as a new force among the struggling conservatives in South Korea. But Choi, another institute head, said Han's win could worsen a divide in the conservatives because Yoon loyalists would feel a sense of crisis and close ranks further.

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The thunderstorm moved over western Miami-Dade County with damaging winds of 60 mph and hail. The winds later lowered to about 30 mph.

The storm moved northeast from Kendall to impact Coral Gables, Sweetwater, Westchester, Doral, and Hialeah Gardens.

In Broward County, there was a special weather statement in effect for Pembroke Pines and Miramar.

In Palm Beach County, a special weather statement was also in effect for Palm Beach Gardens, Riviera Beach, and North Palm Beach.

Rain and hazardous marine conditions were also in the area’s weather forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

For a look at the local live radar and the local hour-by-hour forecast, visit this page.

Los legisladores de Florida aceleraron el plan del gobernador Ron DeSantis para poner recortes de impuestos a la propiedad en la boleta de noviembre, con la Cámara de Representantes y el Senado aprobándolo a primera hora de la tarde del martes.

El plan elevaría las exenciones de vivienda principal del estado de $50,000 USD a $250,000 USD.

El gobernador no está obteniendo todo lo que quería a medida que el proyecto llega a su despacho: el cambio más importante es que el financiamiento escolar está protegido, lo que significa que los impuestos a la propiedad no desaparecerán por completo.

Los cambios también incluyen la eliminación de un fondo fiduciario para condados pequeños con dificultades, el cual no tenía una fuente de financiamiento, y la retirada de dinero destinado para que el estado promueva el plan ante los votantes.

DeSantis enfrentó escrutinio en 2024 por usar fondos de los contribuyentes para hacer campaña contra medidas en la boleta que legalizaban la marihuana y protegían los derechos al aborto.

“Los votantes merecen saber sobre qué están votando sin sesgos”, dijo el martes la senadora estatal Lori Berman, demócrata de Boca Ratón.

Y el elefante en la habitación: ¿Por qué esto? ¿Por qué ahora, con tantos detalles aún sin definir?

“¿Por qué la prisa? ¿Por qué tres días? ¿Por qué no pedir cifras reales?”, preguntó la representante estatal Robin Bartleman, demócrata de Weston.

El representante estatal Toby Overdorf, republicano del condado de Martin, respondió: “Hemos estado trabajando en este tema por más de un año y medio. Nos hemos reunido con personas desde Pensacola hasta Cayo Hueso. Sin embargo, actualmente tenemos una propuesta del gobernador, y eso es lo que estamos escuchando durante esta sesión especial”.

Los escépticos han expresado preocupación por posibles déficits en servicios gubernamentales esenciales.

Pero los republicanos han criticado cómo los gobiernos locales gastan los fondos de los contribuyentes.

Como ocurre con cualquier enmienda a la constitución estatal, necesitaría el 60% de los votos para aprobarse en noviembre.

Según la resolución, estas medidas incluyen la contratación de “abogados externos” y la presentación de una demanda contra la BSO.

Los funcionarios municipales han estado trabajando para establecer sus propios departamentos de policía y bomberos antes de septiembre de 2027, fecha en que la BSO dejará de prestar servicios a la ciudad.

La ciudad ha estado reduciendo su dependencia de la BSO, tras más de tres décadas de servicio.

La ciudad planea transmitir la reunión de la comisión a las 7 p.m. por YouTube.

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“Aaron is a guy that I stay really close in touch with, and I know the respect that he has for Myles,” McVay said. “Talked to him about the opportunity to be able to bring (Garrett) on board. If Aaron decides he wants to dust them off at the age of 35, I bet you he could still do it at a pretty high clip.”

While the Rams would never close the door on Donald's possible return to the NFL, McVay confirms it's entirely up to the superstar defensive tackle to open that door if he wants to play alongside Garrett.

The possibility of Donald's return from two seasons in retirement became a hot topic almost immediately after the Rams swung their blockbuster trade Monday to acquire Garrett from the Cleveland Browns. Now 35 years old, Donald walked away in March 2024 after a prolific 10-year career spent entirely with the Rams.

ESPN personality Pat McAfee stoked the idea on Tuesday when he said he had texted about a comeback with Donald. McAfee said Donald told him that Garrett’s arrival in LA “for sure got me thinking,” and that he’s “gotta see if that fire can light back up.”

Donald racked up eight All-Pro selections, 10 Pro Bowl nods, three AP Defensive Player of the Year awards and a Super Bowl ring during 10 seasons in St. Louis and Los Angeles. He went out near the top of his game with a franchise-record 111 sacks as the NFL's best interior pass rusher, saying he was ready to step back from the daily grind required to maintain that level of play.

But because Donald retired at a relatively young age for defensive linemen, his possible return has been a topic of conversation for two full years in Los Angeles, where the Pittsburgh native still spends most of his time with his family. Rams fans openly pined for his return last season while the team appeared capable of making a second Super Bowl run, but Donald resisted the lure.

Donald even worked out with Jared Verse, the first-round pick and rising star edge rusher who was traded to Cleveland along with three high draft picks. The Rams gave up a fortune to get Garrett, the two-time AP Defensive Player of the Year and one of Donald's very few peers in the 21st century.

Garrett has previously spoken of his respect for Donald's game, and the Rams' new superstar nodded along Tuesday while McVay praised Donald.

The Rams' defensive line is already strong, with Garrett joining 12-sack edge rusher Byron Young and strong interior linemen Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske and Poona Ford. Garrett has already secured his No. 95 jersey from Ford, who wore it with the Rams last season.

“There was a conversation,” Garrett said with a laugh.

“A conversation and a couple of bucks?” McVay interjected.

“Maybe more than a couple of bucks,” Garrett said with a laugh. “He was open to it.”

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His testimony to Congress comes more than a month after The Associated Press and other outlets reported that war-torn Congo was among the countries where the U.S. was considering sending the 1,100 Afghans and relatives of American service members who have been stranded in Qatar for more than a year.

Advocates have said the other option would be for the refugees to go back to Afghanistan, where they face likely reprisal from the Taliban.

Democrats on House and Senate committees questioned Rubio during an annual budget hearing about why the U.S. has not followed through on its promise to take in the hundreds of allies who had been rigorously vetted before President Donald Trump signed executive orders in January 2025 that targeted asylum and refugee cases.

“We’re obviously operating right now under a directive that prohibits the entry of Afghans into the United States,” Rubio said. Despite the restrictions, he said officials had been “engaging every single day” on this issue and that several countries have already indicated their willingness to take in some of those waiting in limbo.

Rep. Grace Meng, a Democrat from New York, told Rubio that regardless of U.S. immigration policy, Congo would be “a death sentence” for those living at the camp in Doha, including Afghans who served as interpreters and with Special Operations Forces as well as the immediate families of more than 150 active-duty U.S. military members.

The African country has been battered by decades-long fighting between government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in its eastern region and is now at the heart of an Ebola outbreak.

“Can we rule out deporting people to conflict zones?” Meng asked Rubio. After some deflection, he responded that he doesn't think any of the countries being discussed would be conflict zones.

But he added that the issue remains how many Afghans other countries will take.

“I don’t think there’s one country that’s going to take all 1,000, but it has to be countries that are willing to assume some of this responsibility and numbers that are manageable to them, but also places that give more options to these individuals that they would be comfortable going to," Rubio said.

Negotiations between the U.S. and willing countries, including Botswana and Malaysia, started months ago, according to Shawn VanDiver, a Navy veteran who heads a coalition that supports Afghan resettlement efforts called #AfghanEvac.

VanDiver and other advocacy groups have blasted the administration's handling of Afghan allies over the last 18 months, saying the U.S. is abandoning those who served alongside U.S. forces during America's longest war.

“These are not strangers. They are the spouses, the children, and the parents of men and women wearing our uniform right now,” VanDiver said in a statement Tuesday. “We told them, with the full faith of the United States, that if they stood with us we would stand with them.”

He added, “That promise did not come with an expiration date, and it did not come with conditions.”

Rubio defended some of those conditions, including why Afghans, who have gone through some of the most rigorous vetting and biometric tests, are facing hurdles while the administration has made the U.S. refugee program a vehicle to allow in Afrikaners — a group of white South Africans descended mainly from Dutch settlers.

“Everything we do has to be geared by the national interest, and it is in our national interest if we are allowing people to enter our country — be people who can quickly assimilate into society and be successful,” Rubio said.

Meng pushed back on that notion, saying there is a large Afghan population in her district in Queens, New York, who have assimilated, contributed and paid taxes.

“We’ve already assumed a lot of Afghan refugees, as you said, you have them in your district. We’ve already assumed a large number in the past," Rubio responded.

La tormenta eléctrica se desplazó sobre el oeste del condado Miami-Dade con vientos dañinos de 60 mph y granizo.

La fuerte tormenta se movió hacia el noreste desde Kendall para impactar Coral Gables, Sweetwater, Westchester, Doral y Hialeah Gardens.

En el condado Broward, existía la posibilidad de que la tormenta afectara el área de Hollywood durante la noche del martes.

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Harrell, de 35 años, impactó y destrozó una cabina de peaje en Dunlawton Avenue donde trabajaba Tammie Jo Baker, según el sheriff del condado Volusia, Mike Chitwood.

“Estando junto al camión, había un fuerte olor ... a alcohol”, dijo Chitwood durante una conferencia de prensa.

Un testigo también grabó un video de los agentes arrestando a Harrell, de Ormond Beach, después de que la camioneta se quedara atascada en la arena y el agua.

Tammie Jo Baker tenía 62 años; “a un par de semanas de cumplir su 63 cumpleaños”, dijo Chitwood.

Chitwood dijo que Harrell fue detenida bajo la Ley Baker para una evaluación de salud mental por declaraciones que hizo mientras estaba bajo custodia.

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Stars officials announced Tuesday the signing of a nonbinding letter of intent to build a new hockey-specific arena and entertainment district about 20 miles north of the downtown American Airlines Center, which they have shared with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks since it opened in 2001.

The leases at the AAC for both teams expire in 2031. The two franchises have been in a legal dispute about their partnership agreement and management of the building.

The Stars made their intentions known a day after the Mavericks said they have a preliminary agreement on a site for their own new arena about 10 miles north of downtown, but still within the Dallas city limits. The NBA's team deal is for 104 acres on the former site of Valley View Mall, which was demolished three years ago.

A new arena for the Stars is expected to be part of a large-scale redevelopment project at The Shops at Willow Bend, where the last enclosed mall built in Texas is set for demolition.

The Stars submitted their letter of intent to the city of Plano, which placed it on the City Council agenda for consideration at its next meeting Monday. The letter includes plans for the mixed-used project as well as design and construction of the arena.

“This project would present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our franchise,” Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said in a statement. “We eagerly await the vote by the Plano City Council and look forward to continuing the conversation to be part of the redevelopment of The Shops at Willow Bend.”

That mall on about 90 acres opened in 2001, and there are open restaurants and parking garages in the area. The new arena would anchor the redevelopment that could include sports, entertainment, retail, dining and public gathering spaces.

The NHL franchise was known as the North Stars before moving south from Minnesota and beginning play in Dallas for the 1993-94 season. The Stars in 1999 became the first of hockey's Sun Belt teams to win a Stanley Cup title.

The Stars won that championship while still playing at Reunion Arena, a building they also shared with the Mavericks after first moving to Dallas. The site of that downtown arena, which was fully demolished in 2009, is about a mile from the AAC.

The NFL's Cowboys were in Dallas during the franchise's first 11 seasons at the city's Cotton Bowl (1960-70), but moved to Texas Stadium in Irving in 1971, the season of their first Super Bowl title. They have played since 2009 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, which is halfway between the downtown areas of Dallas and Fort Worth.

Arlington is also home to the MLB's Texas Rangers, the franchise that began as the Washington Senators in 1961. The Rangers are in their third stadium in Arlington since moving there in 1972. Globe Life Field, their retractable-roof stadium adjacent to AT&T Stadium, opened in 2020.

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En el video de vigilancia recién divulgado, se puede ver a un empleado del condominio corriendo para verificar el estado de Justin Zelin momentos después de que cayó desde un balcón ubicado más arriba.

Todo ocurrió el 15 de febrero en los condominios Akoya, ubicados en el 6365 de Collins Ave. en Mid-Beach.

Tres días antes, imágenes de video captaron a un hombre que parecía ser Zelin entrando al edificio con Corey Hutterli, de 37 años, quien llevaba lo que parecían ser varias botellas de alcohol.

Hutterli se convertiría rápidamente en el principal sospechoso la noche de la muerte de Zelin.

Antes de que Zelin cayera desde su balcón, llamó a la policía tras involucrarse en un altercado con Hutterli.

Los investigadores dijeron que se podía escuchar a la víctima durante la llamada diciendo “aléjate de mí, Sasha”, un alias por el que, según dijeron, era conocido Hutterli.

Desde entonces, las autoridades han acusado a Hutterli de empujar a Zelin desde el balcón del condominio.

“Durante un altercado físico, Hutterli provocó que la víctima Zelin falleciera debido a un trauma contundente por la caída desde una altura”, señala un informe de arresto.

En la planta baja, las cámaras corporales estaban grabando mientras los agentes localizaban el cuerpo de Zelin.

Arriba, los agentes dentro del condominio de Zelin dijeron que encontraron a un Hutterli desaliñado saliendo del apartamento de la víctima usando solo calcetines, con cortes en su cuerpo consistentes con haber estado involucrado en una pelea.

Los investigadores dijeron que recolectaron evidencia de la camisa y la mochila de Hutterli, que contenían ketamina y fragmentos de su propia barba.

Hutterli permanece detenido en el Centro de Detención Metrowest sin derecho a fianza, enfrentando cargos de asesinato en segundo grado, robo con agresión o lesiones, posesión de una sustancia controlada y posesión de parafernalia de drogas con intención de uso.

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During jury selection in a Miami-Dade courtroom, Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez asked potential jurors what they already knew about the case and whether they had recently seen or heard anything about it.

Several prospective jurors said they knew only basic details, including that a fatal boating crash occurred and that a teenage girl died. Others said they recalled media reports that alcohol may have been involved.

As questioning continued, some prospective jurors disclosed connections to schools and communities tied to the case.

Passengers aboard Pino’s boat included his wife, his teenage daughter and 11 of her friends, many of whom attended private schools in Miami-Dade County.

One prospective juror said they graduated from a local private school around the time of the crash and were familiar with some of the students involved.

Another said references to schools and witnesses brought back memories of seeing posts and articles about the incident shared on social media.

A third said their child participates in youth sports with students from schools connected to the case.

Investigators said the boat struck a channel marker while returning from an outing on Biscayne Bay. Seventeen-year-old Lourdes Academy student Lucy Fernandez drowned after the crash.

Tinkler Mendez also addressed concerns that a prospective juror had been viewing a news report about the case on a cellphone while waiting outside the courtroom.

Another prospective juror reported hearing the report but said it was not loud enough for everyone in the area to hear.

Tinkler Mendez reminded prospective jurors to avoid news coverage and social media discussions related to the case as jury selection continues.

Durante la selección del jurado en una corte de Miami-Dade, la jueza Marisa Tinkler Mendez preguntó a los posibles jurados qué sabían ya sobre el caso y si habían visto o escuchado recientemente algo al respecto.

Varios posibles jurados dijeron que solo conocían detalles básicos, incluyendo que ocurrió un accidente fatal de bote y que una adolescente murió. Otros dijeron que recordaban reportes de medios que indicaban que el alcohol pudo haber estado involucrado.

A medida que continuó el interrogatorio, algunos posibles jurados revelaron conexiones con escuelas y comunidades vinculadas al caso.

Los pasajeros a bordo del bote de Pino incluían a su esposa, su hija adolescente y 11 de sus amigas, muchas de las cuales asistían a escuelas privadas en el condado Miami-Dade.

Un posible jurado dijo que se graduó de una escuela privada local alrededor de la época del accidente y que estaba familiarizado con algunos de los estudiantes involucrados.

Otro dijo que las referencias a escuelas y testigos le trajeron recuerdos de haber visto publicaciones y artículos sobre el incidente compartidos en redes sociales.

Un tercero dijo que su hijo participa en deportes juveniles con estudiantes de escuelas vinculadas al caso.

Los investigadores dijeron que el bote golpeó un marcador de canal mientras regresaba de una salida en la bahía de Biscayne. Lucy Fernández, estudiante de 17 años de la Lourdes Academy, se ahogó después del accidente.

Tinkler Mendez también abordó preocupaciones de que un posible jurado había estado viendo un reporte de noticias sobre el caso en un teléfono celular mientras esperaba fuera de la corte.

Otro posible jurado informó haber escuchado el reporte, pero dijo que no era lo suficientemente alto para que todos en el área lo escucharan.

Tinkler Mendez recordó a los posibles jurados que eviten la cobertura de noticias y las discusiones en redes sociales relacionadas con el caso mientras continúa la selección del jurado.

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Corey Hutterli, 37, of Parkland, had his hearing reset for Wednesday, where his relatives are set to make the case for him to get bond.

Police said the killing of Justin Zelin, 35, happened on Feb. 15 at the Akoya Condominium, located at 6365 Collins Ave. on Mid-Beach.

Investigators say Zelin called 911 less than 10 minutes before his death about an altercation with Hutterli.

And investigators say they could hear Zelin telling Hutterli to get out of his apartment, calling him by his alias, “Sasha.”

Officers say they found Hutterli still inside Zelin’s condo with no shoes on and cuts on his body consistent with a fight.

During a past court appearance, his attorney argued it’s purely circumstantial evidence with no eyewitnesses.

Hutterli’s hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.

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Corey Hutterli, de 37 años y residente de Parkland, tuvo su audiencia reprogramada para el miércoles, cuando sus familiares presentarán argumentos para que se le otorgue la fianza.

La policía dijo que el asesinato de Justin Zelin, de 35 años, ocurrió el 15 de febrero en el condominio Akoya, ubicado en 6365 Collins Ave., en Mid-Beach.

Los investigadores señalan que Zelin llamó al 911 menos de 10 minutos antes de su muerte por una pelea con Hutterli.

Y los investigadores dicen que pudieron escuchar a Zelin diciéndole a Hutterli que saliera de su apartamento, llamándolo por su alias, “Sasha”.

Los agentes dicen que encontraron a Hutterli todavía dentro del condominio de Zelin, sin zapatos y con cortes en su cuerpo consistentes con una pelea.

Durante una comparecencia anterior en la corte, su abogado argumentó que se trata únicamente de evidencia circunstancial sin testigos presenciales.

La audiencia de Hutterli está programada para la mañana del miércoles.

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Sky 10 sobrevoló la casa alrededor de las 11:45 a.m., cerca de la cuadra 1800 de Southwest 82nd Street, en el área de Westchester, mientras los equipos trabajaban para extinguir las llamas, que aparentemente comenzaron en el patio trasero.

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Los funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue dijeron que los bomberos llegaron a encontrar humo denso y llamas provenientes de una “casa unifamiliar”.

