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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,” 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.

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.”

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.

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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.

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

“Al estar junto a la camioneta, había un fuerte olor ... a alcohol”, dijo Chitwood durante una conferencia de prensa.

Jo Baker tenía 62 años.

Un testigo también grabó un video de agentes del sheriff del condado Volusia arrestando a Harrell, de Ormond Beach, después de que la camioneta se detuviera en la arena y el agua.

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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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.

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.

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.

Jo Baker was 62.

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

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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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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Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia.

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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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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.

Según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, los paramédicos llevaron a una víctima al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Diputados de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade estuvieron en la escena investigando.

Local 10 News se ha comunicado con MDSO solicitando detalles adicionales.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo. Manténgase con Local 10 News y Local10.com para actualizaciones.

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.

“Solamente se atenderán cirugías de emergencia”, dijo el director del Servicio Departamental de Salud (Sedes), 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 que 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.

Agregó que fue de un acercamiento con los dirigentes y se espera que la ruta habilite un acceso al norte de La Paz.

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.

Por su parte, 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 🎬

🔗: https://t.co/Aazpt1eb2D pic.twitter.com/4gUqY3v7Ml

— Miami Hurricanes Football (@CanesFootball) June 2, 2026

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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WE GOT A CANE ON THE COVER 🙌🤩@MALACHITONEY2 will be the FIRST Miami Hurricane to be on the cover of @easportscollege! pic.twitter.com/VJTXDdcIoB

— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes) June 2, 2026

Miami…front and center 🙌

Malachi Toney is your @EASPORTSCollege cover athlete 🙌 pic.twitter.com/WQsCJwgSEk

— Miami Hurricanes Football (@CanesFootball) June 2, 2026

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 🎬”

🔗: https://t.co/Aazpt1eb2D pic.twitter.com/4Gq3v7yMl

— Miami Hurricanes Football (@CanesFootball) 2 de junio de 2026

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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¡TENEMOS UN CANE EN LA PORTADA 🙌🤩

@MALACHITONEY2 será el PRIMER jugador de Miami Hurricanes en aparecer en la portada de @easportscollege.

— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes)Junio 2, 2026

Miami… al frente y al centro 🙌

Malachi Toney es el atleta de portada de @EASPORTSCollege pic.twitter.com/WQsCJwgSEk

— Miami Hurricanes Football (@MiamiHurricanes Football) 2 de junio de 2026

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Related report: Detainees say operations at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ appear to be slowing down

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.

Reporte relacionado: Detenidos dicen que las operaciones en ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ parecen estar desacelerándose

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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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.

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 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.

But Republicans have criticized how local governments spend taxpayer funds.

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

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 didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about Trump's new order but its chief rival, ChatGPT maker OpenAI, described the policy as an important step.

“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.

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 with both men facing concerns they 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 planned meeting with Trump comes after he won the president's coveted endorsement ahead of trouncing Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas runoff last month. The scheduled meeting was confirmed by a person with knowledge of the president's plans but who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.

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 martial infidelity.

He also is 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 was to meet with several Democratic senators days after disclosure that he and his wife have had marital difficulties and sought counseling after he reportedly sent sexually explicit text messages to other women. He was spending part of Tuesday afternoon at Democrats' Senate campaign headquarters near the Capitol.

Both candidates are scheduled to attend fundraisers as well.

Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is set to meet with 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.”

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 scandal to win two national elections — for his support.

Like Paxton, Platner was not the choice of his party's Senate brass, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer backing Maine Gov. Janet Mills. But Platner effectively became the presumptive nominee after Mills suspended her campaign weeks ago because of fundraising difficulties.

Maine's primary is June 9, and Platner would face Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who is running for a sixth 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."

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 “P-Hustle,” a reference to Platner’s apparent profile uncovered on Kik, a popular, 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.

A handful of protesters stood outside the the Democratic campaign office and, with Platner inside, used his online handle as a taunt and chanted “Graham is a scam,” among other things.