“Las cuadrillas combatieron el fuego desde dos ángulos y lograron extinguirlo, dijo el jefe de MDFR Jess Suarez. “Afortunadamente, todos los ocupantes estaban fuera de la estructura en ese momento.”

Los funcionarios dijeron que el incidente fue elevado a una “primera alarma” antes de que las cuadrillas extinguieran el incendio. En la escena se observaban una malla de patio y paneles solares dañados.

Vecinos le dijeron a Saira Anwer de Local 10 que un esposo y una esposa viven en la vivienda con sus dos hijos.

Ellos dijeron que cuando se desató el incendio, un niño y el abuelo del niño estaban en casa, pero pudieron escapar mientras la central recibía múltiples llamadas al 911 y las cuadrillas llegaron rápidamente para extinguir las llamas.

“Es aterrador”, dijo la vecina Tabassum Alam. “No sabes cuál fue la razón del incendio, pero podría pasarle a cualquier otra persona”.

No se han reportado lesiones, y la causa del incendio permanece bajo investigación.”

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According to authorities, an 85-year-old Coconut Creek resident received a phone call that she had won a prize.

“I was supposed to get $7 million and a car,” the victim told officers.

Police said family members of the victim contacted them after she sent two checks, one for $2,500 and one for $1,000, to alleged scammers in Washington state.

Then, on Friday, officers had to intervene as the woman was about to send more money to suspected scammers. They found her at a pottery class and stopped her before she could send it.

“In this particular case, the elderly resident had already completed a series of financial transactions when her family discovered that she was getting ready to pass more money,” said Coconut Creek Police Department Detective Clint Corey.

Corey had advice for residents who end up being contacted by scammers.

“Just don’t answer the phone, force the caller to leave a message,” he said. “And then you can decide how you want to respond, and you can keep more money in your pocket at the end of the day.”

Christopher Baldner, 47, of Catskill, was taken to jail immediately after the sentencing in Ulster County, about 84 miles (136 kilometers) north of New York City.

Baldner was convicted in March of manslaughter in the December 2020 death of 11-year-old Monica Goods, who was in the SUV. He was previously acquitted of murder and reckless endangerment.

According to prosecutors, Baldner rammed the SUV twice on the New York State Thruway, causing it to lose control and flip over. Baldner’s attorneys said the crash occurred after the SUV cut off the trooper as he pulled alongside during the pursuit.

Baldner pulled Monica Good's father, Tristin Goods, over for speeding on the highway near Kingston just before midnight on Dec. 22, 2020. Goods, his wife and two daughters were heading north from New York City to visit family.

Baldner and Goods argued, and the trooper pepper-sprayed the inside the vehicle. Goods drove off and Baldner pursued.

Baldner’s lawyers said Goods collided with the trooper's car twice during the pursuit. An accident reconstruction expert for the defense testified that Goods lost control of the SUV when he overcorrected after “a very minor impact."

Baldner retired in 2022 after almost 20 years with the state police.

Según las autoridades, una residente de Coconut Creek de 85 años recibió una llamada telefónica en la que le decían que había ganado un premio.

“Se suponía que iba a recibir $7 millones y un auto”, dijo la víctima a los agentes.

La policía dijo que familiares de la víctima los contactaron después de que ella enviara dos cheques, uno por $2,500 USD y otro por $1,000 USD, a presuntos estafadores en el estado de Washington.

Luego, el viernes, los agentes tuvieron que intervenir cuando la mujer estaba a punto de enviar más dinero a los presuntos estafadores. La encontraron en una clase de cerámica y la detuvieron antes de que pudiera enviarlo.

“En este caso en particular, la residente de la tercera edad ya había completado una serie de transacciones financieras cuando su familia descubrió que se estaba preparando para enviar más dinero”, dijo el detective del Departamento de Policía de Coconut Creek, Clint Corey.

Corey dio consejos para los residentes que sean contactados por estafadores.

“Simplemente no conteste el teléfono, obligue a quien llama a dejar un mensaje”, dijo. “Y luego usted puede decidir cómo quiere responder, y puede quedarse con más dinero en su bolsillo al final del día”.

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Sky 10 flew over the home around 11:45 a.m. near the 1800 block of Southwest 82nd Street in the county’s Westchester area as 50 fire crews worked to extinguish the blaze, which appeared to have started in the backyard.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from a “single-family home.

“Crews attacked the fire from two angles and were able to extinguish the fire, MDFR Chief Fire Officer Jeff Suarez. “Fortunately, all the occupants were out of the structure at the time.”

Officials said the incident was upgraded to a “first alarm” before crews extinguished the fire. A patio screen and damaged solar panels were visible at the scene.

Neighbors told Local 10’s Saira Anwer that a husband and wife live in the home with their two children.

They said when the fire broke out, a child and the child’s grandparent were home but were able to escape as dispatch received multiple 911 calls and crews quickly arrived to extinguish the flames.

“It’s scary,” said neighbor Tabassum Alam. “You don’t know the reason what was the fire but it could happen to anyone else.”

No injuries have been reported, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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The investigation would lead police to some sensational findings.

The attack turned out to be linked to a $245 million Bitcoin heist the month before involving the couple's son. And this week, a California cryptocurrency mogul who authorities say called himself “The Godfather” and had previously hired off-duty sheriff’s deputies to strongarm his enemies admitted to orchestrating the attempted abduction to get a piece of the son's stolen loot.

The California man, 25-year-old Adam Iza, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison term of at least 14 years when he's sentenced.

Iza’s lawyer, William Paetzold, didn't immediately respond to Tuesday phone and email messages seeking comment.

The case is part of an increasing trend worldwide of cryptocurrency theft spilling over to violence.

Nightclub fight spawns kidnapping plot

A month before the abduction attempt, one of Iza's alleged co-conspirators got into a beef with the couple's son, Veer Chetal, at a Miami nightclub, according to an FBI affidavit. The man, James Schwab, then told an acquaintance to rob Chetal and his friends at their Miami rental home, authorities said. It's not clear if the robbery happened.

Schwab's lawyers didn't immediately respond to phone messages seeking comment.

Then came the Bitcoin heist. A few weeks after the nightclub fight, Chetal and two other men hatched an elaborate online scheme that involved impersonating technical support staff for Google and a cryptocurrency exchange. They managed to steal 4,100 Bitcoins — worth about $245 million at the time — from a Washington, D.C., resident, according to court documents.

The trio lived large after the theft, spending millions of dollars on cars, clothing, jewelry, rental mansions and nightclub parties before being arrested, prosecutors said. Chetal pleaded guilty last November and awaits sentencing, while the two other men have pleaded not guilty.

Iza and Schwab, meanwhile, came up with the idea to take Chetal's parents hostage in a bid to snatch some of his ill-gotten riches, the FBI said, citing information from informants. Schwab and Iza's brother, Saif Faiq, also were charged in the kidnapping attempt and pleaded not guilty.

They recruited six other men to go to Connecticut, paying for their travel and lodging, authorities said. A week after the Bitcoin heist, the group surveilled Chetal's parents hours before the kidnapping, according to court records.

Abduction quickly goes awry

Sushil and Radhika Chetal were driving in the Lamborghini on Aug. 25, 2024, near Danbury High School when they were rear-ended by a car. A white van then pulled in front of the SUV and several men surrounded them, police said.

The men pulled the Chetals out of the SUV and forced them into their van, beating Sushil Chetal with a baseball bat and dragging Radhika Chetal by her hair. The couple were bound with duct tape and the van drove off, according to court documents.

After witnesses called police, officers soon spotted the van and a chase ensued. The van eventually crashed and four of the men got out and fled on foot but were arrested shortly thereafter. The other two men were later found at a home the group had rented in a nearby town. The Chetals were taken to a hospital and released.

The six men, all from Florida, have pleaded guilty in connection with the kidnapping. Two have been sentenced to 11 years in prison and the others await sentencing.

How the ‘Godfather’ went from a Bel Air mansion to federal charges

Before Iza's arrest in the Connecticut case, he was under investigation by federal authorities in California for extorting money and property from victims in Los Angeles and elsewhere, court records show. He was charged in that case a month after the kidnapping and later pleaded guilty.

Iza, also known as Ahmed Faiq, was living in a mansion in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, calling himself The Godfather while running a crypto trading company, Zort. While stealing millions of dollars and funneling it through shell companies, Iza spent freely on luxury cars and other extravagances, including cosmetic surgery to lengthen his legs, prosecutors said.

Beginning in August 2021, Iza paid around $100,000 a month for his personal protection to a private security firm founded by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy that also employed other deputies, prosecutors said.

Iza, authorities said, hired off-duty deputies to act as enforcers against people with whom he had personal and business disputes. He used the deputies to extort, intimidate, set people up for arrest and abuse the legal process, prosecutors said.

The deputies used law enforcement databases to generate information about Iza's enemies and obtained search warrants under false pretenses, authorities said. On one occasion, two deputies held a victim at gunpoint inside Iza's home, pressuring the victim to transfer $25,000 to Iza's bank account, prosecutors said.

When he pleaded guilty in that case in January, Iza also admitted to stealing more than $37 million by fraudulently accessing the business manager accounts of Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, and their lines of credit from 2020 to 2022. He awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy against rights and tax evasion.

His attorney in California, Josef Sadat, declined to comment Tuesday.

Several deputies also were charged in the investigation.

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Harrell, 35, had struck and crushed a toll booth on Dunlawton Avenue where Tammie Jo Baker was working, according to the Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

“Being up at the truck, there was a heavy odor ... of alcohol,” Chitwood said during a news conference.

A witness also recorded a video of deputies arresting Harrell, of Ormond Beach, after the pickup truck stalled in the sand and water.

Jo Baker was 62; “a couple of weeks shy of her 63rd birthday,” Chitwood said.

Chitwood said Harrell was detained under the Baker Act for a mental health assessment over statements she made while in custody.

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A parenting app created by a South Florida mother aims to provide another option.

Michelle Brown, CEO and co-founder of iHelpMoms, said the app was designed to help parents navigate common challenges related to sleep, potty training, feeding and behavior while connecting them with expert guidance.

“IHelpMoms was designed to help parents through the most common parenting challenges that we all go through, and we have created an app that is for sleep, potty training, feeding and behavior,” she said.

Brown, a mother of three, said the idea for the app stemmed from her own struggles with postpartum depression after the birth of her child.

“Honestly, I felt like I had gotten hit by a Mack truck,” Brown said.

Despite taking classes and seeking support, Brown said she struggled with breastfeeding and felt overwhelmed by conflicting advice.

“I could not make more than a half an ounce of milk, and everyone was telling me power pump or try this feeding technique, and it just kept pushing me down underneath postpartum depression more and more and more,” she said.

The experience inspired her to create a platform where exhausted parents could quickly access information and support.

“That’s always my mentality in building the app — how can a very exhaustive parent just do a one click to get a plan in 60 seconds to get through the day, to track easily with one click, to find a milestone development, to give them hope and finally to connect them to our iHelpMoms certified coaches in one click,” Brown said.

The app includes five certified coaches with specialties ranging from mental health and relationships to children’s behavioral issues.

Rebecca Crowers, one of the app’s certified coaches, said the goal is to provide parents with personalized guidance.

“When she opens up the app and she clicks on behavior, she can answer a few questions, which literally takes one minute, and after she does that, it’s a real plan for her real life,” Crowers said. “That’s the most important thing is, we meet moms right where they are.”

Crowers, a mental health expert and biblical counselor, said one of the most important pieces of parenting advice she gives is simple.

“Regulate yourself first,” she said. “When we’re calmer, our kids feel that.”

Brown said another feature allows parents to receive guidance through a real-time chat system guided by experts.

“One of the most important things I found when I was sitting rocking the baby that wasn’t sleeping is I needed someone to chat with,” she said. “So we created an online real-time chat that is guided by our experts so the mom can type their question there and it’s going to give you a real-time solution for that moment of your life.”

The app also offers tools that track milestones and child development.

Chelsea Parra, a mother who uses iHelpMoms, said the app has helped her stay informed about her child’s growth.

“It is so accurate to what I am going through in real time with her age,” Parra said. “I go to the other parts too because it’s great to log food and diapers and eventually when she’s potty training, I’m sure I’ll use that a lot.”

Brown said the app is also designed to recognize that parenting styles vary from family to family.

“There’s no one right way to be a mom,” Brown said. “We really help parents cultivate how do you parent. Do you want to be an attachment parent? Are you a more modern balanced parent? Are you a high-achiever parent? What outcome and what style of parenting?”

For Brown, the mission behind the app is personal.

“I was actually born into an orphanage in Calcutta, India, and I was four pounds, severely malnourished, and it was just a very dire situation,” Brown said.“And I actually got saved out of the orphanage by an amazing family that adopted me.”

Brown said those experiences continue to shape her work.

“I never want another mom to feel alone like my mom, and I never want another mom to feel like a failure like I felt, because I couldn’t make the milk, and I couldn’t get my baby to sleep, and I just constantly felt like I was failing all the time,” she said. “My greatest hope is that the iHelpMoms app can be that hope in a mother’s pocket.”

Brown said she is happy to work with pediatricians in developing the app, but stressed that it is not intended to replace medical care.

Parents who believe their child is sick or something may be wrong should contact their pediatrician.

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Una aplicación de crianza creada por una madre del sur de Florida busca ofrecer otra opción.

Michelle Brown, CEO y cofundadora de iHelpMoms, dijo que la aplicación fue diseñada para ayudar a los padres a navegar desafíos comunes relacionados con el sueño, el entrenamiento para ir al baño, la alimentación y el comportamiento, mientras los conecta con orientación experta.

“iHelpMoms fue diseñada para ayudar a los padres a través de los desafíos más comunes de la crianza que todos atravesamos, y hemos creado una aplicación que es para el sueño, el entrenamiento para ir al baño, la alimentación y el comportamiento”, dijo.

Brown, madre de tres hijos, dijo que la idea de la aplicación surgió de sus propias dificultades con la depresión posparto después del nacimiento de su hijo.

“Honestamente, sentí como si me hubiera atropellado un camión Mack”, dijo Brown.

A pesar de tomar clases y buscar apoyo, Brown dijo que tuvo dificultades con la lactancia materna y se sintió abrumada por consejos contradictorios.

“No podía producir más de media onza de leche, y todos me decían que hiciera power pump o que probara esta técnica de alimentación, y eso solo me seguía hundiendo cada vez más en la depresión posparto”, dijo.

La experiencia la inspiró a crear una plataforma donde los padres exhaustos pudieran acceder rápidamente a información y apoyo.

“Esa siempre ha sido mi mentalidad al construir la aplicación: cómo puede un padre muy exhausto simplemente hacer un clic para obtener un plan en 60 segundos para salir adelante durante el día, para llevar un registro fácilmente con un solo clic, para encontrar el desarrollo de un hito, para darles esperanza y finalmente conectarlos con nuestros coaches certificados de iHelpMoms con un solo clic”, dijo Brown.

La aplicación incluye cinco coaches certificados con especialidades que van desde la salud mental y las relaciones hasta los problemas de comportamiento infantil.

Rebecca Crowers, una de las coaches certificadas de la aplicación, dijo que el objetivo es brindar orientación personalizada a los padres.

“Cuando ella abre la aplicación y hace clic en comportamiento, puede responder algunas preguntas, lo cual literalmente toma un minuto, y después de eso, es un plan real para su vida real”, dijo Crowers. “Lo más importante es que nos encontramos con las madres exactamente donde están”.

Crowers, experta en salud mental y consejera bíblica, dijo que una de las piezas más importantes del consejo de crianza que ofrece es simple.

“Regularte a ti mismo primero”, dijo. “Cuando estamos más calmados, nuestros hijos lo sienten”.

Brown dijo que otra función permite a los padres recibir orientación a través de un sistema de chat en tiempo real guiado por expertos.

“Una de las cosas más importantes que descubrí cuando estaba sentada meciendo al bebé que no dormía es que necesitaba a alguien con quien chatear”, dijo. “Así que creamos un chat en línea en tiempo real guiado por nuestros expertos para que la mamá pueda escribir su pregunta allí y te dará una solución en tiempo real para ese momento de tu vida”.

La aplicación también ofrece herramientas que rastrean hitos y el desarrollo infantil.

Chelsea Parra, una madre que usa iHelpMoms, dijo que la aplicación la ha ayudado a mantenerse informada sobre el crecimiento de su hijo.

“Es tan precisa con lo que estoy viviendo en tiempo real con su edad”, dijo Parra. “También voy a otras partes porque es genial para registrar comida y pañales y eventualmente cuando esté aprendiendo a ir al baño, seguro lo usaré mucho”.

Brown dijo que la aplicación también está diseñada para reconocer que los estilos de crianza varían de familia en familia.

“No hay una sola forma correcta de ser mamá”, dijo Brown. “Realmente ayudamos a los padres a cultivar cómo quieren criar. ¿Quieres ser una madre de apego? ¿Eres una madre más moderna y equilibrada? ¿Eres una madre de alto rendimiento? ¿Qué resultado y qué estilo de crianza?”

Para Brown, la misión detrás de la aplicación es personal.

“Nací en un orfanato en Calcuta, India, y pesaba cuatro libras, estaba severamente desnutrida, y era una situación muy crítica”, dijo Brown. “Y en realidad fui rescatada del orfanato por una familia increíble que me adoptó”.

Brown dijo que esas experiencias continúan moldeando su trabajo.

“Nunca quiero que otra madre se sienta sola como mi madre, y nunca quiero que otra madre se sienta como una fracasada como me sentí yo, porque no podía producir leche, y no podía lograr que mi bebé durmiera, y constantemente sentía que estaba fallando todo el tiempo”, dijo. “Mi mayor esperanza es que la aplicación iHelpMoms pueda ser esa esperanza en el bolsillo de una madre”.

Brown dijo que está feliz de trabajar con pediatras en el desarrollo de la aplicación, pero enfatizó que no está destinada a reemplazar la atención médica.

Los padres que crean que su hijo está enfermo o que algo podría estar mal deben contactar a su pediatra.

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Video de Sky 10 muestra que el motociclista se estrelló contra una carroza fúnebre aparentemente estacionada en Angels of Paradise Mortuary, ubicada en 2796 NW 46th St. en el área no incorporada de Brownsville.

Los registros de despacho mostraron que el choque ocurrió alrededor de las 3:15 p.m.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, una investigación preliminar mostró que el motociclista perdió el control de su moto y chocó contra el Cadillac.

Las autoridades indicaron que los médicos lo trasladaron al Hospital Jackson Memorial en estado crítico.

Agentes de la MDSO permanecieron en la escena el martes por la tarde investigando el accidente.

A victory would put him in the conversation as the greatest New York Knick ever, and at the same time earn New York sports immortality status.

After just four years, he is all over the record book for a Knicks franchise that has been around for all 80 NBA seasons. He is already third on its career list in playoff points. The Knicks have advanced in the postseason every year since Brunson arrived in 2022, after winning one series in the two decades before.

Now they are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, with a shot to win their first title since 1973.

Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier and Willis Reed — in some order — are widely regarded as the top players in franchise history. If Brunson can lead the Knicks to the title now, there’s an argument he could be the best of them all.