Fetterman stopped stopped short of calling on Platner to drop out, but he echoed some Democrats' private concerns.

“I mean, what’s next?” he said, adding, “I’m not going to carry water for that guy.” _____

Associated Press journalist Nathan Ellgren contributed. 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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“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.

Here you can get an all-access pass to live your absolute best life. Cryotherapy might just be the “coolest” way to erase wrinkles and stress. Will Smith does it, Jennifer Aniston loves it – subzero temps that tighten, tone and totally chill you out.

“The nitrogen is very gentle with the skin so it gets very, very cold but it doesn’t hurt your skin,” Karla Casallas, owner of KOV Cyrotherapy, said.

IV vitamin drips and NAD+ therapy are the ultimate A-list fix.

“They tell me, ‘Man, I feel like superman,’ because it dilates your blood vessels. It gives you more energy, gives you more stamina. Your recovery is optimized,” said Andrew Magarino, founder of iDrip Life Therapy and Wellness.

Rihanna, Chrissy Teigen, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber – they’re all hooked for the hydration, energy and that dewy, youthful glow we all want.

“We have that one poke guarantee to make it a little easier for you but it’s definitely worth it. Your body will thank you,” Magarino said.

Even Sofia Vergara went all in at her wedding – setting up an IV hydration station so guests could party all weekend long here in South Florida.

Oxygen therapy – from bikes and hyperbaric chambers – are another secret weapon. Lebron James trains with it and Justin Bieber uses it to boost energy and endurance.

Once reserved for celebrities and pro-athletes, Biohack Miami is making this wellness wave accessible to everyone.

Former Miami Dolphins player J’Marcus Webb, who now runs Muscle, Tension Relief & Activation says, “after playing for 11 years, I wanted to give back to football and movement with movement before, during and after activity, that kind of segued into me becoming a recovery coach.”

The next Biohack Miami takes over the Faena hotel on South Beach this Sunday from 4 to 7:30 pm.

For tickets and an exclusive discount code, click this link.

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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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.

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The low-cost airline announced plans to begin the FLL to CCS service on the 150-passenger Airbus A320 aircraft “before the end of the year,” and for tickets to go on sale “in the coming months.”

Government approval was pending.

“South Florida is home to a large Venezuelan community, and this new route would help connect families and loved ones with JetBlue’s competitive fares and award-winning service,” Dave Jehn, the airline’s vice president of network planning and airline partnerships, said in a statement.

JetBlue plans to include unlimited in-flight Wi-Fi service, seatback entertainment, and complimentary snacks and drinks during the flights. This would be JetBlue’s first venture in Venezuela.

After regular flights since 1987, American Airlines suspended the service in 2019 due to security concerns. AA started flights between Miami International Airport and Simón Bolívar International Airport on April 30, and added a second on May 21.

La aerolínea de bajo costo informó que planea iniciar el servicio entre FLL y CCS en aviones Airbus A320 con capacidad para 150 pasajeros “antes de que termine el año”, y que los boletos saldrán a la venta “en los próximos meses”.

La aprobación gubernamental aún estaba pendiente.

“El sur de Florida alberga una gran comunidad venezolana, y esta nueva ruta ayudaría a conectar a familias y seres queridos con las tarifas competitivas y el servicio galardonado de JetBlue”, dijo en un comunicado Dave Jehn, vicepresidente de planificación de red y alianzas aéreas de la compañía.

JetBlue planea incluir servicio ilimitado de Wi-Fi a bordo, entretenimiento en las pantallas de los asientos y refrigerios y bebidas de cortesía durante los vuelos. Esta sería la primera operación de JetBlue en Venezuela.

Tras operar vuelos regulares desde 1987, American Airlines suspendió el servicio en 2019 debido a preocupaciones de seguridad. American Airlines reanudó los vuelos entre el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami y el Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar el 30 de abril y agregó una segunda frecuencia el 21 de mayo.