“Well, right now a lot of people say he’s the greatest Knick ever because of getting them to the finals and obviously if he wins a championship,” Frazier said. “So I don’t think he’s the greatest Knick ever — I always say it’s Willis, and Willis said it’s Patrick, and Patrick says it’s Patrick. So he would definitely be on Mount Rushmore. We’ll put him up there if he can bring this title.”

Brunson is averaging 26.9 points in the postseason, slightly up from his 26 per game in the regular season. The Eastern Conference finals MVP is making history just by reaching the finals, as he and his father, Rick, a Knicks assistant who played for them in 1999 when Jalen was just shy of 3 years old, will become the first father-son duo to play in the finals for the same franchise.

None of this was expected when Brunson signed in New York. This wasn't Victor Wembanyama arriving in San Antonio from France as the No. 1 pick in the draft as a 7-foot-4 giant whose array of skills made it easy to forecast that he could become one of the greats of the game.

Brunson stands just 6-2 and doesn't appear to be blessed with explosive speed. That's how a two-time NCAA champion and college player of the year at Villanova ended up as just a second-round pick in 2018. He landed in Dallas at the same time as Luka Doncic, and seeing how easy the Slovenian sensation made the game look had Brunson wondering about his own abilities.

“It made me kind of question myself to see how hard I actually had to work to be in the position I wanted to be,” he said.

He was largely a backup in his four seasons in Dallas before the Knicks spent more than $100 million to pry him away. It's probably the best decision they ever made — and with what Brunson has done in New York at that low cost for a now perennial All-Star, one of the best free agent moves any team ever has.

The Knicks have just two NBA titles, and the wait for a third has lasted so many generations that Brunson would easily join New York sports icons such as Joe Namath, Derek Jeter or Reggie Jackson, still celebrated around the five boroughs long after their championships, if he can win just one now.

Get it and the second-team All-NBA pick would be confirmed as a superstar. Of course, the opposite could happen. If Brunson struggles against the Spurs' good defensive guards and the Knicks lose, there will be critics quick to say they need more because Brunson just isn't quite a 1-A.

“I mean, I don’t really care what people say, so at the end of the day I’m not going to base my judgment or evaluation of him as a player off people that never played the game and just never been in that situation,” teammate and close friend Josh Hart said. “So I know he doesn’t really care about it, I don’t really care about it. At the end of the day those quote-unquote people are irrelevant.”

Around New York, it's clear the respect Brunson commands. Mets slugger Juan Soto hit a home run and performed the hand gesture Brunson uses to celebrate a 3-pointer. Jets coach Aaron Glenn said the impact the captain has on the club is evident.

“I mean, you can tell that the leadership, the fight, everybody follows that, and it’s easy to follow that,” Glenn said. “He’s a guy, and I continue to say this, that leadership really comes down to one word and that’s ‘influence.’ You really see the influence that he has, and it’s not always verbal. It’s a lot of just what he does and how he operates.”

Brunson doesn't seem to seek the spotlight and will never ooze coolness like Frazier, the stylish “Clyde” known for his colorful suits. But a title puts him in the same club, and membership has long-lasting benefits.

“I can’t walk the street, it’s like I’m in a parade. Anywhere I go people are like, ‘Oh, there he is, there’s Clyde! There’s Clyde!’” Frazier said. "So if these guys win another title — man, I can’t spend money now in New York. I’ll never have to spend money again in this city.

“And that’s what I want to show the players. Hey man, I’ve been doing this for 50 years. Fifty years just for winning two titles! So you guys can have it if you just win one title.”

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AP Pro Football Writer Dennis Waszak Jr. in Florham Park, New Jersey contributed to this report.

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El arrestado en el incidente es Jose Zamora, quien enfrenta una serie de cargos, incluido intento de secuestro con arma de fuego.

La policía de Port St. Lucie dijo que ocurrió el domingo por la mañana afuera de la iglesia First United Methodist en SW Prima Vista Boulevard.

La policía dijo que Zamora quería hablar con la víctima e intentó obligarla a subir a su auto a punta de pistola.

“Varios testigos presenciaron lo que estaba ocurriendo e intervinieron”, dijo el jefe de la policía de Port St. Lucie, Leo Niemzyck. “El valor que demostraron ayudó a desactivar una situación muy peligrosa en escalada. El sospechoso sacó un arma de fuego y la colocó al lado de la víctima e intentó obligarla a subir al vehículo”.

Luego, dijeron que Zamora huyó y condujo hasta Hialeah.

La víctima sintió algo de dolor pero no tenía marcas visibles ni moretones, dijo la policía.

Según las autoridades, la víctima vivía con Zamora en Hollywood antes de mudarse juntos a Fort Pierce, y para diciembre pasado ella quería que él saliera de la casa porque se volvió agresivo con ella.

“Ellos tuvieron una relación romántica previa que había terminado, y supuestamente terminó debido a algunas infidelidades”, dijo Niemzyck. “Pero él tiene un historial criminal violento significativo que incluye un intento de secuestro previo”.

La policía dijo que la víctima obtuvo una orden de protección contra Zamora en marzo después de que fue arrestado por una violación de armas.

“Niemzyck dijo que esos detalles les dieron motivos para creer que él habría dañado a la víctima”.

“Es un delincuente convicto”, dijo. “Tiene un pasado peligroso. Así que la familia de él creía que era un peligro tanto para sí mismo como para ella. De hecho, fue considerado un posible sospechoso de suicidio por policía”.

Los investigadores dijeron que usaron lectores de placas para rastrear a Zamora.

Actualmente está recluido en la cárcel del condado St. Lucie en Fort Pierce con una fianza de $750,000 USD.

And by midway through the opening period, they were down two goals against a fast-skating Carolina Hurricanes team riding the energy from a buzzing home crowd.

No matter. And no panic. Not with these tested Golden Knights.

Tomas Hertl took a backhand pass from Colton Sissons and beat Frederik Andersen from the slot with 3:24 left in the third period, lifting the Golden Knights past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Tuesday night’s opener of the Stanley Cup Final.

“I've said it all through the playoffs: it's a find-a-way league,” Vegas coach John Tortorella said. “We found a way tonight.”

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Raleigh, with Vegas already having taken home ice away from the Hurricanes as it chases a second Cup title in four seasons.

“Momentum swings happen quickly,” Tortorella said. “We want to keep the momentum on our side, so there’s no question we’re looking to get two.”

Hertl’s finish off Sissons' feed from the right faceoff circle broke a 4-4 tie and pushed the Golden Knights ahead in an entertaining, back-and-forth start on the sport’s biggest stage. It marked Vegas’ seventh straight win of the playoffs, starting with the last two games of the six-game second-round series against Anaheim and then the shocking four-game sweep of the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche.

That series included Vegas erasing a 3-0 deficit to take Game 3, and now the Golden Knights have followed by rallying from another multigoal deficit — this time 2-0 in the opening period — against the team that finished second only to the Avs in the regular season.

“It was a terrible start,” said center William Karlsson, who capped a run of three straight goals that pushed Vegas to a 3-2 second-period lead. “Just like it was against Colorado, a lot of time left. We always believe.”

Things changed after Tortorella gathered his team around the bench during a TV timeout after the Hurricanes had sprinted out to their lead, coming as Vegas had a slow start out of its six-day break while waiting for Carolina to close out Montreal in a five-game Eastern Conference Final.

“Just stick with the program, on our game plan, and not get impatient," said defenseman Brayden McNabb, who had three assists. “They pressure a lot and we want to keep the puck going north, and limit east-west plays.”

Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden also scored for Vegas, with Howden’s postseason-leading 11th score giving the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead just 1:21 into the third period. Carter Hart finished with 23 saves, including a key stop on Seth Jarvis only seconds before Hertl's winner.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice for the Hurricanes, the first coming 25 seconds into the game when he got loose on a rush and blasted one past Hart from the left side on the game’s first shot. He followed with a breakaway that gave Carolina a 2-0 lead and sent a charged home crowd into an eruption in the team’s first Stanley Cup Final game in two decades.

Jordan Staal and Shayne Gostisbehere each scored tying goals after Vegas had pushed to a lead, with Gostisbehere skating in clean on the left side to blast one past Hart at 11:19 of the third period and tie it once more at 4-all. Andersen finished with 18 saves.

“I thought they played just a little bit better than us,” Staal said. “They executed their game plan and aggressive on their forecheck and played in our end, and they buried their chances when they had them.”

The Hurricanes went 12-1 through three rounds to get back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since now-coach Rod Brind'Amour captained them to the title in 2006. It also comes amid an eight-year playoff streak that has included at least one series win every time as a regular postseason contender.

Carolina swept through Ottawa and Philadelphia before taking the last four games of a five-game win against Montreal to punch through an Eastern Conference Final roadblock. That made the Hurricanes the first team since 1983 to reach the Stanley Cup Final with one loss, and the first since the NHL went to best-of-seven series in all four rounds in 1987.

Meanwhile, Vegas had been getting stronger with every playoff round, winning for 19 of 24 games going back to the unexpected late-season firing of Bruce Cassidy and replace him with Tortorella. That included the shocking result against the Avalanche, who managed just seven goals in four games.

Defense had been the standout feature for both teams, in fact, with Carolina having allowed two or fewer goals in 12 of 13 playoff games. But that wasn't the case in Tuesday's fast-paced series opener, with both teams capitalizing on their chances in an entertaining back-and-forth game before Hertl got Vegas the lead for good.

“This is a totally different team, and that may be part of it too,” Brind'Amour said when asked about comparisons to the 6-2 loss to the Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. “We’ve got to get up to speed on how this game and this series is going to go. I think we certainly got a taste of that now.”

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“He’s been kind of the last couple of weeks kind of dealing with some shoulder soreness, just kind of more nagging,” manager Aaron Boone said before the series opener against the Guardians. “Then over the weekend, the last couple of games in Sacramento, I think it became a little more than just that, where I noticed with some swings and stuff. It became a little more than just nagging. I think it was affecting him.”

Boone said tests on the team's off day on Monday revealed the bruise. Judge met with team physician later Dr. Christopher Ahmad Tuesday and following Tuesday's 9-4 loss, Boone said Judge will see a specialist on Wednesday.

Judge had an rib injury in March 2020 when doctors discovered a stress fracture in his right rib. The injury occurred when he dove for a ball in September 2019, but Judge did not miss any time because of the injury because the 2020 season was delayed due to the pandemic.

“Tough to say,” Boone said. “We'll look at it and that's why we want a specialist to look at it too and just try and rule out anything or see if there's something else to see.”

In March 2020, doctors discovered a stress fracture in his right rib, stemming from a dive he made in a game the prior September. He was shut down for two weeks, but the season was delayed until July due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Judge is hitting .248 and 17 homers and 38 RBIs. The three-time AL MVP has one homer in his last 18 games since May 10 and ended an 11-game homer and RBI drought with a game-ending, two-run drive in the ninth inning to give the Yankees a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay on May 24.

Judge entered the game against Tampa Bay in a 1-for-24 slump that dropped his batting average to .246. He was hitless in 15 at-bats before singling in the first inning.

“I think probably something that’s been affecting him a little bit here recently, especially this weekend,” Boone said. “So, hopefully, it is something that we just get calmed down here and put it behind us.”

Judge won the batting title last season when he batted a career-high .331 with 53 homers and 114 RBIs in 152 games. He missed 10 games from July 26-Aug. 4 with a flexor strain in his right elbow sustained on a throw to home July 22 in Toronto. He underwent a plasma-rich injection and did not require offseason surgery, though he did not return to the outfield until Sept. 5.

When Judge was hurt last season, Giancarlo Stanton played 17 games in the outfield. Stanton has been out since April 24 with a strained right calf.

On Tuesday, José Caballero made his 22nd career start in right field and third since being acquired from Tampa Bay at the July 31 trade deadline.

Judge had started 52 of New York's first 59 games in right field. Rookie Spencer Jones made four starts in right field before getting sent down May 23 and Cody Bellinger has started two games.

Yankees move prospect Carlos Lagrange to bullpen at Triple-A

The Yankees said Tuesday that prospect Carlos Lagrange is being moved to the bullpen at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre to possibly provide relief help at the major league level later this season.

"We definitely view him long term as a starter,” Boone said. “But in the 2026 lens, there’s a chance for him to potentially impact us out of the bullpen while not really disrupting anything moving forward.”

Lagrange is rated as New York's fourth-best prospect by MLB Pipeline and the No. 2 pitcher.

Lagrange is 0-3 with a 4.41 ERA in 11 Triple-A starts. Across 49 innings, he has allowed 40 hits and 25 walks, striking out 63 while holding opponents to a .215 batting average.

The 23-year-old is averaging 98.9 mph on fastballs this season and has topped out at 103.0 mph on a fastball after spending time with the Yankees at spring training.

“It’s electric stuff,” Boone said. “The exciting thing for me was, really being around him for the first time, seeing the person and the competitor."

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Apparently, they weren't just speaking publicly about the incident.

On Tuesday, Fever guard Sophie Cunningham revealed the team's players and coaches also had a frank, “long” conversation intended to hash things out and get everyone back on the same page following back-to-back losses on the West Coast.

“We had a team meeting (Monday) — a long meeting — and so hopefully we've kind of turned the page,” Cunningham said. “I think we were in there an hour and a half, almost two hours and we built back all the layers. I think everyone's on a good page right now and ready to work. We'll say it started (as a) coaches (meeting) and then ended up being players. It was much needed, though.”

Cunningham and All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell did not divulge specifics about what was discussed, and White said the meeting didn't go quite as long as Cunningham thought.

Clearly, though, everyone thought it was necessary and valuable after TV cameras caught the incident between Clark and White during Saturday night's 100-84 loss to Portland — an expansion team Indiana beat by 17 points just 10 days earlier without Clark.

White and Clark each downplayed the scene Monday, saying it was merely two competitors trying to figure out how to win a game, and White explained she was simply challenging her star player to perform at a higher level. Mitchell saw it the same way.

“I think it's a part of being a family," she said. “If you think everything is glitz and glamour, then you're mistaken. I think hard times can make you or break you and, hopefully, it doesn't break us, and I think losing is important because you find out a lot about yourself, about where you need to be, where you're missing the mark and I'm happy that's happening now. If there is frustration, I'd rather it be now than later.”

There is reason for concern.

Indiana opened the season considered a title contender after White helped the Fever get within one win of reaching the WNBA Finals despite enduring a series of debilitating injuries, including the loss of Clark.

Not much has gone right in this season's first month, though.

The Fever enter Thursday's game against Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream with a 4-4 record, a half game out of the eighth and final playoff spot, hoping to snap this two-game skid.

Clark hasn't been her typical self, either. While the former Iowa star and NCAA's career scoring leader is averaging 20.1 points and 8.1 assists, she's also shooting 39.3% from the field, 33.3% from 3-point range and has committed 4.6 turnovers per game. She has also been criticized about her defensive miscues.

But Clark isn't alone on defense. While Indiana is scoring a league-best 91.8 points per game, it also is tied for the second-highest points allowed at 89.0.

What's wrong?

“We have all the pieces we need (to win), but it's knowing your role, owning your role and also just being tough,” Cunningham said. “We're just too soft right now, and that's not what our identity is, so we need to get away from that."

Cunningham also noted playing more types of defenses would help.

White believes varied defenses will come in time, but she first wanted the players building their confidence by doing a few things well. And while White wants to see improvements, she doesn't believe the struggles are related to effort.

“Often times when you see a ‘lack of effort,’ a lot of it is just indecision, right?" she said. “It's paralysis by analysis.”

Perhaps airing out those thoughts will be part of a longer-term solution to what they hope is a short-term problem. Cunningham and her teammates certainly hope that's true as they begin the defense of last year's Commissioner's Cup championship.

“No one wants to have these meetings, but everyone, every team has them,” Cunningham said. “Everyone has trials, everyone has shortcomings and I'm just thankful ours is at the beginning of the season and not during September, October.

"We didn't even watch film (from the Portland game), that tells you how bad it is because normally she (White) is watching every second of it. We wanted to flush that one, everyone knew it was bad. We all kind of watched it on our own and it's just unacceptable. We're too good to be playing like that.”

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Included in the sanctions are Iran's largest digital assets firm Nobitex and its chairman and co-founder, Amir Hossein Rad. Treasury says Nobitex has processed more than 50% of all Iranian digital asset income last year and supports Iran's vast sanctions evasion network.

The sanctions come as a pair of semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported Tuesday that Iran stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump has disputed the claim and said talks are continuing.

Treasury accuses Nobitex of moving assets and funds out of the country to shield regime wealth after the start of U.S. combat operations in Iran. A representative from Nobitex could not be reached through email.

U.S. officials maintain that Iran relies heavily on cryptocurrency and other digital assets to evade sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Reagan National Economic Forum this month, “We have seized about a billion dollars of their crypto."

The Trump administration's latest announcement is one of a variety of measures put in place to inflict economic pain on Iran. It has also imposed secondary economic sanctions on countries doing business with people, firms, and ships under Iranian control — including allies like the United Arab Emirates and competitors like China. Banks have received warnings about handling Iranian money.

And last week, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran's newly created Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which is an agency intended to control shipping through the narrow Strait of Hormuz. Treasury calls the agency a “scheme to extort international shipping.”

Meanwhile, the U.S. military has stopped merchant vessels trying to break through a U.S.-led blockade of Iranian ports. The U.S. launched the blockade on April 17 after Iran effectively closed the strait after the war in the Middle East began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28.

El operativo respondió a una investigación abierta en 2024 para indagar una serie de delitos, como operaciones de lavado de activos, extorsiones, asociación criminal, contrabando y "mercados ilegales del Tren de Aragua” en el país.

“Es la primera vez que le pegamos donde ellos más lo resienten, que en el fondo es en el patrimonio”, dijo a los periodistas el fiscal Héctor Barros tras conocer los resultados de la acción.

Entre los detenidos figura un ejecutivo del banco Santander, cuyas dependencias fueron allanadas en la jornada junto a otras diversas residencias y oficinas de diferentes partes del país.

El trabajador, según la fiscalía, estaría vinculado con “operaciones internacionales para el Tren de Aragua ” y habría facilitado múltiples cuentas bancarias en diversas entidades financieras para lavar dinero y traspasarlo a la organización.

“Estamos hablando de una cifra superior a 78.000 millones de pesos (unos 88 millones de dólares) que salieron de nuestro país”, expresó el fiscal.

Entre los detenidos hay diez mujeres y nueve hombres.

Según el director de la Policía de Investigaciones (PDI), Eduardo Cerna, el grupo actuaba a través de roles, funciones y una estructura estratificada bastante organizada e “integrada por personas nacionales venezolanas” para cometer delitos financieros, sobre todo estafas y extorsiones.

Posteriormente, lavaban los activos a través de empresas de fachada para “finalmente insertarlas en la economía ilícita” y “así disipar el origen de las mismas o en transacciones en criptoactivo”, agregó el funcionario en una rueda de prensa.

Además de los detenidos, el operativo terminó con más 140 cuentas bancarias congeladas y una suma congelada que supera los 300.000 dólares.