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The Hollywood Police Department has put out information on 32-year-old Rebecca Snider.

According to Hollywood PD, Snider was last seen Friday along the 3900 block of Grant Street around 12 p.m.

Authorities released a photo of Snider which can be seen at the top of this page.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts or who thinks they have seen her is urged to contact Hollywood police at 954-764-HELP.

El Departamento de Policía de Hollywood difundió información sobre Rebecca Snider, de 32 años.

Según la Policía de Hollywood, Snider fue vista por última vez el viernes alrededor de las 12 p.m. en la cuadra 3900 de Grant Street.

Las autoridades divulgaron una fotografía de Snider, la cual puede verse en la parte superior de esta página.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero o que crea haberla visto debe comunicarse con la Policía de Hollywood al 954-764-HELP.

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Police said Ciela Mendez is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighs around 130 pounds.

They said she was last seen in Miami’s Little Haiti area on May 22.

Ciela has black hair and brown eyes, and it is unknown what clothing she was wearing when she was last seen, according to investigators.

Anyone with information on her wherabouts is urged to call MPD at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

La policía indicó que Ciela Méndez mide 5 pies y 6 pulgadas de estatura y pesa aproximadamente 130 libras.

Según las autoridades, fue vista por última vez el 22 de mayo en el área de Little Haiti, en Miami.

Los investigadores informaron que Ciela tiene cabello negro y ojos marrones, y se desconoce qué ropa vestía cuando fue vista por última vez.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miami al 305-603-6300 o al 305-579-6111.

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The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspects as 36-year-olds Evan Robert Aubrey, of Winchester, Massachusetts, and Chabar Sara Duangsay, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Jail records show the incident happened at Wheaton’s Service Center & Towing at 101500 Overseas Highway.

According to MCSO, deputies responded to the repair shop at around 7:45 a.m. after an employee saw the two burglarizing a Mercedes-Benz sedan.

“Security video showed Duangsay removing items from the car and Aubrey directing her,” MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said in a news release. “Duangsay was wearing black latex gloves.”

Linhardt said that Aubrey told the employee that the two were burglarizing the sedan “because it was unlocked.”

Authorities said Aubrey additionally threw a lit cigar into a dumpster at the business, causing a fire.

According to MCSO, Aubrey faces charges of arson, accessory and criminal mischief, while Duangsay faces a burglary charge.

Records show both were being held in the agency’s Key West jail facility with no listed bond. They’re set to be arraigned on June 16.

Cuatro personas resultaron heridas después de que dos vehículos chocaran en la intersección de Douglas Drive y Monroe Street. Uno de los vehículos impactó un tercer automóvil y otro terminó estrellándose contra una casa.

“El auto gris venía de ese lado a como 100 millas por hora y golpeó al auto rojo”, dijo Errol Gunter.

El impacto empujó tanto el auto rojo como el gris a través de la cerca metálica de la casa. El auto rojo golpeó el vehículo utilitario deportivo estacionado.

Gunter dijo que el auto gris chocó a apenas unas 16 pulgadas de la sala, donde estaba su madre. Ella no resultó herida.

“Mi hermana me dijo que escuchó un sonido muy, muy fuerte afuera, y cuando salieron, vieron ambos autos”, dijo Gunter.

Los cuatro heridos, incluyendo tres en condición crítica, estaban dentro de los autos rojo y gris. La familia de la casa tuvo que evacuar hasta que las autoridades determinen que es seguro regresar.

“Cada vez que pienso en lo cerca que estuvo de mi mamá, se me llenan los ojos de agua”, dijo Gunter.

Under a deal made public in March, French company TotalEnergies is getting $1 billion — essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina — if it invests the money in fossil fuel projects instead.

State attorneys general from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont joined New York in challenging the cancellation of the lease off New York, the larger of the two projects and the bulk of the payout. They say it will harm their states’ economies, energy grids and climate goals.