Por su parte, el fiscal nacional, Ángel Valencia, destacó que la acción contó con la colaboración de las fuerzas de la Policía Nacional de Colombia, uno de los principales destinos del dinero ilícito proveniente de Chile.

“Así como ninguna institución puede sola enfrentar este desafío de la delincuencia organizada transnacional, ningún país tampoco puede hacerlo solo”, dijo Valencia en la conferencia. “Necesitamos, para poder enfrentarlo adecuadamente, cooperar entre las distintas agencias de Estado de los distintos países que compartimos esta amenaza”.

El Banco Santander indicó en un comunicado que colabora con las investigaciones y aseguró que “mantiene una política de tolerancia cero frente a cualquier conducta que se aparte de la ley o de la normativa vigente”.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, Michael Enriquez, de 53 años, mantuvo una relación sexual con una estudiante de la preparatoria American Senior High School, la cual comenzó en mayo de 2025.

Los agentes indicaron que Enriquez y la estudiante, quien tenía 17 años en ese momento, salieron después de clases dos veces el año pasado —una en mayo y otra en junio— y mantuvieron relaciones sexuales.

“Es repugnante”, declaró una estudiante de la escuela a Local 10 News. “La chica sabía lo que hacía, pero él es un adulto. Sabía perfectamente lo que hacía; tiene experiencia en esto; está muy mal”.

Según las autoridades, Enriquez y la víctima no se comunicaron durante las vacaciones de verano, pero al comenzar el nuevo año escolar en agosto de 2025, retomaron su relación sexual.

Las autoridades indicaron que su último encuentro ocurrió el 14 de mayo de 2026, siendo esta la única vez que mantuvieron relaciones sexuales.

Según el informe de arresto de Enriquez, la víctima tenía 18 años al momento de dicho encuentro.

Las autoridades no revelaron cómo fueron alertadas de los presuntos delitos ni cómo descubrieron las fechas y los detalles.

“Da miedo que alguien que trata con tantos estudiantes pueda estar hablando con una chica de mi edad o un poco mayor, porque solemos confiar en los profesores y hablamos mucho con ellos. No sabemos si la chica estaba pasando por un mal momento, si pensó que esa era la única opción”, dijo Samira González, estudiante de primer año de la escuela.

“Definitivamente, como adulto, uno debe saber dónde están los límites”, dijo un estudiante llamado Christopher a Local 10. “Estas jóvenes probablemente estén asustadas ahora mismo”.

Enriquez compareció ante el juez el martes, donde se le ordenó mantenerse alejado de la víctima y de la escuela secundaria. Se espera que comparezca nuevamente ante el tribunal esta tarde, momento en el que se fijará su fianza.

Un portavoz de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Miami-Dade confirmó que Enriquez será despedido.

“Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Miami-Dade (M-DCPS) están al tanto del arresto de un empleado de American Senior High School. Al enterarse del presunto comportamiento, el Departamento de Policía de Escuelas de Miami-Dade inició una investigación, la cual resultó en su retiro del plantel escolar y su posterior arresto por parte de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade. El tipo de comportamiento del que este individuo está acusado no será tolerado, ya que va en contra de la conducta profesional que esperamos de todos los empleados. El distrito ha iniciado procedimientos de terminación laboral y se asegurará de que a esta persona se le impida buscar empleo en el futuro dentro del distrito. En M-DCPS, la seguridad y el bienestar de todos los estudiantes siguen siendo nuestra máxima prioridad.”

-Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Miami-Dade

The artist Wyland says he hand-painted the sprawling mural that covered roughly 17,000 square feet (1,580 square meters) across two of the building's walls.

The mural stood for nearly three decades before workers began painting over it last month, causing an uproar among residents who admired the mural's grand scale and message of ocean conservation.

The area’s World Cup organizing committee said in a statement that, in place of Wyland's mural, new artwork is planned "that captures this current historical moment and reflects the energy, unity, and global spirit surrounding the World Cup 2026.” It said a portion of Wyland's mural would be preserved.

Wyland filed suit Monday in U.S District Court in Dallas saying that World Cup organizers, along with the building's owner and management company, painted over his mural without his consent or even notifying him. He says their actions violated a 1990 federal law passed to protect visual artists from destruction of publicly displayed works.

Wyland is seeking at least $25 million in damages. His lawsuit says world soccer's governing body, FIFA, and other defendants “hastily and irrevocably destroyed a civic landmark” to promote the World Cup.

“Though FIFA claims they were working to develop art for the host city, in truth, they defaced an historic fixture of the host city,” the artist's lawsuit says.

A FIFA spokesperson said Tuesday the federation “has no involvement in this whatsoever” and referred a reporter to the tournament's local organizing committee.

A spokesperson for the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee declined to comment. The committee isn't named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

A spokesperson for Slate Asset Management, which manages the building where the mural was painted over, said in a statement that local World Cup organizers asked Slate in March to donate the mural space for “a new public art installation.”

“Slate is not being compensated in any way for the use of the wall space and was told by the local groups that Mr. Wyland had been notified,” the management company's spokesperson said in an email.

Dallas is hosting more World Cup matches than any of the other sites in the event co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with nine matches set to be played at AT&T Stadium in suburban Arlington, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Wyland's Dallas mural, titled “Whaling Wall 82,” was finished in 1999 and is among more than 100 similar murals known as Whaling Walls the artist painted around the world to promote the conservation of ocean life.

An online petition protesting the mural's destruction and calling for protecting of public artwork in Dallas has received more than 2,600 signatures.

Wyland's lawsuit alleges violations of the Visual Artists Rights Act, a 1990 federal law that protects artwork of “recognized stature” even if someone else owns the physical artwork.

A judge cited that law in 2018 when he ordered a property owner to pay a group of New York graffiti artists $6.7 million for whitewashing dozens of their spray-painted murals on buildings that once housed a factory in Queens. The ruling was upheld on appeal.

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JetBlue’s first flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to FLL was in 2000, and JFK’s Terminal 5 became its primary hub in 2008.

Spirit Airlines, formerly based in Dania Beach, officially ceased operations on May 2, but yellow still dominates FLL’s Terminal 4. Bogen could see it turning blue.

“I hope to call JetBlue, our hometown airline in the near future,” Bogen wrote in a text message.

Aside from JetBlue, Allegiant and Avianca are among the airlines that have also been expanding services out of FLL, according to airport officials.

“This is a very difficult summer and time for all airlines, but especially the situation Spirit was in with minimum fares and rising fuel costs,” Attorney Willard Shepard, an aviation expert, said.

For DeAnna Allen, Spirit Airlines’ shutdown means she and her family can no longer use the Savers’ Club benefits to travel.

“I still won’t be able to fly as much because it costs too much,” Allen said.

At FLL’s Terminal 3, business was booming for JetBlue. Already, more than 40% of the airline’s flights are in and out of FLL.

JetBlue will be adding 11 new destinations out of FLL and planning the first flight between FLL and Venezuela in the airline’s history.

“We are stepping up for a community that has been a part of our story since day one at an important moment, adding service where customers need it, strengthening our relevance across South Florida and making FLL an even more powerful gateway across the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean,” Daniel Shurz, JetBlue’s senior vice president of revenue, network, and enterprise planning, said in a statement.

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El primer vuelo de JetBlue desde el Aeropuerto Internacional John F. Kennedy hacia FLL fue en 2000, y la Terminal 5 de JFK se convirtió en su principal centro de operaciones en 2008.

Spirit Airlines, anteriormente con base en Dania Beach, cesó oficialmente operaciones el 2 de mayo, pero el amarillo todavía domina la Terminal 4 de FLL. Bogen podría ver cómo se vuelve azul.

“I hope to call JetBlue, our hometown airline in the near future,” escribió Bogen en un mensaje de texto.

Además de JetBlue, Allegiant y Avianca se encuentran entre las aerolíneas que también han estado expandiendo sus servicios desde FLL, según funcionarios del aeropuerto.

“This is a very difficult summer and time for all airlines, but especially the situation Spirit was in with minimum fares and rising fuel costs,” dijo el abogado Willard Shepard, un experto en aviación.

Para DeAnna Allen, el cierre de Spirit Airlines significa que ella y su familia ya no pueden usar los beneficios del Savers’ Club para viajar.

“Todavía no podré volar tanto porque cuesta demasiado”, dijo Allen.

En la Terminal 3 de FLL, el negocio de JetBlue estaba en auge. Ya, más del 40% de los vuelos de la aerolínea entran y salen de FLL.

JetBlue añadirá 11 nuevos destinos desde FLL y planea el primer vuelo entre FLL y Venezuela en la historia de la aerolínea.

“Estamos dando un paso adelante para una comunidad que ha sido parte de nuestra historia desde el primer día en un momento importante, agregando servicio donde los clientes lo necesitan, fortaleciendo nuestra relevancia en todo el sur de Florida y haciendo de FLL una puerta de entrada aún más poderosa a través de Estados Unidos, América Latina y el Caribe” dijo Daniel Shurz, vicepresidente senior de ingresos, red y planificación empresarial de JetBlue, en un comunicado.

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But when reporters tried to ask Dr. Mehmet Oz about the most-pressing issues of the day — the point of the White House briefing where he was speaking for the administration — the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had little to offer, and said so again and again.

Oz’s appearance showcased how the White House can struggle to respond to major news that breaks on any given day — a telling weakness as public sentiment has increasingly turned against the president. And it comes as President Donald Trump himself has spent more time than usual out of reach of reporters' questions.

Pressed on why Trump tapped Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence, despite the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency having no clear national security credentials, Oz said he trusted the president's judgment while also offering, “I think Bill's a great guy. I know him socially.”

Asked on the same topic again, he said, “Ma'am, you’re asking me a question that’s out of my lane."

When a reporter said that the White House had given so little information on Pulte's nomination that there was no choice but to seek answers from Oz during the briefing — despite it not being his area of expertise — Oz acknowledged, "I appreciate you want an answer. I’m not not going to be the one giving it to you.”

Still another attempt finally prompted him to exclaim, “I don’t know anything more about Bill Pulte than you do. I did not think that the questions would even come up here. I hadn’t even heard the news when I walked out.”

The administration has invited some of its most camera-ready voices to brief reporters while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave. It started with Vice President JD Vance and then featured another possible 2028 White House hopeful, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had his turn.

“I did watch them all, by the way," Oz said, explaining it helped him prepare for the experience. “I’m a doctor. I try and do my homework. I prepped for the case.”

Vance, Rubio and Bessent each fielded questions about the war in Iran and other topics. But Oz, an unsuccessful former Senate candidate in Pennsylvania and onetime prominent TV physician, stuck mostly to health care.

The White House said Oz was there to announce that 160 new medications are being added to the government’s discounted-drug website TrumpRx, bringing the total number of drugs on the site to more than 750.

“Dr. Oz authoritatively and articulately discussed the latest updates on several key Trump administration priorities, from lowering prescription drug prices to rooting out pervasive fraud in federal programs,” White House spokesman Kush Desai, said in a statement that also chided reporters for asking about “topics that President Trump himself has already weighed in on.”

Oz was also asked several times about Trump having undergone four publicly disclosed health screenings since returning to the White House and gave various answers, including, “I think he likes the results,” while piling on the praise about his boss, who turns 80 this month.

“That amount of energy, and that amount of mental acuity does not exist in a vacuum," Oz said. “You have to have a vessel to carry it.”

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Michael Enriquez, 53, had a “sexual relationship” with a student at American Senior High School, which started in May 2025.

Deputies said Enriquez and the student, who was 17 at the time, went out after school twice last year -- once in May and once in June – at which time they engaged in sex acts together.

“He’s disgusting,” a student at the school told Local 10 News. “The girl knew what she was doing, but he is a grown man. He knew what he was doing 20 times more -- he’s been there, done that -- it’s all wrong.”

According to authorities, Enriquez and the victim did not communicate over summer break, but when the new school year began in August 2025, the two resumed their “sexual relationship.”

Authorities said their final encounter occurred on May 14, 2026, which was the only time they had sexual intercourse.

The victim was 18 at the time of their final sexual encounter, according to Enriquez’s arrest report.

Authorities did not disclose how they were alerted to the alleged crimes or how they discovered the dates and details.

“It’s scary that someone who deals with so many students could be talking to a girl maybe my age or maybe a little older, because we usually trust teachers, we talk to them a lot. We don’t know if the girl was going through something, if she thought that was the only way,” Samira Gonzalez, who is a freshman at the school, said.

“Definitely as an adult, you should know where to draw the line,” a student named Christopher told Local 10. “You have these young ladies -- they’re probably fearing right now.”

Enriquez appeared in bond court Tuesday where he was given no bond and ordered to stay away from the victim and from the high school.

A spokesperson for Miami-Dade County Public Schools confirmed that Enriquez will be fired.

“Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is aware of the arrest of an employee from American Senior High School. Upon learning of the suspected behavior, the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department initiated an investigation, which resulted in his removal from the school site and his subsequent arrest by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. The type of behavior this individual is accused of will not be tolerated, as it runs contrary to the professional conduct we expect from all employees. The District has initiated employment termination proceedings and will ensure the individual is precluded from seeking future employment with the District. At M-DCPS, the safety and well-being of all students remains our top priority.”

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In a secret-ballot vote, Rahman defeated Cyprus' Ambassador Andreas Kakouris 99-91, with three countries not voting. He will succeed Germany's former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, whose one-year term ends in September.

The presidency of the world body rotates by region and this year it was the Asia-Pacific region’s turn.

While the presidency of the General Assembly is largely ceremonial, it is also prestigious. It is the U.N. organ where countries large and small can speak, and is the scene of the only annual gathering of world leaders, in September.

The General Assembly controls the U.N. budget, adopts treaties, addresses global issues from poverty to corruption, and passes numerous resolutions that while not legally binding almost always reflect global opinion.

It has taken the spotlight in reacting to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza because action by the U.N. Security Council has been blocked by the veto power of Russia on Ukraine and, often, the United States on Gaza.

Rahman was selected as foreign minister in February by Bangladesh’s new prime minister, whose party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. They were the country’s first since a mass student-led uprising in 2024 toppled the previous prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.

Rahman previously served as national security adviser in the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, and as an ambassador.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulated Rahman, saying, “Your remarkable political and diplomatic experience are a guarantee of success not only to the General Assembly but to the United Nations as a whole.”

He praised Rahman’s commitment to the ambitious program to reform the 80-year-old United Nations to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Rahman told diplomats assembled in the General Assembly hall that its 81st session will open “at a historic crossroads” when “trust in our organization is being tested on multiple fronts.”

Conflict and war — which the U.N. was established to prevent — are inflicting “untold suffering, development gains remain fragile and uncertain, and in some cases are regressing,” he said. “Despite advancements in human rights, we witness a general backsliding of certain rights and freedoms across the world and shrinking humanitarian space.”

Rahman said this is happening at a time when the U.N. is facing financial stress. “This is a challenge I will confront with all of you,” he told the assembly.

The United States, which has historically been the largest contributor to the U.N. budget, is billions of dollars in arrears.

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El presidente Javier Milei reposteó el martes en X las opiniones positivas de economistas al respecto. Su partido, La Libertad Avanza, celebró en tanto que “Vaca Muerta sigue atrayendo inversiones”, destacando que la firma estadounidense solicitó el ingreso al Régimen de Incentivos para Grandes Inversiones (RIGI) para desarrollar el bloque El Trapial en el yacimiento situado en la sureña provincia de Neuquén.

Expertos señalaron que se trataría de la inversión más grande presentada hasta el momento bajo ese esquema por una empresa privada, solo superada por la de la estatal argentina YPF por 25.000 millones de dólares también en Vaca Muerta.

Chevron dijo en un comunicado que “reconoce los esfuerzos del gobierno argentino por los importantes avances logrados para el desarrollo de los recursos energéticos” al referirse a la petición realizada para un nuevo proyecto de exploración y producción de hidrocarburos en El Trapial —aún está sujeta a la aprobación de las autoridades—.

“Marcos como el RIGI, que contribuyen a la previsibilidad regulatoria e incentivan las decisiones de inversión a largo plazo son pasos clave para la industria energética de Argentina”, agregó la empresa en el comunicado al que tuvo acceso The Associated Press.

El ministro argentino de Economía, Luis Caputo, anticipó el mes pasado en X que la firma estadounidense iba a enviar “un nuevo proyecto RIGI en los próximos días por más de 10.000 millones de dólares”.

Ese marco normativo fue diseñado en 2024 para atraer proyectos de inversión a gran escala nacional y extranjera, otorgándoles masivos beneficios impositivos, aduaneros, cambiarios y de estabilidad jurídica por un periodo de unos 30 años.

Chevron está presente en el país desde hace más de 20 años. En 2022, la provincia de Neuquén le otorgó una nueva concesión para la explotación de hidrocarburos no convencionales en la zona este del yacimiento El Trapial por un período de 35 años.

Tras ello, la empresa cuenta ahora con dos bloques de su propiedad y operados por sí misma en El Trapial: El Trapial-Curamched (concesión convencional) y El Trapial-Este (concesión no convencional).

Por otra parte, a través de otras filiales, Chevron posee una participación del 50% sin funciones de operadora en las concesiones de Loma Campana y Narambuena en el marco de una asociación con YPF.

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In 2025, former President Joe Biden moved to lift Cuba’s designation, but President Donald Trump quickly revoked the decision.

“Virtually every left-wing radical, violent terrorist group in the western hemisphere has at some point relied on support from Cuba,“ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Rubio’s examples included the Ejército de Liberación Nacional, or ELN, a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla that has operated in Colombia since the 1960s.

“Cuba continues to host a pretty substantial collection of intelligence sites on behalf of the Chinese and the Russians,” Rubio said during the hearing about the budget request for the 2027 fiscal year.

The administration requested $35.6 billion for the International Affairs budget, which includes about $33.6 billion for the State Department.

The mention of the guerrillas comes as Colombians prepare to vote in an election to replace President Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19, a Marxist guerrilla that surrendered in 1990.

Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing president, is standing behind Iván Cepeda, a socialist presidential candidate running against Abelardo de la Espriella, a supporter of President Donald Trump, on June 21.

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En 2025, el ex presidente Joe Biden se movió para levantar la designación de Cuba, pero el presidente Donald Trump revocó rápidamente la decisión.

“Prácticamente todos los grupos terroristas violentos de la izquierda radical en el hemisferio occidental han dependido en algún momento del apoyo de Cuba”, dijo el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, durante una audiencia del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos el martes.

Los ejemplos de Rubio incluyeron al Ejército de Liberación Nacional, o ELN, una guerrilla marxista-leninista que ha operado en Colombia desde la década de 1960.

“Cuba continúa albergando una colección bastante sustancial de sitios de inteligencia en nombre de los chinos y los rusos”, dijo Rubio durante la audiencia sobre la solicitud de presupuesto para el año fiscal 2027.

La administración solicitó $35,6 mil millones USD para el presupuesto de Asuntos Internacionales, que incluye alrededor de $33,6 mil millones USD para el Departamento de Estado.