“This administration cooked up a sham deal to pay a foreign energy company hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to abandon offshore wind and invest in oil and gas instead," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. "We are fighting back to stop this illegal agreement that threatens to erase over a thousand union jobs and cheat millions of New Yorkers out of clean, affordable energy.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she and James will continue to aggressively fight back against President Donald Trump’s “overt and never-ending hostility toward offshore wind." Trump, who often talks about his hatred of wind power, has said his goal is to not let any “windmills” be built.

The complaint filed in District Court for the District of Columbia names administration officials, including Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, as defendants, and argues that they canceled the lease without following proper procedures. The states are asking a federal judge to vacate the lease cancellation and settlement agreement with TotalEnergies' subsidiary, Attentive Energy.

Separately, a coalition of renewable energy groups filed a complaint in District Court in Oregon on Sunday over Pentagon officials not completing national security reviews for new onshore wind farms on private lands. They say this inaction has brought a total halt to all wind project development. The Pentagon has said its siting clearinghouse is actively evaluating land-based wind energy projects and it's a complex, time-consuming process.

In response to the New York-led lawsuit, the Interior Department said Tuesday the only thing blatantly unlawful was the process by which these offshore wind leases were negotiated and imposed under the Biden administration, funneling taxpayer dollars into unreliable, unaffordable energy projects. A spokesperson said the lease buybacks were voluntary agreements that no one was forced to sign, which were reviewed and approved by the Department of Justice.

Burgum also defended the TotalEnergies deal last month during a hearing at the House Natural Resources Committee.

U.S. Rep. Dave Min, a California Democrat, asked Burgum if it's appropriate for Interior to send $1 billion to a foreign oil company to stop producing energy, while people are dealing with sky-high utility bills.

Burgum said TotalEnergies was simply refunded their money, which they have already invested in other energy projects in the U.S.

“They essentially gave the U.S. government an interest-free loan and their money was refunded to them,” he said.

Min said the cancellation of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases is a case study on Interior's “economically illiterate and unlawful energy strategy.”

TotalEnergies purchased the lease off New York and New Jersey, in 2022, for $795 million. This was planned as a larger project, with the potential to generate 3 gigawatts of clean energy to power nearly one million homes. It would have brought $10 billion in savings to ratepayers across New York, with $500 million in savings for low-income households, on electricity bills, according to the complaint filed Tuesday.

TotalEnergies also purchased a lease for its Carolina Long Bay project in 2022 for about $133 million. It aimed to generate more than 1 gigawatt there, enough to power about 300,000 homes.

Burgum has said companies were sold a product that was only viable when propped up by massive taxpayer subsidies when they bid for these offshore wind leases in 2022, under former President Joe Biden.

The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects. It adopted this strategy after federal courts thwarted Trump’s efforts to stop offshore wind development through executive action.

Democrats in Congress are investigating the TotalEnergies agreement, and California is investigating a deal that ended a floating offshore wind project, Golden State Wind, proposed off the state's central coast.

Bluepoint Wind also agreed to end its lease for an offshore wind project in the early stages of development off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. Tuesday's complaint does not challenge this agreement, as the lease has not been canceled yet.

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La Oficina del Sheriff del Condado Monroe identificó a los sospechosos como Evan Robert Aubrey, de 36 años, de Winchester, Massachusetts, y Chabar Sara Duangsay, de 36 años, de Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que el incidente ocurrió en Wheaton’s Service Center & Towing, ubicado en 101500 Overseas Highway.

Según la MCSO, los agentes respondieron al taller de reparación alrededor de las 7:45 a.m. después de que un empleado vio a ambos robando en un sedán Mercedes-Benz.

“Los videos de seguridad mostraron a Duangsay sacando artículos del vehículo mientras Aubrey la dirigía”, dijo el portavoz de la MCSO, Adam Linhardt, en un comunicado. “Duangsay llevaba guantes negros de látex”.