La mención de las guerrillas ocurre mientras los colombianos se preparan para votar en una elección para reemplazar al presidente Gustavo Petro, un ex miembro del M-19, una guerrilla marxista que se rindió en 1990.

Petro, el primer presidente de izquierda de Colombia, apoya a Iván Cepeda, un candidato presidencial socialista que compite contra Abelardo de la Espriella, un partidario del presidente Donald Trump, el 21 de junio.

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Reagor, 26, joins Miami after spending time with the Los Angeles Chargers organization last season.

He was promoted from the Chargers’ practice squad late in the 2024 campaign but moved on and off the practice squad after being waived during training camp. He has been a free agent since October.

A former first-round draft pick, Reagor was selected 21st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2020 NFL Draft.

He has appeared in 64 regular-season games and made 27 starts during his NFL career, with most of those starts coming during his first two seasons in Philadelphia.

Reagor’s most productive season came in 2021, when he recorded a career-high 33 receptions. He was traded to the Minnesota Vikings before the 2022 season and has also spent time with the New England Patriots and Chargers.

Over five NFL seasons, Reagor has totaled 86 receptions for 1,037 yards and four touchdowns while contributing on special teams as a returner.

The move adds more veteran depth to Miami’s receiving corps, which was bolstered this offseason by the additions of Tutu Atwell and Jalen Tolbert as the Dolphins continue preparing their roster for the 2026 season.

The dinner, cut short in April by a gunman who prosecutors say was trying to assassinate Trump, will now take place on July 24. It will be a more intimate gathering with “significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures,” said Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents' Association.

Jiang did not say where the dinner would be held. But Trump, on his Truth Social platform, revealed it would be at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue — former site of the Trump International Hotel.

The president said he’d been invited to return and speak, and had accepted the invitation. He called the rescheduling “a sign of Strength and Fortitude.”

“This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling,” Trump wrote.

He added he hadn't decided on whether to give his originally intended speech, in which he was widely expected to attack the press. “I don’t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," he wrote. “In any event, it will be a 'HOT' ticket!”

Rescheduling decision took time

Jiang, in her announcement, noted that “rescheduling was not automatic,” and had involved much consideration and input from board members.

She emphasized the dinner’s stated purpose: “a celebration of a free press and the vital role of journalism in our democracy for over a century.”

“We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during a year when we are reflecting on the 250th anniversary of America and everything we stand for,” Jiang said.

It was not clear how large the rescheduled dinner would be, or whether it would be a full-scale dinner at all. Jiang made reference to a “more intimate gathering” than the original event, attended by close to 3,000 people at the Washington Hilton, but did not give details, saying they'd be shared directly with attendees.

Her remarks were in line with recent speculation that a rescheduled event would have to be pared down, a nod to financial as well as security concerns.

Concern expressed for wounded officer

Jiang also made note of the Secret Service officer who was shot in April and has been recovering. “Our thoughts remain with the officer who was injured and with everyone who experienced that evening,” she said. “We are indebted to the US Secret Service, law enforcement and the hotel staff whose swift response protected our guests and our staff.”

Though Jiang always insisted the dinner should be rescheduled, not everyone felt the same way.

Some critics said they felt it would be a good idea to scuttle the whole event permanently — not only for security reasons, but for what they saw as an unseemly enterprise of journalists hobnobbing in formal wear with the subjects of their reporting.

“It undermines the public faith in how the press does its work, and it makes it look like we are pals with the people we cover,” Kelly McBride, an ethics expert at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank, said in May.

Durante una conferencia de prensa en Sweetwater junto a funcionarios de las fuerzas del orden, líderes empresariales y defensores contra la trata de personas, Uthmeier resaltó lo que describió como importantes avances en el procesamiento de traficantes y depredadores sexuales de menores.

“Procesamos estos casos con todo el peso de la ley”, dijo. “No ofrecemos acuerdos de culpabilidad cuando las personas van tras nuestros niños. Ellos necesitan que los protejamos y, si abusas de eso, enfrentarás todo el rigor de nuestros fiscales y de las fuerzas del orden”.

Uthmeier afirmó que Florida cuenta con las personas adecuadas para “acabar con estos criminales” y atribuyó a las alianzas con agencias locales de seguridad, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y grupos de defensa el éxito en ayudar a las víctimas y llevar adelante los casos penales.

Según Uthmeier, los arrestos y las condenas por trata de personas han aumentado más de un 30% desde que asumió el cargo, estableciendo récords para el estado.

Dijo que su oficina ha participado en más de 1,600 arrestos de personas acusadas de abuso infantil, explotación infantil y trata de mujeres y niños.

También destacó varias operaciones recientes, incluida la Operación Dragon Eye, un esfuerzo conjunto con el Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos que permitió rescatar a más de 60 menores desaparecidos en Florida el año pasado. Uthmeier señaló que una operación independiente realizada en noviembre resultó en la recuperación de 120 menores en todo el estado.

En el condado Polk, las autoridades arrestaron a 230 presuntos traficantes y depredadores durante una operación reciente, indicó.

Uthmeier dijo que varios procesos judiciales importantes contribuyeron a los grandes resultados de cumplimiento de la ley, incluida una reciente sentencia de 120 años de prisión contra el traficante de larga trayectoria Marquett James en el condado Hillsborough, y una condena de cadena perpetua contra el traficante de menores Raul Brown en el condado Palm Beach.

A nivel estatal, Uthmeier dijo que los procesamientos han aumentado los cargos presentados en más de un 54%, mientras que el número de acusados procesados ha aumentado más de un 30%. El tiempo total de prisión impuesto también ha aumentado más de un 10%.

En conjunto, esos casos han resultado en sentencias que suman más de 3,275 años de prisión y más de $53 millones USD en multas y restituciones recuperadas durante el último año, según Uthmeier.

Uthmeier también presentó los esfuerzos del estado contra la trata de personas como una advertencia para los delincuentes que puedan tener como objetivo a Florida antes de los partidos de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA de este año, que atraerán visitantes de todo el mundo a Miami-Dade y otras ciudades sede.

“Mientras damos la bienvenida a los visitantes a Florida para disfrutar de eventos como la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, que se desarrollan en un escenario global, queremos que sepan lo siguiente: si vienen a nuestro estado y se aprovechan de los floridanos o de nuestros visitantes, los haremos responsables de sus actos”, agregó John Vecchio, subcomisionado del Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Florida.

Uthmeier también instó a los residentes y visitantes a mantenerse atentos a las señales de trata de personas y a reportar cualquier actividad sospechosa a las autoridades.

Los televidentes de Local 10 pueden ver la conferencia de prensa completa en el video a continuación.

Pese a los desafíos persistentes del estado, las elecciones primarias llegan en un momento prometedor para el próximo gobernador. El alza de los precios del petróleo provocada por la guerra con Irán se ha traducido en una afluencia de ingresos fiscales a las arcas estatales. Nuevo México es el segundo estado productor de petróleo más grande del país, detrás de Texas, y los ingresos de la industria financian una serie de programas sociales progresistas que incluyen el cuidado infantil universal.

Por primera vez, las primarias están abiertas a los votantes independientes. El sistema de primarias semiabiertas del estado, que la gobernadora demócrata Michelle Lujan Grisham promulgó el año pasado, permite que aproximadamente el 23% de los votantes de Nuevo México que no están afiliados a un partido político soliciten una boleta demócrata o republicana.

Aunque los votantes decidirán las primarias en tres escaños del Congreso, un escaño del Senado y una larga lista de cargos estatales, la contienda por la gubernatura es el principal atractivo.

La exsecretaria del Interior de Estados Unidos Deb Haaland, quien también cumplió un mandato en la Cámara de Representantes, y el fiscal de distrito Sam Bregman, con sede en Albuquerque, buscan la nominación demócrata para reemplazar a Lujan Grisham, quien alcanzó el límite de mandatos.

Haaland, ciudadana de Laguna Pueblo, podría convertirse en la primera mujer indígena estadounidense en ocupar una gubernatura en Estados Unidos. Su campaña se ha centrado en reducir los costos para las familias, subrayando sus raíces ancestrales en el estado y destacando su experiencia de trabajo en la capital del país.

El martes estaba en campaña e hizo su primera parada en San Felipe Pueblo, una comunidad nativa estadounidense en el norte de Albuquerque.

“¡No solo toquen la bocina, voten!” dijo Haaland mientras ondeaba un letrero de campaña y alentaba a los automovilistas que pasaban a entrar al estacionamiento del centro de votación.

Varias mujeres de la comunidad pueblo la saludaron. Meredith Ansera, coordinadora de los pueblo, dijo que trabajó con Haaland durante su mandato como administradora tribal que ayudó a supervisar programas de educación y atención infantil.

“Sabe cuáles son nuestras necesidades y ha estado allí”, afirmó Ansera, quien emitió su voto anticipado la semana pasada.

Haaland supera a Bregman por un amplio margen en recaudación de fondos, en una campaña que se volvió cada vez más contenciosa. La campaña de Haaland ha resaltado la riqueza personal de Bregman y lo ha presentado como alguien desconectado de los nuevomexicanos de a pie. Haaland rechazó varias oportunidades de debatir con Bregman, quien ha sostenido que su experiencia como fiscal lo coloca en la mejor posición para que los demócratas tracen un nuevo rumbo en un estado que durante años se ha visto aquejado por altas tasas de criminalidad.

Su equipo de campaña también criticó a Haaland cuando su nombre apareció en los archivos de Jeffrey Epstein. Durante su fallida candidatura a vicegobernadora en 2014, ella voló en un avión privado fletado por una de las empresas de Epstein. Ese vuelo a una reunión de recaudación de fondos en Washington, D.C., fue pagado por Gary King, su compañero de fórmula en ese momento. Dos décadas antes, la familia de King le vendió a Epstein un rancho en Nuevo México.

Haaland afirmó que no sabía del papel de Epstein en la organización del vuelo y que nunca lo conoció.

Bregman, el fiscal del condado de Bernalillo y padre Alex Bregman, miembro de equipo estelar de los Chicago Cubs, ha prometido hacer frente al gobierno de Trump en temas como la atención médica y la inmigración.

Tres candidatos compiten en las primarias republicanas, y el ganador enfrentará una dura batalla para conquistar un estado que, en años recientes, se ha inclinado hacia la izquierda. Los demócratas han ganado todos los cargos estatales de elección popular desde 2017, y han pasado décadas desde que un candidato presidencial republicano ganó el estado.

Gregg Hull fue alcalde de Rio Rancho, una ciudad de rápido crecimiento, y ha señalado su liderazgo en ella como un modelo de cómo gobernaría, prometiendo atraer a grandes empleadores al estado. Duke Rodriguez, exsecretario de gabinete estatal durante el mandato del exgobernador republicano Gary Johnson y convertido en director ejecutivo de una empresa de cannabis, se ha centrado en estabilizar el sistema de salud del estado, que enfrenta problemas financieros y una grave escasez de médicos. El profesional de relaciones públicas Doug Turner se ha enfocado en planes para sacar al sistema de educación pública del estado de los últimos lugares en las clasificaciones nacionales.

Aunque Hull y Turner no han alineado sus campañas con el movimiento MAGA, un bufete que representa al presidente Donald Trump le entregó recientemente a Rodriguez una carta de cese y desistimiento por el “uso engañoso” de la imagen del mandatario en materiales de campaña.

El ganador de las elecciones generales de noviembre heredará la bonanza petrolera en el presupuesto estatal, que ha dado lugar a ideas contrapuestas sobre la mejor manera de utilizarla, desde emitir cheques únicos para los contribuyentes hasta financiar créditos fiscales que beneficiarían principalmente a los residentes de bajos ingresos, o eliminar el impuesto estatal sobre la renta.

La dependencia del estado de los combustibles fósiles para financiar sus programas también ha resultado políticamente delicada para los demócratas.

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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.

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Geydis Cabrera worked as a sales representative for Casa Joyero Miami, at 1313 W 49 St., from October to November, according to the report.

Hialeah police officers learned on Feb. 18 that a fraudster “forged” 90 checks to steal from the owner of the jewelry store, according to the report.

After an investigation, police officers found that 57 “forged” checks for $815 each had been deposited into Cabrera’s bank account, according to the report.

Police officers detained Cabrera for questioning and arrested her at 11:45 p.m. on Monday at the Hialeah Police Department, according to the report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Cabrera shortly after 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Cabrera faced three charges: Third-degree grand theft, uttering a forged instrument, and organized fraud. Her bond was $15,000.

Records show Cabrera also had a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.

Geydis Cabrera trabajó como representante de ventas para Casa Joyero Miami, en 1313 W 49 St., de octubre a noviembre, según el informe.

Agentes de policía de Hialeah se enteraron el 18 de febrero de que un estafador “falsificó” 90 cheques para robar al propietario de la joyería, según el informe.

Tras una investigación, los agentes de policía encontraron que 57 cheques “falsificados” por $815 USD cada uno habían sido depositados en la cuenta bancaria de Cabrera, según el informe.

Los agentes de policía detuvieron a Cabrera para interrogatorio y la arrestaron a las 11:45 p.m. del lunes en el Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, según el informe.

El departamento de correcciones de Miami-Dade fichó a Cabrera poco después de las 2:50 a.m. del martes en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según los registros de reclusos.

Cabrera enfrentó tres cargos: hurto mayor en tercer grado, emisión de un instrumento falsificado y fraude organizado. Su fianza fue de $15,000 USD.

Los registros muestran que Cabrera también tenía una orden de retención de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE).

The plaintiffs argued in two lawsuits that Trump’s order should be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules. They also told the court that the move imposes a costly burden on state election officials to comply and would spread fear about the possibility of prosecution.

"This is going to be a sea change in the way that some states administer their ballots," said Michael Cohen, who was part of a team representing California, adding that “it will be difficult to overstate the disruption that this will cause.”

Trump's executive order, the second one aimed at elections during his second term, comes as he continues to raise the specter of widespread voting by noncitizens as a reason to change election rules. But states already have detailed processes aimed at keeping their voter rolls accurate, and voting by noncitizens has been shown to be rare. It also is a felony that can be punishable by deportation.

His latest order is being challenged through multiple lawsuits, including two filed in U.S. District Court in Boston.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the League of Women Voters in one of the two Boston cases, has called the order “a dangerous attempt to disenfranchise eligible voters nationwide." The group said the order transforms "the U.S. Postal Service from a neutral mail carrier to an arbiter of who may cast a ballot by mail.”

“This case challenges an extraordinary and abusive assertion of executive power over the administration of federal elections,” the organization said in its complaint.

The hearing comes less than a week after another judge declined to halt the order. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, agreed with the Trump administration’s contention that it was too early to block the order because it has yet to be implemented.

The administration, in its motions to dismiss the lawsuits, argued that the plaintiffs lack standing to bring their claims. They also argued the motions are premature and that plaintiffs lack the legal basis to bring their Administrative Procedure Act claim, which governs how federal agencies develop and issue regulations.

Stephen Pezzi, a lawyer for the Trump administration, said the harms the plaintiffs referenced were subjective, since much can change with the voting list before it is finalized. He also said no one would be prosecuted for violating the executive order.

Missouri Solicitor General Lou Capozzi, speaking for the states supporting the list, argued it was too early to say how his state might use the list, but that it was “unlikely” any voter would be removed this year from the voter rolls because of it.

“We are not exactly sure how we would use it,” Capozzi said, adding that "we don't want this process to be strangled in the crib, so to speak.”

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani took the requests for motions to halt the order, along with motions to dismiss the cases under advisement.

During oral arguments, Talwani expressed concerns about whether the federal system envisioned under the executive order could be ready for the upcoming midterm elections and about the risks posed to election workers who rely on a state list that differs from the federal one. She also raised doubts about the reliability of a federal list — noting, for example, women who changed their names after getting married or someone who has moved from state to state might be missed.

“Isn’t there a reasonable fear and concern on behalf of voters that they will be precluded?” Talwani asked.

Trump issued the order in March after a bill he supported to overhaul voting stalled in Congress. The order would have had the federal government create a list of eligible voters and then directed the Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to those on the list. Election officials argued that it was ripe for abuse and could cause chaos, and the postal union has objected to the idea of mail carriers policing ballots.

The Postal Service has published a proposed rule required by Trump's executive order in the Federal Register. Among other things, the rule would not apply to primary elections or overseas ballots.

Since his 2020 presidential election l oss to Democrat Joe Biden, Trump has groundlessly claimed mail voting is rife with fraud and has launched a federal investigation into that year’s vote, even though repeated audits and investigations, including ones run by Republicans, found it was free of widespread fraud. Trump also has said he wants to “take over” election administration in Democratic areas.

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Speaking at a news conference in Sweetwater alongside law enforcement officials, business leaders and anti-trafficking advocates, Uthmeier highlighted what he described as major gains in prosecuting traffickers and child predators.

“We prosecute to the absolute fullest,” he said. “We don’t give out plea deals when people go after our kids. They need us to protect them and if you abuse that, you’re going to face the wrath of our prosecutors and law enforcement.”

Uthmeier said Florida has the right people in place to “take down these bad guys” and credited partnerships with local law enforcement agencies, nonprofits and advocacy groups for helping victims and pursuing criminal cases.

According to Uthmeier, human trafficking arrests and convictions have both increased by more than 30% since he took office, setting records for the state.

He said his office has participated in more than 1,600 arrests involving individuals accused of child abuse, child exploitation and the trafficking of women and children.

He also highlighted several recent operations, including Operation Dragon Eye, a joint effort with the U.S. Marshals Service that rescued more than 60 missing children in Florida last year. Uthmeier said a separate operation in November resulted in the recovery of 120 children across the state.

In Polk County, authorities arrested 230 alleged traffickers and predators during a recent operation, he said.

Uthmeier said several major prosecutions contributed to the large enforcement successes, including a recent 120-year sentence against longtime trafficker Marquett James in Hillsborough County, and a life sentence against child trafficker Raul Brown in Palm Beach County.

Statewide, Uthmeier said prosecutions have increased charges by more than 54%, while the number of defendants charged has risen by more than 30%. Total prison time imposed has increased by more than 10%.

Combined, those cases have resulted in sentences totaling more than 3,275 years in prison and more than $53 million in fines and restitution recovered over the past year, according to Uthmeier.

Uthmeier also framed the state’s anti-trafficking efforts as a warning to criminals who may target Florida ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup matches, which will bring visitors from around the world to Miami-Dade County and other host cities.

“While we welcome visitors to Florida to enjoy events like the FIFA World Cup, that are set on a global stage, we need you to know: if you come to our home and take advantage of Floridians and our visitors, we will hold you accountable, added John Vecchio, assistant commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

“So as we get ready for the World Cup, we’re going to be down here in large numbers. We will be working hard with law-enforcement, we will be working with our corporate partners. We will leave no stone unturned when it comes to rooting out evildoers, people that want to traffic and go after our women and kids. And we will prosecute and we will send them away for a long time.”

Uthmeier also encouraged residents and visitors to remain vigilant for signs of human trafficking and to report any suspicious activity to authorities.

Local 10 viewers can watch the full news conference in the video below.