Linhardt indicó que Aubrey le dijo al empleado que ambos estaban robando en el sedán “porque estaba sin seguro”.

Las autoridades informaron que Aubrey además lanzó un cigarro encendido a un contenedor de basura del negocio, provocando un incendio.

Según la MCSO, Aubrey enfrenta cargos de incendio provocado, complicidad y daños criminales a la propiedad, mientras que Duangsay enfrenta un cargo de robo.

Los registros muestran que ambos permanecían detenidos en la cárcel de la agencia en Key West sin fianza establecida. Está previsto que comparezcan ante el tribunal el 16 de junio.

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In fact, the nonprofit organization began planning for this year’s emergency response efforts last November, carefully determining what supplies communities will need when disaster strikes.

When hurricanes make landfall, they often leave widespread destruction in their wake. Powerful winds and flooding can quickly cut off access to basic necessities, making emergency supplies critical for survival.

That’s why Food For The Poor focuses heavily on “pre-positioning” — strategically placing emergency supplies in vulnerable regions before a storm arrives. The organization stocks pallets with essential items such as wipes, gloves, blankets, women’s care kits, flashlights, tarps and diapers.

Kivette Silvera, of Food For The Poor, has witnessed firsthand the challenges communities face after major storms, including Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

“You may not be able to have a blanket, a sheet that is dry. And the blankets within these kits will be able to provide warmth to a mother and her children,” Silvera said.

She explained that flooded roads, mud-covered terrain and damaged infrastructure can make it nearly impossible for relief organizations to reach affected areas quickly.

“Pre-planning can be the difference between life and death,” Silvera said.

At Food For The Poor’s Coconut Creek headquarters, pallets of emergency supplies are already being prepared for shipment to countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Typically, seven pallets of supplies are sent to each location. The organization’s disaster preparedness efforts focus on approximately 10 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, regions that are particularly vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural disasters.

Kyle Morris, of Food For The Poor, said the pre-positioned supplies are especially important during the first critical days following a disaster.

“These supplies are crucial for the first 24-to 72-hour window when a hurricane does hit,” Morris said. “It helps to buy that time for more lifesaving aid to come in.”

Food For The Poor has been providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance for four decades. Those interested in supporting the organization’s hurricane preparedness and emergency response efforts can learn more or make a donation at FoodForThePoor.org.

De hecho, la organización sin fines de lucro comenzó a planificar las labores de respuesta a emergencias para este año desde noviembre pasado, determinando cuidadosamente qué suministros necesitarán las comunidades cuando ocurra un desastre.

Cuando los huracanes tocan tierra, suelen dejar destrucción generalizada a su paso. Los fuertes vientos y las inundaciones pueden interrumpir rápidamente el acceso a las necesidades básicas, lo que hace que los suministros de emergencia sean fundamentales para la supervivencia.

Por eso, Food For The Poor se enfoca en gran medida en el “preposicionamiento”, una estrategia que consiste en ubicar suministros de emergencia en regiones vulnerables antes de que llegue una tormenta. La organización almacena palés con artículos esenciales como toallitas húmedas, guantes, mantas, kits de cuidado para mujeres, linternas, lonas y pañales.

Kivette Silvera, de Food For The Poor, ha sido testigo de primera mano de los desafíos que enfrentan las comunidades después de grandes tormentas, incluido el huracán Melissa en Jamaica.

“Puede que no tenga una manta o una sábana seca. Y las mantas incluidas en estos kits podrán brindar calor a una madre y a sus hijos”, dijo Silvera.

Explicó que las carreteras inundadas, los terrenos cubiertos de lodo y la infraestructura dañada pueden hacer casi imposible que las organizaciones de ayuda lleguen rápidamente a las zonas afectadas.

“La planificación anticipada puede marcar la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte”, dijo Silvera.

En la sede de Food For The Poor en Coconut Creek, ya se están preparando palés con suministros de emergencia para ser enviados a países de América Latina y el Caribe.