Incluso, los hospitales decidieron priorizar las cirugías de emergencia debido al escaso oxígeno medicinal con el que cuentan en La Paz, la cual está aislada por los cortes producto de las protestas para exigir la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz.

La Gobernación de La Paz resolvió decretar la emergencia con el objetivo de priorizar el suministro de oxígeno a hospitales y centros de salud, así como coordinar la apertura de un corredor humanitario.

“Solamente se atenderán cirugías de emergencia”, dijo previamente el director del Servicio Departamental de Salud, Martín Carrasco. Agregó que se reprogramarán entre 50 a 60 intervenciones quirúrgicas.

La directora del Hospital de la Mujer, Jhanet Aliaga, aseguró a The Associated Press que gracias a esfuerzos recientes los hospitales fueron abastecidos con oxígeno pero que sólo les alcanzará para dos a tres días.

Carlos Céspedes, de 42 años, dijo el martes a la AP que al menos tuvo la suerte de que se le practicara recién su cirugía, aunque aseguró que debió esperar casi una semana. Él se recuperaba en el Hospital General Público, en el centro de La Paz.

Aseguró que varios pacientes no pudieron llegar hasta ese centro por los cortes de ruta. “Yo era el 268 la primera vez, pero (después) en la fila conté solo ciento y algo”, agregó.

Las ciudades de La Paz y su vecina ciudad de El Alto son las que pasan por la situación más complicada ya que llevan más de 30 días aisladas del resto del país debio a las protestas y bloqueos. Además, enfrentan un desabastecimiento de alimentos y combustible.

El gobierno reportó el lunes otro fallecido por falta de atención médica por los bloqueos. La Defensoría del Pueblo registró hasta la semana pasada siete fallecidos —la mayoría por falta de atención médica por los cortes de rutas—, 23 heridos y 321 detenidos.

Los cortes de ruta se han extendido a siete de las nueve regiones del país, según un informe de la Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras. Los departamentos de La Paz y Cochabamba —al centro— son los más afectados.

La protesta ha polarizado al país entre los que piden una pronta solución del conflicto y los que realizan las protestas, que se han convertido en una de las más largas desde la convulsión social que derivó en 2019 en la renuncia del entonces presidente Evo Morales (2006-2019) luego de unas elecciones denunciadas de fraudulentas. Su sucesor Luis Arce (2020-2025) enfrentó un paro de 36 días.

Los empresarios estiman las pérdidas como consencuencia de las protestas en cerca de 2.000 millones de dólares en medio de una profunda crisis económica que heredó Paz.

En la región de Santa Cruz —el motor productivo de Bolivia— los manifestantes dieron el paso a varios camiones con oxígeno, combustible y alimentos por dos horas, dijo a radio Panamericana el ministro de Desarrollo Productivo, Óscar Mario Justiniano.

Mientras la solución al conflicto se hace esperar, crecen los pedidos del sector productivo, comerciantes, camioneros varados que exigen una pronta solución.

“El gobierno tiene que tomar una decisión muy clara: gobernar es decidir", señaló el martes el expresidente Jorge Quiroga. Emplazó al gobierno a aplicar sus prerrogativas constitucionales luego que el Legislativo le abrió la posibilidad que llame a un estado de excepción.

Los sindicatos movilizados acordaron el martes en una concentración continuar con las medidas de presión y rechazar el diálogo. Dirigentes afines a Morales que participaron en el encuentro afirmaron que el conflicto sólo se resolverá con la dimisión de Paz. Entre tanto, el gobierno insistió en acusar a Morales de promover el conflicto.

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) hizo un llamado al Estado y a todos los sectores sociales involucrados a priorizar el diálogo como vía para atender las demandas sociales y garantizar el ejercicio legítimo del derecho a la movilización en una sociedad democrática.

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EA Sports on Tuesday revealed College Football 27, and the 18-year-old earned a spot on the cover of the standard edition after a record-setting year with the Hurricanes.

Go behind the scenes with @MALACHITONEY2 as he becomes @EASportsCollege newest cover athlete 🎬

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Toney set Miami’s single-season receptions record with 109 catches for more than 1,200 yards and emerged as one of the nation’s top young playmakers during his freshman campaign.

Toney, who became the first Hurricanes player to crack the cover of the College Football video game franchise, is joined by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy.

Moore threw for more than 3,500 yards and 30 touchdowns last season, while Lacy rushed for more than 1,500 yards and 24 touchdowns in his first year with the Rebels.

“Having this opportunity after only my freshman year means everything to me,” Toney told EA Sports. “I’m incredibly grateful for the support of the Miami community, and this honor of knowing EA believes in what I’m capable of deepens my drive to show up for the program and the fans who have believed in me from day one.”

Toney now looks to build on his breakout campaign as Miami turns the page with Duke transfer quarterback Darian Mensah taking over under center.

More College Football 27 details will be shared on Thursday on the @EAMaddenNFL YouTube channel.

Fans can stay up to date by visiting the official website or following along on social media (Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok) for all the latest announcements.

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Miami…front and center 🙌

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EA Sports reveló este martes College Football 27, y el joven de 18 años obtuvo un lugar en la portada de la edición estándar tras una temporada récord con los Hurricanes.

“Detrás de cámaras con @MALACHITONEY2 mientras se convierte en el más reciente atleta de portada de @EASportsCollege 🎬”

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Toney estableció el récord de recepciones en una sola temporada de Miami con 109 atrapadas para más de 1,200 yardas y emergió como uno de los jóvenes jugadores más destacados del país durante su campaña de novato.

Toney, quien se convirtió en el primer jugador de los Hurricanes en aparecer en la portada de la franquicia de videojuegos College Football, está acompañado por el mariscal de campo de Oregon Dante Moore y el corredor de Ole Miss Kewan Lacy.

Moore lanzó para más de 3,500 yardas y 30 touchdowns la temporada pasada, mientras que Lacy corrió para más de 1,500 yardas y 24 touchdowns en su primer año con los Rebels.

“Esta oportunidad después de solo mi primer año significa todo para mí”, dijo Toney a EA Sports. “Estoy increíblemente agradecido por el apoyo de la comunidad de Miami, y este honor de saber que EA cree en lo que soy capaz de hacer profundiza mi motivación para presentarme por el programa y los fanáticos que han creído en mí desde el primer día”.

Toney ahora busca construir sobre su temporada de revelación mientras Miami pasa página con el transfer de Duke, el mariscal de campo Darian Mensah, asumiendo la titularidad.

Más detalles de College Football 27 serán compartidos el jueves en el canal de YouTube @EAMaddenNFL.

Los fanáticos pueden mantenerse al día visitando el sitio web oficial o siguiendo en redes sociales (Instagram, X, YouTube y TikTok) para todos los anuncios más recientes.

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@MALACHITONEY2 será el PRIMER jugador de Miami Hurricanes en aparecer en la portada de @easportscollege.

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Miami… al frente y al centro 🙌

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The killing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in December drew renewed attention after the killer was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison on Monday, and following the release of a video showing police dismissing Nowak when he said that he had been stabbed.

The killer, Vickrum Digwa, 23, who is Sikh, had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak, who was white.

Officers who arrived at the scene on a residential street in the southern England coastal city of Southampton appeared to take him at his word. But the court determined that Digwa had lied about being the victim of racism.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was sickened by the video and said there were questions to be answered about how “accusations of racism informed the decision-making in this case."

On Tuesday night, hundreds protested the arrest outside a Southampton police station, with some protesters shouting, “I can't breathe.”

A large group then walked to an area near where Nowak was killed and clashed with riot police, who retreated as they were pelted with chairs, rocks and flares.

Victim complained he couldn't breathe as police handcuffed him

In the video, Nowak is seen lying on his back, telling police he had been stabbed as they grabbed his wrists and tried to make him sit up. He repeatedly said he couldn't breathe.

“You've been stabbed? Whereabouts?” an officer said in the video. “Don't think you have, mate.”

After the sentencing hearing, the victim's father, Mark Nowak, said the case was not about racism or religion, and that he wanted his son's death to lead to safer streets and not to be used to create “further division, hatred or tension.”

But Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, said on Tuesday that it was an example of so-called two-tier policing — a popular far-right talking point that suggests ethnic minorities are better treated than white people.

Farage urged people to respond to the incident with “pure cold rage,” and called for an end to “anti-white prejudice" and the promotion of the idea “that white lives matter just as much as Black lives.”

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood rejected that there are different policing standards for different communities and urged members of Parliament not to “allow this murder to turn communities against one another."

Mahmood said that she understood people's horror over the video of the tragic death, adding that the government is trying to sharply reduce knife crime.

Police watchdog investigates response by officers

Mahmood called for calm as the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigates the conduct of the officers from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. She said online rumors had led to death threats against an officer who wasn't involved in the arrest.

“Misinformation and inflammatory commentary is making a dreadful situation even worse,” she said. “We must all together condemn it.”

In 2024, a stabbing rampage killed three girls and wounded 10 people at a dance class in northern England, leading to nearly a week of widespread rioting after people incorrectly identified the teen suspect on social media as a Muslim asylum seeker. The violent clashes with police were mostly aimed at migrants and Muslims.

The parents of the British-born attacker in that case were Christians from Rwanda. Investigators have not been able to pin down his motivation but have ruled out terrorism. Police found documents on his devices about subjects that included Nazi Germany, the Rwandan genocide and car bombs.

In the case of Nowak, a first-year student at the University of Southampton who had been out with friends, police officers walked up to the scene of what had been reported as an assault. Nowak could be seen on a driveway and was being held up by someone who said he had a mouthful of blood.

Digwa was standing nearby and told officers he had also been injured, pointing to his eyelid that he said was swollen. He claimed that Nowak had knocked off his turban and pulled his hair.

After Nowak was handcuffed, officers lay him on his side and searched for stab wounds. He appeared to have lost consciousness when one of the officers said he was being arrested for assault and read him his rights.

When officers discovered his injuries, they uncuffed him and started CPR, police said.

Judge disputes racism claim

Digwa was convicted of murder in Southampton Crown Court. Judge William Mousley told Digwa that he didn’t believe Nowak said anything racist to him.

“You are the only person to make that claim and it is completely at odds with his previous character,” he said.

In the United Kingdom, where gun ownership is strictly regulated, knives are often used in violent crimes and are also subject to restrictions. In general, people are not allowed to carry bladed weapons except for pocketknives whose cutting edge is no longer than 3 inches (7.62 centimeters).

But Sikhs are allowed to carry ceremonial knives, known as kirpans, for religious reasons.

The judge said Digwa had a small kirpan but also had an 8-inch (21-centimeter) sheathed Sikh dagger that was used as the weapon to kill Nowak.

Mousley said that the religious association of the knives had endangered other Sikhs.

“Your actions have stirred up racial tension in Southampton and across the country which have made many Sikhs worried about their own safety even though they have done absolutely nothing wrong," the judge told Digwa.

Police apologized to Nowak's family and said that the lies told by Digwa had misled officers.

“It is devastating the officers did not believe Henry when he said he’d been stabbed and couldn’t breathe," Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones said. “The details of the police response raises serious concerns about police impartiality, fairness and judgment."

Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was convicted of assisting an offender after trying to hide the murder weapon. She will be sentenced on July 17.

Jacobs was on the field Tuesday for the Packers’ second week of organized team activities. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said before Tuesday's practice that Jacobs’ situation hasn’t caused distractions.

“I would say business as usual,” LaFleur said.

Jacobs was arrested May 26 in Brown County, Wisconsin, on allegations of strangulation and suffocation and other offenses. Hobart/Lawrence Police Chief Michael Renkas said police had been dispatched to a complaint involving Jacobs on the morning of May 23.

Jacobs has issued a statement through his lawyers saying he “vehemently denies the allegations.” He was released from a Wisconsin jail Wednesday during the Packers’ first week of OTAs while authorities investigated the case.

District Attorney David Lasee said it’s too soon to make a formal charging decision.

“Our office has requested additional investigation, as there is reason to believe that additional evidence may exist that would impact whether criminal charges are appropriate, and what charges would be issued. ... The investigation remains open and is ongoing,” Lasee said last week.

Packers safety Xavier McKinney indicated this wasn't Jacobs' first day back with the team since the arrest. This was only the second OTA practice that was open to the media. The first such workout occurred Wednesday, when Jacobs was getting released from jail and therefore wasn't practicing.

Jacobs wasn't in the locker room during the Packers' media availability after Tuesday's practice, but quarterback Jordan Love discussed how the team has addressed the situation.

“We’ve talked internally,” Love said. “Everyone knows what the situation is there and we’ve talked, but obviously the details, everybody’s keeping that under wraps right now just out of respect for the situation and obviously all the legal stuff that’s going to be playing out. But it’s great to have Josh here with us, being able to work with us and get back to work."

Love was asked if he has considered the possibility the Packers might not have Jacobs for at least part of the upcoming season.

“There’s always questions,” Love said. “I was shocked when I saw it, and like I said, it’s one of those things we’re going to let it play out. There’s a lot of uncertainty when you hear something like that of what might happen. But we’ll see, we’ll let it play out and go from there.”

Jacobs rushed for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. The Packers have nobody else on their roster who ran for as many as 200 yards for them a year ago.

That followed a 2024 season in which Jacobs ran for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns while earning his third Pro Bowl selection.

Jacobs, 28, has rushed for 7,803 yards and 74 touchdowns in his seven-year career, which included five seasons with the Raiders. He earned All-Pro honors and had an NFL-leading 1,653 yards rushing with Las Vegas in 2022.

NOTES: Bo Melton apparently is exclusively a wide receiver again. Melton spent much of last year working out at cornerback, though all of his actual playing time still came on offense and special teams. “I would anticipate him sticking with wide receiver,” LaFleur said. ... LaFleur said the Packers currently aren't planning on having joint practices before their preseason games at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, though he didn't rule out the possibility. The Packers are expecting to have a joint practice with Arizona before their Aug. 28 home preseason game with the Cardinals. LaFleur's younger brother Mike is Arizona's new head coach.

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The market in Trujillo was set on fire last June when the women refused to give in to threats. Days later, they marched, demanding protection from authorities. Nothing changed. But that didn’t surprise Saavedra, as police had failed her in August 2024, when her house was attacked with explosives in another extortion attempt.

That level of violence by Peruvian gangs is the main concern for voters who will elect a new president in a runoff election Sunday. Many will leave their homes to vote fearful of becoming crime victims again during their trip to the polls.

“You can’t even stick your head out for fear of being shot,” Saavedra, 49, said.

Illegal gold mining fuels organized crime

The first extortion cases reported in Trujillo took place more than 20 years ago, but the crime has spread throughout Peru in the last five years. During that period, extortion complaints increased fivefold, reaching 28,948 cases last year, while killings doubled, reaching 2,226 in 2025, according to official data.

Police and security experts attribute the expansion of criminal gangs in Trujillo to their involvement in illegal gold mining. They say the gangs initially profited by providing security to illegal gold miners in a nearby town, then used the proceeds to hire hitmen, buy weapons and strengthen their presence in the city.

According to official data, illegal mining generates approximately $7 billion annually, much more than the roughly $1.2 billion generated annually by drug trafficking.

The first victims of extortion were public transportation companies, whose drivers were killed if payment was not made. Transportation workers continue to be targeted, with at least 239 drivers killed last year across the country, according to the independent Observatory of Crime and Violence.

Of those killed, more than half were motorcycle taxi drivers, widely used on the outskirts of cities where roads are often unpaved. But it has been the murders of bus drivers that have triggered transportation strikes and protests.

Experts attribute the increasing power of organized crime in Peru to the profits that decades-old criminal groups are earning from illegal gold mining in the Andes and the Amazon. In 2025, Peru exported 100 tons of illegally mined gold, nearly matching the 109 tons of legally mined gold it exported.

Even schools are crime targets

In a Trujillo neighborhood where a quarter of the country’s footwear is manufactured, union leader Máximo Varas said that around 1,500 small business owners in that industry pay extortionists to be able to work.

“Everyone pays — even I get extorted. No one is safe,” he said.

Across Trujillo, several buses, restaurants, corner stores, nightclubs and even schools have stickers on their facades, including of a puma, a cross and a Batman logo. Police said the stickers indicate that the businesses have paid extortion fees. Authorities sometimes go around Trujillo removing those stickers and replacing them with ones from law enforcement.

For businessman Iván Díaz, 58, violence has increased “unreasonably" in Trujillo. In 2023, he was kidnapped for 11 days by criminals dressed as police officers who dragged him from his office. To obtain a $250,000 ransom, his captors cut off part of two fingers on his right hand and sent videos of the torture to his family to “advance the payment.”

“I had to adapt to reality and keep a cool head,” Díaz said.

In May, the courts sentenced four members of the criminal group Los Pulpos, which emerged in Trujillo in the 1990s and later expanded to neighboring Chile, to life imprisonment for Díaz’s kidnapping.

Authorities have limited resources to fight crime

The Ministry of Economy estimated in July that crime costs Peruvians some $5 billion annually. This figure includes state investment to fund police operations, but also private spending on surveillance cameras and security guards.

Peru’s outlying neighborhoods lack paved roads, potable water and electricity, but above all, they lack a police presence. In contrast, wealthier municipalities like the capital’s San Borja, where the two presidential candidates — the conservative Keiko Fujimori and the progressive Roberto Sánchez — live, have a large number of uniformed officers as well as an additional force of private security agents patrolling their streets.

Security experts maintain that combating crime requires an anti-corruption purge of the national police force, which has some 130,000 officers, and significant funding for investigations.

An agent investigating organized crime groups who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the press told The Associated Press that due to a lack of technology, the police cannot track the phones associated with the digital wallets that criminals use to receive extortion payments.

Harvey Colchado, a congressman-elect and retired police officer, said each of the country’s 70 police investigative units had a monthly budget of $29,000 five years ago, but now, they have no funds as the state allocated the money elsewhere. He added that this is compounded by laws approved in recent years with the support of the parties of Fujimori and Sánchez that make it difficult to prosecute criminals.

The laws Colchado referred to eliminated preliminary detention in certain cases and raised the threshold for seizing criminal assets and carrying out searches.

“This is a cancer," Saavedra said. "(Police) don’t have the resources to trace the calls, to know where the messages are coming from. That’s the only way to stop it."

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Namath joined the voices of environmentalists and human rights activists who want to shut down the facility that the state opened for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold detainees.

“I am hopeful that they are packing up and getting out of the Everglades,” said Namath, the founder of Floridians for Public Lands, an advocacy group concerned about the facility’s proximity to the Big Cypress National Preserve.

The facility, also known by state officials as the South Florida Detention Facility and by ICE as the Florida Soft Sided Facility South, remained open on Tuesday.

“Daily operations at Alligator Alley continue as usual,” a Homeland Security spokesperson wrote in a statement.

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On June 23, the Florida Division of Emergency Management seized the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport from Miami-Dade County and opened the network of air-conditioned tents on July 1.

“At some point we will, of course, break it down,” DeSantis said on May 7. “That was always the goal, and then that airport will go just back to its normal use, which is a very minimal use, a lot of training flights.”

On May 21, DeSantis issued an executive order extending his Jan. 6, 2023, declaration of “a state of emergency in Florida due to the mass migration of illegal aliens” for 60 days.

There were delays from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s payments, and data on contractors’ billings also showed that the remote location increased costs.

Critics view it all as wasteful. Namath hopes for a shutdown.

“It seems to many of us to be the most fiscally irresponsible and environmentally damaging location that they could have chosen,” Namath said. “I would think it is time to start wrapping up and getting out of here.”

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Namath se sumó a las voces de ambientalistas y activistas de derechos humanos que quieren cerrar la instalación que el estado abrió para que el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) mantenga detenidos.

“Espero que estén empacando y saliendo de los Everglades”, dijo Namath, fundadora de Floridians for Public Lands, un grupo de defensa preocupado por la proximidad de la instalación a la Reserva Nacional Big Cypress.

La instalación, también conocida por funcionarios estatales como South Florida Detention Facility y por ICE como Florida Soft Sided Facility South, permanecía abierta el martes.

“Las operaciones diarias en Alligator Alley continúan como de costumbre”, escribió un portavoz de Seguridad Nacional en un comunicado.

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El 23 de junio, la División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida tomó el control del Aeropuerto de Entrenamiento y Transición Dade-Collier del condado de Miami-Dade y abrió la red de tiendas con aire acondicionado el 1 de julio.

“En algún momento, por supuesto, lo desmantelaremos”, dijo DeSantis el 7 de mayo. “Ese siempre fue el objetivo, y luego ese aeropuerto volverá a su uso normal, que es un uso muy limitado, principalmente vuelos de entrenamiento”.

El 21 de mayo, DeSantis emitió una orden ejecutiva que extendía su declaración del 6 de enero de 2023 de “estado de emergencia en Florida debido a la migración masiva de inmigrantes ilegales” por 60 días.

Hubo retrasos en los pagos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, y los datos de facturación de contratistas también mostraron que la ubicación remota aumentó los costos.

Los críticos lo ven como un desperdicio. Namath espera un cierre.

“A muchos de nosotros nos parece la ubicación más fiscalmente irresponsable y ambientalmente dañina que podrían haber elegido”, dijo Namath. “Creo que es hora de empezar a empacar y salir de aquí”.

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This is the first time the tournament will feature 48 teams, an increase of 16 from all previous editions.

Here’s a prediction for how all 12 groups will unfold.

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Czechia

This one looks like an easy choice for first place, with Mexico serving as a host country. However, South Korea, led by Los Angeles FC’s Son Heung-min, could be a sleeper pick to finish first. Czechia is making its first World Cup appearance since 2006. South Africa looks to improve after hosting the tournament in 2010.

1. Mexico
2. South Korea
3. Czechia
4. South Africa

Mexico is expected to finish first because of its home-field advantage as a host nation. South Korea’s overall quality of play should be enough to earn a second-place finish. Czechia will place third, led by Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick. South Africa is likely to finish last because it lacks the depth and quality of the other teams in the group.

Group B: Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland

This is a relatively weak group compared to most of the others. Canada is one of the host countries; however, it does not boast a particularly strong squad. Switzerland has several players competing in Europe’s top leagues. Bosnia and Herzegovina was a heavy underdog to qualify for the World Cup, beating Italy in the playoff final. Qatar was the host nation in 2022 but performed poorly.

1. Switzerland
2. Canada
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Qatar

Switzerland has the strongest squad in the group. Canada could be without star Alphonso Davies but still has enough quality to finish second. Bosnia and Herzegovina looks capable of challenging for a knockout-stage spot but is projected to finish third. Qatar will likely finish fourth.

Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland

Group C is considered one of the strongest groups, featuring five-time champion Brazil, reigning Africa Cup of Nations champion Morocco, Scotland and Haiti. Brazil is always among the favorites to win the tournament and is led by legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti. Morocco reached the semifinals in 2022, becoming the first African nation to advance that far. This is Scotland’s first World Cup appearance since 1998, while Haiti is making its first appearance since 1974.

1. Brazil
2. Morocco
3. Scotland
4. Haiti

Brazil, led by stars Neymar Jr. and Raphinha, will finish in first place. Morocco has the talent to challenge for the top spot but will ultimately finish second. Scotland has enough quality to compete with Brazil and Morocco but will end up in third place. Haiti will not have enough quality to keep pace with the rest of the group.

Group D: United States, Paraguay, Australia, Türkiye

Group D may appear to be an easy path for the United States to finish first, but it’s far from that. The Americans already have to deal with the pressure of being a host country, and they are entering the tournament in poor form. Türkiye is playing in its first World Cup since 2002, when it reached the semifinals. Paraguay enters the tournament ranked 40th in the world by FIFA. Australia is coming off an impressive Round of 16 appearance in 2022.

1. United States
2. Türkiye
3. Australia
4. Paraguay

The United States, led by Christian Pulisic, will prove plenty of people wrong and finish first. Türkiye is full of young talent, and its inexperience will result in a second-place finish. Australia looks to build on its success from 2022 and will finish third. Paraguay will give all three nations trouble with its physicality but won’t have enough firepower on offense.

Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

Group E features four-time champion Germany, which enters the tournament under the radar after disappointing group-stage exits in 2018 and 2022. Curaçao is making its World Cup debut, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify. Ivory Coast looks to advance from the group stage for the first time. Ecuador enters the tournament with one of the best defenses in the world.

1. Germany
2. Ecuador
3. Ivory Coast
4. Curaçao

This group is a real toss-up for first place. Germany and Ecuador are both worthy of the top spot, but Germany will take it thanks to its offensive quality. Ivory Coast will lock up third place, while Curaçao will finish last.

Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia

Group F may not look particularly strong on paper, but all four teams have a realistic chance of finishing anywhere from first to fourth. The Netherlands is one of the top nations in every World Cup cycle, although it has yet to lift the trophy. Japan has emerged as a legitimate dark horse in recent years and is ranked 18th in the world. Sweden qualified through the UEFA playoffs, but it is no stranger to this tournament. Tunisia appears to be the weakest team in the group, but it could pull off an upset at any time.

1. Netherlands
2. Japan
3. Sweden
4. Tunisia

Both Japan and the Netherlands could finish first, but the Netherlands has a slight advantage thanks to its abundance of world-class players. Sweden will finish third, led by Alexander Isak. Tunisia does not have enough quality to finish higher than fourth.

Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

Group G is in contention for the weakest group overall, with Belgium appearing to be the strongest team on paper. However, Belgium has underperformed in recent international tournaments. Egypt returns after missing out on the 2022 World Cup and is led by Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. Iran enters the tournament for the sixth consecutive time but has never advanced beyond the group stage. New Zealand will play in only its third World Cup. Its last appearance came in 2010, when it was the tournament’s only unbeaten team, finishing with three draws.

1. Belgium
2. Egypt
3. New Zealand
4. Iran

Belgium has too much talent for the rest of the group to match. Egypt will finish second, while New Zealand will have enough quality to finish third. Iran will finish fourth.

Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

Spain enters the World Cup as one of the favorites to lift the trophy. The Spanish side is the reigning European champion. Even with star Lamine Yamal sidelined for the first two group-stage matches, Spain has enough quality to finish atop the group. Cape Verde is another nation making its World Cup debut and is the third-smallest nation ever to qualify. Saudi Arabia returns for its second consecutive World Cup after shocking the world by defeating eventual champion Argentina in its opening match in 2022. Uruguay is no longer the South American powerhouse it once was, but it still has enough talent to advance from the group.

1. Spain
2. Uruguay
3. Cape Verde
4. Saudi Arabia

Spain and Uruguay have too much quality to finish lower than first and second, respectively. Cape Verde will finish third ahead of Saudi Arabia because of its coaching and style of play.

Group I: France, Senegal, Iraq, Norway

Group I is considered the Group of Death. France is one of the favorites, having reached the past two finals, defeating Croatia in 2018 and losing to Argentina in 2022. Senegal was the Africa Cup of Nations runner-up and boasts a deep squad filled with players from Europe’s top leagues. Iraq drew an unfortunate group assignment, but no team can be counted out at the World Cup. Norway returns to the tournament for the first time since 1998 and is led by world-class striker Erling Haaland.

1. France
2. Norway
3. Senegal
4. Iraq

France has enough quality to win the entire tournament and will finish first. Norway will finish second but could surprise everyone if it is taken lightly. Senegal has plenty of talent throughout its squad, but not on the same level as France and Norway. Iraq cannot compete with the quality of the top three nations.

Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

Group J looks like a cakewalk for Argentina on paper; however, there could be a few surprises. Algeria has plenty of young talent looking to make a name for itself. Austria is appearing in its first World Cup since 1998. Jordan is making its tournament debut in 2026. Argentina looks to repeat as world champion, led by Lionel Messi.

1. Argentina
2. Austria
3. Algeria
4. Jordan

Argentina will defend its trophy by having a dominant group stage. Austria will finish second thanks to its fast-paced style of play. Algeria will finish third, led by Riyad Mahrez, and Jordan will finish last.

Group K: Portugal, DR Congo, Uzbekistan, Colombia

Group K is a mixed bag. Portugal enters as a heavy favorite to top the group, with quality throughout the squad. DR Congo is making its second World Cup appearance and first since 1974. Uzbekistan is making its debut in 2026 and enters the tournament in strong form. Colombia missed out in 2022 but is back looking to make history.

1. Portugal
2. Colombia
3. Uzbekistan
4. DR Congo

Portugal will top the group, led by Cristiano Ronaldo and a world-class midfield. Colombia will grab second thanks to Luis Díaz and James Rodríguez. The surprise of the group will be Uzbekistan, finishing in third place thanks to its defense. DR Congo will not have enough to make it out of the group stage.

Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama

Group L is headlined by two European powers in England and Croatia. England looks to end its 60-year drought without lifting the trophy. Croatia was the runner-up in 2018 and reached the semifinals in 2022. Ghana is playing in its fifth straight World Cup and reached the quarterfinals in 2010. Panama is appearing in only its second World Cup, with its first coming in 2018.

1. England
2. Croatia
3. Ghana
4. Panama

England will finish first, led by manager Thomas Tuchel, after going through qualifying without conceding a goal. Croatia will finish second, led by Luka Modrić. Ghana will finish third, looking to reach the Round of 32. Panama will finish fourth due to a lack of quality.

Disclaimer: This is not betting advice.

La víspera el diplomático Ronald Johnson expresó que cuando se politizan los asuntos de seguridad es una “oportunidad perdida” para fortalecer la cooperación bilateral.

Durante su habitual conferencia de prensa, la mandataria afirmó que es importante que el embajador “respete los asuntos internos de nuestro país, porque los asuntos de México le corresponden a las y a los mexicanos”.

Sheinbaum agregó que está a favor del trabajo conjunto con Estados Unidos para combatir a las organizaciones criminales, pero insistió en que “ellos actúen en su territorio”.

La declaración de Johnson se dio un día después del duro discurso que ofreció Sheinbaum en el que criticó los procesos judiciales contra el gobernador oficialista del estado de Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha, y otros nueve funcionarios y aseguró que cuando se interviene en asuntos internos “ya no estamos hablando de cooperación, estamos hablando de injerencia”.

Sin hacer ninguna mención específica, el embajador estadounidense afirmó el lunes en su cuenta de X que la “lucha contra los cárteles debe unirnos, no dividirnos” y añadió que cuando "dedicamos a convertir este desafío compartido de seguridad en una discusión política, es una oportunidad perdida para fortalecer nuestra cooperación”.

En los últimos dos meses han surgido fricciones entre México y Estados Unidos por las acusaciones contra 10 funcionarios mexicanos y un incidente ocurrido en abril en el que murieron dos agentes de la CIA.

La presencia en México de los dos estadounidenses se conoció poco después de su fallecimiento en un accidente de tránsito en el estado fronterizo de Chihuahua donde se había desmantelado un laboratorio clandestino de drogas sintéticas.

El caso fue protestado por el gobierno de Sheinbaum que reclamó a Estados Unidos que no había informado ni solicitado autorización para las actividades de sus agentes en territorio mexicano.

La fiscalía de Nueva York acusó en abril a Rocha, al alcalde de la capital de Sinaloa, Juan de Dios Gámez, y a otros ocho funcionarios activos y retirados de cooperar con el Cártel de Sinaloa y solicitó su detención preventiva con fines de extradición.

Rocha y Gámez –ambos del partido gobernante Morena— se separaron temporalmente de sus cargos para facilitar la investigación, mientras otros dos funcionarios se entregaron a mediados de mayo a las autoridades estadounidenses.

The order establishes a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems for up to a month before their public release. Participation by AI developers would be voluntary, the order says.

“Advanced AI capabilities make our Nation stronger, but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies,” the order says.

It was not immediately clear to what extent the order differed from the one Trump declined to sign on May 21.

The order says the government would have only 30 days to review an AI system, a shorter time frame than some in the industry were expecting. A longer time period might have been seen as too burdensome for a fast-moving and highly competitive industry.

Trump canceled an Oval Office event with tech industry executives last month because he did not like what he saw in the earlier version of the order's text. “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters at the time.

That directive was characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, which are sometimes described as “frontier labs” because they are building the most advanced AI systems. Several companies had been planning to have executives present at the May 21 signing event. Trump ended up signing it without any ceremony.

The White House said in a social media post Tuesday that the executive order "creates a process for frontier labs to voluntarily share cutting-edge cyber models in order to secure critical infrastructure and strengthen the government’s own cyber defenses. We are NOT conducting oversight of all new models, as that level of government overreach would have chilling effects on free speech and innovation."

Juan Londoño, a policy analyst at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, said the order is imperfect but “a step in the right direction to prepare the nation for the release of advanced AI systems.”

He applauded the White House's characterization of the process as voluntary but said he was concerned about the vagueness of how the government, led by the director of the National Security Agency, will decide which AI models qualify for scrutiny, and how it will decide which “trusted partners” get early access to them.

Londoño said in an interview that giving so much discretion to the NSA director was a “dangerous precedent” that could enable the government to “weaponize” the policy against companies it is clashing with, like Anthropic.

Plans for a new AI cybersecurity directive followed Anthropic's April announcement of its most advanced AI model, called Claude Mythos, in the middle of the company's legal fight with the Trump administration over a contract dispute with the Pentagon.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell soon after convened an urgent meeting with Wall Street CEOs, warning them about the risks posed by Mythos' apparent ability to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the world’s software. Anthropic has limited access to Mythos to only a small group of trusted partners, such as big tech companies and banks, though it said Tuesday it has expanded that group by another 150 organizations.

Anthropic called Trump's new order “an important step in strengthening America’s leadership in AI” and said it looks forward to collaborating with the White House to support its implementation.

Its chief rival, ChatGPT maker OpenAI, also described the policy as an important step, as did Google.

“As AI capabilities continue to advance, we believe effective safety frameworks should continue to be developed through democratic institutions, informed by technical expertise and broad stakeholder input, to promote accountability and public trust,” said a statement from Chris Lehane, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also welcomed Trump's policy but criticized the administration for having “belatedly discovered the need to redo something it hastily dismantled in its first year.”

Trump repealed many of former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for AI just hours after returning to the White House last year.

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AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay contributed.

In an executive order, Trump lowered tariffs on agricultural equipment, including combines and harvesters, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, to 15% from 25%.

He expanded the existing category of industrial equipment that is subject to a 15% tariff to include mobile industrial equipment like bulldozers and forklifts — when they're imported from countries that have a trade deal with the U.S.

The order says countries that use at least 85% melted and poured or smelted and cast steel or aluminum by weight could qualify for a lower 10% duty rate, in an effort to encourage companies in other countries to use U.S. metals.

The changes go into effect Monday. They are temporary and set to expire at the end of 2027.

“In my judgment, this temporary modification appropriately accounts for these products’ roles in productive economic activity in the United States,” Trump said in his order.

Tariffs on copper, steel and aluminum were imposed during Trump's first term in 2018 under Section 232 of Trade Expansion Act of 1962 — which allows tariffs on imports that are deemed a threat to national security. He renewed those tariffs in April 2025.

Since then, Trump has been adjusting tariffs on metals and metal products. In June 2025, he hiked nearly all of his tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a punishing 50% from 25%.

In April 2026, he set a flat 50% rate for goods made entirely or almost entirely of aluminum, steel, or copper — such as steel coils or aluminum sheet — while implementing a 25% tariff rate for derivative products made “substantially” of steel, aluminum or copper.

Barry Appleton, a law professor and co-director New York Law School’s Center for International Law, said the adjustments appear to be more about the midterm elections than true relief for farmers.

"Farm bankruptcies are soaring, farm sentiment is declining, and Republican senators are openly warning their party is heading toward midterm losses in key agricultural states," he said. “This proclamation is the White House’s response: throw the farm belt a bone before voters go to the polls.”

Según la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Miami-Dade, Michael Enriquez, de 53 años, mantuvo una relación sexual con una estudiante de la preparatoria American Senior High School, la cual comenzó en mayo de 2025.

Los agentes indicaron que Enriquez y la estudiante, quien tenía 17 años en ese entonces, salieron después de clases dos veces el año pasado —una en mayo y otra en junio— y mantuvieron relaciones sexuales.

“Es repugnante”, declaró una estudiante a Local 10 News. “La chica sabía lo que hacía, pero él es un adulto. Sabía perfectamente lo que hacía; tiene mucha experiencia en esto; está muy mal”.

Según las autoridades, Enriquez y la víctima no se comunicaron durante las vacaciones de verano, pero al comenzar el nuevo año escolar en agosto de 2025, retomaron su relación sexual.

Las autoridades señalaron que su último encuentro ocurrió el 14 de mayo de 2026, siendo esta la única vez que mantuvieron relaciones sexuales.

Según el informe de arresto de Enriquez, la víctima tenía 18 años al momento de su último encuentro sexual.

Las autoridades no revelaron cómo fueron alertadas de los presuntos delitos ni cómo descubrieron las fechas y los detalles.

“Da miedo que alguien que trata con tantos estudiantes pueda estar hablando con una chica de mi edad o un poco mayor, porque solemos confiar en los profesores, hablamos mucho con ellos. No sabemos si la chica estaba pasando por un mal momento, si pensó que esa era la única opción”, dijo Samira González, estudiante de primer año de la escuela.

“Definitivamente, como adulto, uno debería saber dónde está el límite”, dijo un estudiante llamado Christopher a Local 10. “Estas jóvenes probablemente estén asustadas ahora mismo”.

Enriquez compareció ante el juez de fianzas el martes, donde se le ordenó mantenerse alejado de la víctima y de la escuela secundaria. Se espera que comparezca nuevamente ante el tribunal por la tarde, momento en el que se fijará su fianza.

Un portavoz de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Miami-Dade confirmó que Enriquez será despedido.

The campaign pilgrimage by the two candidates, one from each end of the political spectrum, comes as both men face concerns their respective campaigns could cost their parties winnable races in the November midterms, with control of the Senate at stake for the final two years of Trump's second presidency.

Paxton's meeting with Trump comes after he won the president's coveted endorsement before trouncing Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas runoff last month. They posed together for a picture in the Oval Office.