Por lo general, se envían siete palés de suministros a cada ubicación. Los esfuerzos de preparación ante desastres de la organización se centran en aproximadamente 10 países de América Latina y el Caribe, regiones particularmente vulnerables a huracanes y otros desastres naturales.

Kyle Morris, de Food For The Poor, dijo que los suministros preposicionados son especialmente importantes durante los primeros días críticos después de un desastre.

“Estos suministros son cruciales durante las primeras 24 a 72 horas después de que un huracán impacta”, dijo Morris. “Ayudan a ganar tiempo para que llegue más ayuda que salva vidas”.

Food For The Poor ha brindado ayuda humanitaria y asistencia ante desastres durante cuatro décadas. Quienes estén interesados en apoyar los esfuerzos de preparación para huracanes y respuesta a emergencias de la organización pueden obtener más información o hacer una donación en FoodForThePoor.org.

Left, who was a securities analyst, trader, and guest commentator on television channels including CNBC and Fox Business, was charged in July 2024 with one count of engaging in a securities fraud scheme, 17 counts of securities fraud, and one count of making false statements to federal investigators. As a short seller, Left would make money betting that stocks would fall.

The Justice Department said Tuesday that Left was convicted of one count of participating in a securities fraud scheme and 12 counts of securities fraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31. He faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.

“Andrew Left used his expertise to profit at the expense of retail investors, ordinary people who owned the stocks he targeted. He callously boasted that it was like ‘taking candy from a baby,’” Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a statement. “Egregious schemes like this strike at the heart of free, fair and open markets, and warrant prosecution when they involve criminal manipulation. Investors should have confidence that U.S. markets are safe and free from the type of deliberate manipulation that Left engaged in to enrich himself at the expense of American investors.”

The Justice Department previously said that Left conducted business under the name Citron Research, which had a website that published investment recommendations. He published research on companies ranging from Tesla and GameStop to Grand Canyon Education and Peloton.

According to the indictment, Left would comment on publicly traded companies and make recommendations on the shares. The commentary often included sensationalized headlines (“Investors Peddling Themselves into Frenzy”) and exaggerated language to maximize the reaction it would get from the stock market. As alleged, Left knowingly exploited his ability to move stock prices by targeting stocks popular with retail investors and posting recommendations on social media to manipulate the market and make fast, easy money.

The indictment further alleged that before Citron would publish its commentary, Left would create long or short positions in a public company on which he was commenting in his trading accounts and prepared to quickly close those positions after Citron’s publication and take profits on the short-term price movement caused by his commentary.

In a post on social media platform X under the Citron Research handle, Left expressed his opposition to the conviction.

“We disagree with the jury and this does not stop here,” the post said. “We will keep fighting for free, honest speech and opportunity, the backbone of this country. This is not over.”

Critical to NASA's Artemis moon program, the company's massive New Glenn rocket blew up during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A lightning tower and the transporter-erector used to move and hoist the rocket were destroyed in the blast that sent shock waves across the state.

CEO Dave Limp said the methane, hydrogen and oxygen tanks look to be in good shape. The water tank is also fine and the support tower that's still standing can be repaired in place. A booster and other rocket parts housed nearby were not damaged.

Overall, this was “a bit of good news,” Limp said in an X update, adding: “We will fly again before the end of this year.”

The cause is still under investigation.

Just two days before the accident, NASA awarded a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Blue Origin, choosing New Glenn rockets to launch a pair of rovers to the moon ahead of the arrival of the first Artemis moonwalkers who will drive them. New Glenn also is needed to launch the company's Blue Moon lander that will be used to get astronauts to the lunar surface in the coming years.

NASA is aiming for as early as 2028 for the first moon landing by astronauts since Apollo 17 in 1972.