Senate Republicans feared that Paxton, the Texas attorney general, would be a weaker candidate against James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, in the fall. Paxton has endured an indictment, an impeachment and public disclosure of marital infidelity.

He was also expected to meet with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who backed Cornyn. Senate Republicans’ campaign arm excoriated Paxton during the primary campaign, accusing him of “repulsive and disgusting” behavior and quoting his estranged wife saying she filed for divorce “on biblical grounds.”

Platner swung by Democrats’ Senate campaign headquarters on Tuesday to meet with several senators, including the group’s chair, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. The meeting comes days after the disclosure that he and his wife have had marital difficulties and sought counseling after he reportedly sent sexually explicit text messages to other women.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who had backed Maine Gov. Janet Mills in the state’s Democratic primary before she suspended her campaign, told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he had met with Platner earlier in the day.

“We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate,” Schumer said repeatedly when asked about Platner’s controversies.

As the questions continued, Schumer tried to change the subject.

“Any other subject you’ve got?” Schumer responded to reporters.

Platner and Paxton are pressing ahead with few apologies

Platner and his wife have criticized media coverage of their marriage, framing it as a private matter that should not shape the campaign. Still, the latest personal issues added fuel to some Democrats' skittishness about Platner, who already faced scrutiny over online posts that were dismissive of sexual assault and a tattoo that is recognized as a Nazi symbol. Platner has apologized for the posts and covered up the tattoo.

Paxton has offered no apologies for his baggage. He framed his win over Cornyn as a “Texas-sized message to Washington,” and thanked Trump — who himself has endured repeated personal and political scandals to win two national elections — for his support.

Like Paxton, Platner was not the choice of his party's Senate brass. But Platner effectively became the presumptive nominee after Mills suspended her campaign weeks ago because of fundraising difficulties.

Maine's primary is on June 9, and Platner would face Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican running for a sixth six-year term, in November. Defeating Collins is crucial to Democrats' attempts to regain control of the Senate. Democrats have repeatedly tried to unseat Collins, but she has always survived. In 2020, Collins won reelection even though Democrat Joe Biden carried the state over Trump by nine percentage points.

In Texas, some Republicans fear they will need to divert critical resources to boost Paxton over Talarico, who has become a national fundraising phenomenon.

Although Republicans have dominated Texas for decades, prominent party leaders have said the race could be genuinely competitive this time. Eight years ago, during the midterm election of Trump's first presidency, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won reelection over another Democratic fundraising juggernaut, Beto O'Rourke, by less than 3 points.

Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate advantage and earlier in the campaign cycle were heavily favored to maintain their majority. But as Trump's popularity fades and primary fights yield nominees, Democrats have become more confident in their prospects.

Most Democrats and Republicans are taking their usual sides

With control of the Senate on the line, most partisans have generally lined up behind Platner and Paxton, even if begrudgingly, because of their political baggage. Tuesday's fundraising events were the latest evidence. The event for Paxton, with a $1,000 minimum donation required, according to the invitation, is being co-hosted by seven senators, including Cruz. The fundraiser for Platner is being co-hosted by former Biden White House chief of staff Ron Klain.

“My priority is to make sure that Republicans control the majority so we can continue the agenda that we're on,” said Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, on Tuesday. “Ken Paxton is absolutely necessary as far as keeping that majority. I have faith that the people of Texas will support him, and he'll get across the finish line."

Sen. Martin Heinrich, who had endorsed Platner, said he doesn’t believe Maine voters are focused on Platner’s marriage. Asked if Platner still has a shot in the race, Heinrich said “we’ll have to see” and “I suspect so.”

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a progressive, said her top concern is Platner's prospective constituents.

“I want to hear from him about the economy,” she said ahead of their meeting. “And more about what he talks to the people of Maine about.”

That echoes another leading progressive who, like Warren, has endorsed Platner. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, said he still supports Platner as part of the left's economic populism.

“Of course,” Sanders told reporters Monday. “Why would I not?”

But not all Democrats are on board, including one who first came to the Senate with an outsider persona. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat who has earned a reputation for speaking and voting against his party, even appeared to relish Platner’s newest controversy, calling him “phustle,” a reference to Platner’s apparent profile uncovered on Kik, a private messaging app.

“So much bizarre and tacky and gross stuff that you lose count. It’s like you need to have a bingo card,” Fetterman said.

The senator stopped short of calling on Platner to drop out, but he echoed some Democrats' private concerns.

“I mean, what’s next?” he said.

He later said, “I’m not going to carry water for that guy.” ___

Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa, and Barrow reported from Atlanta.

Minneapolis-based General Mills said in a statement late Monday that the deal will allow the buyers to exclusively sell the Häagen-Dazs brand in ice cream shops and gifting businesses across mainland China. General Mills will continue to sell Häagen-Dazs ice cream to Chinese retail and food service operations.

Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year.

General Mills didn't immediately respond Tuesday when asked how many Häagen-Dazs stores it has in China. In its latest annual report, General Mills said it operated 332 ice cream parlors worldwide.

Ningji operates around 3,000 retail tea outlets in China. It opened its chain of stores in 2021 and has received funding from ByteDance, the Beijing-headquartered creator of TikTok, and Shunwei Capital.

Yaling Jiang, an independent Chinese consumer analyst, said Häagen-Dazs has been charging premium prices in China “without delivering sufficient product value or cultural relevance.”

Its line of products — traditional ice cream with higher fat content — has “passed its peak" in China at a time when low-fat, airy gelato options are becoming more common, she said.

Foreign businesses have also been shifting ownership of their operations toward Chinese investors as Chinese consumer confidence has stagnated and economic growth has slowed.

Starbucks said in November that it would form a joint venture with Chinese private equity firm Boyu Capital in a deal worth about $4 billion that allows Boyu to hold up to a 60% stake in its operations in China.

In February, Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International — the parent of U.S. fast food chain Burger King — said it had formed a joint venture with Chinese investment firm CPE to operate and expand the Burger King restaurant chain in China.

CPE invested about $350 million into the joint venture under the deal terms, and owns approximately 83% of the business.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s latest ruling in a series of Mexico vs. FIFA appeal cases over more than 10 years comes ahead of the men's national team hosting South Africa on June 11 in the storied Azteca Stadium where the chant is often heard.

The chant, a one-word slur that literally means male prostitute in Spanish, usually occurs when the opposing goalkeeper is taking a goal kick.

It went viral in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and was heard again at the next editions in 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar. Mexico fans have defied requests and education programs by the federation aiming to control the abuse.

The latest case at CAS followed FIFA prosecutions of incidents at games in 2024 against Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil and the United States. The chant was heard by anti-discrimination monitors who also will work for FIFA at the World Cup's 104 games in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

CAS said its judges upheld FIFA-imposed fines totaling 140,000 Swiss francs ($178,000). They lifted a sanction of closing part of a stadium at a FIFA-organized game such as the World Cup.

The court said its judges at a hearing in Miami in March weighed the Mexican federation mitigation that it had “put measures in place since 2015 to educate, prevent and eradicate the chant.”

“They (the judges) observed that the conduct of the fans was collective and widespread, and not merely a one-off occurrence,” CAS said in a statement.

Noting the “unique nature” of the challenge facing Mexican soccer officials, the court said the federation should not escape liability.

Mexico will also host World Cup group-stage games against South Korea in Guadalajara and the Czech Republic at Azteca.

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In the newly released surveillance video, a condominium staffer can be seen rushing over to check on Justin Zelin moments after he fell from a balcony above.

It all happened on Feb. 15 at the Akoya Condominiums, located at 6365 Collins Ave. on Mid-Beach.

Three days prior, video footage captured a man who appeared to be Zelin entering the building with Corey Hutterli, 37, of Parkland, who was carrying what appeared to be several bottles of alcohol.

Hutterli would quickly become the main suspect on the night of Zelin’s death.

Prior to Zelin falling from his balcony, he called police after getting into an altercation with Hutterli.

Investigators said the victim could be heard on the call saying “get away from me Sasha,” which is an alias they said Hutterli was referred by.

Hutterli has since been accused by authorities of pushing Zelin from the condo’s balcony.

“During (a) physical altercation, Hutterli caused for victim Zelin to perish due to blunt force trauma from decent from height,” an arrest report states.

On the ground, body worn cameras were rolling as officers located Zelin’s body.

Upstairs, officers inside Zelin’s condo said they found a disheveled Hutterli exiting the victim’s apartment wearing only socks, with cuts on his body consistent with having been involved in a fight.

Investigators said they collected evidence from Hutterli’s shirt and backpack, which contained ketamine and patches of his own beard.

Hutterli remains behind bars at the Metrowest Detention Center without bond, facing charges of second degree murder, burglary with assault or battery, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use.

“Every two minutes, I'd check,” Blair said.

Friday, nothing. Saturday, nothing. Sunday was mostly gone and Blair was driving home from a weekend visit to his parents' home in Virginia. As he pulled into his driveway, he realized that he had missed a phone call.

The caller was Albert Sanders Jr., the executive vice president and head of referee operations for the NBA. Turns out, that call was the email that Blair had waited years to get.

Blair called Sanders back and got the news: For the first time, he'll work a game in the NBA Finals. He's the only first-time selection in this year's group of 12 referees who will officiate the title series that starts Wednesday between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks.

“Very emotional moment, very emotional moment for me, because I’ve been right there on the doorstep for so many years," Blair said. "Yeah, very emotional. This is my 18th year and one thing I had to realize going through this journey is that everybody has their own journey. Everybody has their own timetable. You become a referee, become an umpire, you get to the first round, the second round, third round. You just have to worry about yourself and your journey.”

The league released the full list of selections on Tuesday. Scott Foster was picked to work his 19th finals, the most among current referees. The other selections besides Foster and Blair: Tony Brothers (15th finals), Marc Davis (15th), James Capers (14th), Zach Zarba (13th), John Goble (10th), Josh Tiven (7th), James Williams (6th), Courtney Kirkland (5th), Sean Wright (3rd) and Tyler Ford (2nd).

The league typically reveals the crew that will work each game around 9 a.m. EDT on game day.

“Being selected to work the NBA Finals is the highest honor for an NBA official, and I congratulate them on an outstanding and well-earned achievement,” said Byron Spruell, the NBA's president for league operations. “We are grateful for their unwavering dedication to the game and pursuit of excellence in their craft.”

Blair was a second-round pick by the Houston Rockets in 1992, though never played a regular-season game in the league. He played internationally before starting his referee career and has worked more than 1,000 NBA games since 2008.

Finals referees get special white warm-up jackets, only given to those selected to work the title series. Blair already has two of those from 2021 and 2022 when he was an alternate, but the one he gets this time will have much more meaning.

“This is so funny,” Blair said. "One referee called me and he said, ‘I know you got two other white jackets, but they had an asterisk on it. So, you can throw those away. Now you got a real one.’”

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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba

“The Telsa coil uses sound frequency. What it does is it tests your voice wave so it looks for chronic inflammation in your voice and rebalances your nervous system, digestion, brain fog,” says Eric Stoller, CEO of Champion Mind Set Institute.

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Thankfully, there are several ways to reduce that stress, according to mental health experts who have helped people who have experienced disasters. One of the most important things to do is have a plan, they say.

“Preparation is always one of the most powerful tools that I can imagine — not just for safety, but also for mental health,” said Ruben Juarez, a health economist at University of Hawaii professor who directed the Maui Wildfires Exposure Study, which looked at health and social impacts of the deadly 2023 fires.

And when the disaster is over, they say, try to restore a sense of normalcy by seeking out support, returning to routines and helping others.

Kevin Westmoreland, who co-owns The Corner Kitchen in Asheville, North Carolina, learned meditation techniques and breathing exercises to deal with the stresses that the restaurant industry can present. When the remnants of Hurricane Helene unleashed torrents of rain on the state two years ago, water and mud poured into the restaurant and “everything was tossed around inside the building as if it was in a blender,” he recalled.

“All you could do to get through it is try to take a breath and move forward, step by step,” he said.

Plan ahead for unpredictable weather

One way to ease anxiety is to prepare as best you can ahead of time, including hashing out a plan for what to do during a disaster.

Making an evacuation plan and putting together an emergency kit can provide a sense of control, said Melissa Brymer, a psychologist and director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

She recommends a step-by-step guide for families at ready.gov/plan. The American Red Cross also has extensive guides for hurricane preparedness. Make sure to consider special preparations for anyone with disabilities, special needs, new mothers and expectant mothers, Brymer advises. Also make sure that pets are included in disaster plans.

Weather is unpredictable, so it helps to accept that there are things you won't be able to control.

Being informed can also give people a sense of control in extreme weather. Focus on facts by gathering information from trusted sources and stay up-to-date on weather watches and warnings.

Share your fears and concerns with friends, relatives, a therapist or others who can give you support, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

How to talk to children about storms without alarming them

Parents should consider talking to children in a matter-of-fact way, explaining that storms are normal. Children might be afraid of storms, but many are interested in learning more about them.

It's OK to acknowledge that it's a stressful time, Brymer said. But adults should limit some conversations to only other adults to avoid overly worrying children.

“Kids kind of register our panic, and then they’re going to panic if we’re starting to panic,” she said. “We don’t want them to start worrying for us."

Keep track of your mental health

One of the Maui wildfires study's findings was that mental health affects rippled through the entire community and were found in many people who weren't in the burned area, Juarez said. It's a reminder to be aware that your mental health could be affected by disasters that strike your community, even if they don't directly affect your home or neighborhood.

Westmoreland said one of things that helped him cope after Helene was to try and put things in perspective.

“We try to look at it like it's just a business and equipment — as long as our employees are safe, those are the important things,” he said.

The restaurant, built around 1895 by American industrialist George Vanderbilt in the Biltmore Village section of Asheville, has since reopened after major renovations and repairs.

The Anxiety and Depression Association has more tips, including:

— Find a positive activity such as donating blood, preparing care packages or volunteering to help others. That can offer a sense of purpose to counteract the feelings of being powerless.

— Seek support from others dealing with the same issues.

— Be aware that if your symptoms persist for several weeks, it may be a sign of post-traumatic stress disorder and you should seek help.

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Martin is a former Associated Press reporter.

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Detectives arrested Michael Enriquez, 53, who worked as a teacher at American Senior High School, located at 18350 NW 67th Ave., on Monday.

According to deputies, Enriquez was involved in a sexual relationship with a student which began in May of 2025.

Deputies said Enriquez and the student, who was 17 at the time, went out after school twice -- once in May and once in June -- at which time they drove to a shopping plaza in his truck and performed sex acts on one another.

When the new school year began in August of 2025, the two resumed their sexual relationship, deputies said.

According to authorities, their final encounter occurred on May 14. Deputies said that date was the only time they had sexual intercourse.

The victim was 18 at the time of their final sexual encounter, according to Enriquez’s arrest report.

Authorities did not disclose how they were alerted to the alleged crimes or how they discovered the dates and details.

As of Monday evening, Enriquez was behind bars at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He faces charges of unlawful sex act with a specified minor as an authority figure, lewd and lascivious touching of a minor and offenses against a student by an authority figure. His bond was listed as “to be set.”

Detectives said they believe there could be additional victims and urge anyone with information to call the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Bureau at 305-715-3300 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he received the decision “with indignation.” He also blamed the decision by the U.S. administration on his rival in October's elections, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, who visited Washington last week. The senator is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, once nicknamed “the Trump of the Tropics” by his allies.

The announcement late Monday came after an investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, charging Brazil with lax anti-corruption enforcement and unfair tariffs of its own, among other things.

The U.S. has had a goods trade surplus with Brazil for years.

U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that he and President Donald Trump had “constructive’’ meetings with Lula and other Brazilian officials. But he said that “we continue to have substantial differences in resolving the issues identified in this investigation.’’

Lula on Tuesday cited other reasons for the punishing tariff proposal. For the first time he named an American official as a hurdle to his relations with Trump and once again he threatened to retaliate.

“I spoke to President Trump for three hours, and that Marco Rubio guy, the head of the State Department, he is anti-Latin American,” Lula said. “He is a deadly enemy of Cuba, a deadly enemy of many Latin American countries. I already told Trump that he does not like Brazil.”

The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond a request for comment from The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Brazil’s government said in a statement that its dialogue with American counterparts, which includes “personal involvement of Presidents Lula and Trump,” is being ”sabotaged by merely electoral and family matters” of the Bolsonaros.

It added that it hopes “the recommendations do not become effective tariffs.”

“But we stress we will adopt every measure that is capable of reducing the damage that might be caused to the national economy, to the jobs and the income of Brazilians,” the country's government said.

Last year, Trump had slapped Brazil with a 50% tariff, mainly to protest its prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro for trying to overturn his electoral defeat in 2022. Trump's relationship with Lula seemed to have improved early May, when the Brazilian visited the White House.

But last week, the Trump administration designated two Brazilian gangs as terrorist organizations, after Sen. Bolsonaro's visit. Lula opposes the designation, which analysts say could bolster his political rival.

Sen. Bolsonaro published in his social media channels a statement he said he sent to Rubio, in which he criticizes the potential new tariff hike for it would cause “serious damages to the Brazilian people — precisely the citizens that see the United States as a partner and a friend.”

“I am writing to formally repeat the request I did to you in person, that the U.S. do not impose tariffs on Brazil,” Sen. Bolsonaro said.

Greer’s office has scheduled a public hearing July 6 on the proposed tariffs.

Trade lawyer Ryan Majerus, a partner at King & Spalding, noted said that the administration’s plan excludes more than half of U.S. imports from Brazil, including aircraft and key minerals.

The Trump administration invoked Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to launch the investigation into Brazil’s trade practices.

Sen. Bolsonaro travelled to meet officials in Washington last week in the wake of a scandal at home in which he admitted receiving funds from a disgraced banker. Another son, former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, was also present.

On Tuesday, Trump posted a photo of the Bolsonaros in the Oval office on his social media site.

“These sons of Bolsonaro can be worse than him. They are actually sellouts of our country, they went there to ask a foreign nation to meddle in Brazilian affairs,” Lula said in a speech to residents of the city of Catalao, south of capital Brasilia. “They are traitors.”

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that Trump overstepped his authority by using a different law – the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 – to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners, including Brazil.

However, Section 301 tariffs have survived legal challenges, and the administration is likely to use that authority to impose other tariffs and to recoup some of the tax revenue lost when the Supreme Court rejected the IEEPA tariffs.

Brazil’s president said that during his visit to Washington early May, he handed Trump documents showing that the U.S. has a trade surplus with Brazil.

Documents published by the U.S. Trade Representative show that last year, U.S. exports to Brazil rose nearly 11% to $54.4 billion. Brazilian exports to the U.S. fell 5.7% to $39.9 billion, meaning the U.S. had a trade surplus of more than $14 billion.

The trade imbalance for services is more lopsided in favor of the U.S., with services exports in 2024 reaching $29.6 billion, quadruple the Brazilian services exports to the U.S.

“I am not going to cry about it,” Lula said. “If they (the U.S.) don’t want to buy from us, we will sell to someone else.”

China has been Brazil’s biggest trading partner for about a decade.

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Mauricio Savarese reported from Sao Paulo.