The space agency will “do all we can” to get the pad back in action as soon as possible “while staying extremely focused on progressing the lander,” Administrator Jared Isaacman said via X.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn line of reusable rockets — named after John Glenn, the first American in orbit — has launched only three times. It’s not nearly as big as SpaceX’s Starship that is making test flights to the fringes of space from Texas. NASA has ordered up Starships, in addition to Blue Moon landers, to get Artemis astronauts to the lunar surface in the years ahead.

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The storms that form tend to stay on the weaker side – only three Category 3 or stronger hurricanes have ever been recorded in June: Audrey (1957), Alma (1966), and Beryl (2024) – but when tropical storms or the less common hurricane does form in June, they tend to do so closer to the U.S. And typically, it’s rainfall and flooding – not strong winds – that are the hallmarks of these early bloomers.

But it’s during the opening weeks of the season especially that formations happen closer to home in the western Caribbean, Gulf, and off the southeast U.S. Only once in our record books has a tropical cyclone formed east of the islands in the first few weeks of June (Tropical Depression Two in 2003 that didn’t even survive a full 24 hours), which means we generally have less time to prepare when an early season storm threatens.

Two primary triggers are responsible for development in early June: stalled fronts draped over the Gulf or western Atlantic and the Central American Gyre or CAG – a broad area of storminess and spin extending from the eastern Pacific into the Caribbean that can be a breeding ground for tropical systems in shoulder months like June, October and November.

As we mentioned in yesterday’s newsletter, we have a cold front diving into Florida over the next few days that’s expected to stall out across South Florida by late week and into the weekend. But for now models aren’t showing any areas of organized spin along the stalled front, with wind shear remaining prohibitively high into early next week.

MJO makes a go by mid-June

During the early months of the hurricane season, we also look to the progression of the Madden-Julian Oscillation or MJO – a see-saw configuration of upper-level winds that moves around the globe every 30 to 60 days. The MJO has a stormy side and a dry side and it’ll be trending toward the stormy side in the Atlantic by mid-month, according to forecast models.

This could promote more organized storminess in the Caribbean or Gulf starting late next week, but right now the long-range models are wholly unimpressed. We’ve seen some hints of mischief in the southern and western Gulf a few weeks out in intermittent model runs, but the signal’s been weak and inconsistent. It’s also worth noting that with the developing El Niño in the eastern Pacific – something we detailed in yesterday’s newsletter – the MJO will likely have less influence this season than it would otherwise.

We’ll keep an eye on the trends, but for now, things will stay quiet in the Atlantic, as they often do to start the season.

Las tormentas que se forman suelen mantenerse en el lado más débil. Solo tres huracanes de categoría 3 o superior han sido registrados en junio: Audrey (1957), Alma (1966) y Beryl (2024). Sin embargo, cuando una tormenta tropical o un huracán, menos común en este mes, se forma en junio, tiende a hacerlo más cerca de Estados Unidos. Por lo general, las lluvias y las inundaciones, y no los vientos fuertes, son las principales características de estos sistemas tempranos.

Especialmente durante las primeras semanas de la temporada, los desarrollos suelen ocurrir más cerca de casa, en el Caribe occidental, el Golfo y frente a la costa sureste de Estados Unidos.

Solo una vez en los registros un ciclón tropical se ha formado al este de las islas durante las primeras semanas de junio (la Depresión Tropical Dos en 2003, que ni siquiera sobrevivió 24 horas completas), lo que significa que generalmente hay menos tiempo para prepararse cuando una tormenta temprana amenaza.

Dos factores principales son responsables del desarrollo durante los primeros días de junio: los frentes estacionarios extendidos sobre el Golfo o el Atlántico occidental y el Giro Centroamericano (CAG, por sus siglas en inglés), una amplia zona de tormentas y circulación atmosférica que se extiende desde el Pacífico oriental hasta el Caribe y que puede servir como zona de formación para sistemas tropicales durante meses de transición como junio, octubre y noviembre.

Como mencionamos en nuestro boletín de ayer, un frente frío avanzará sobre Florida durante los próximos días y se espera que se estanque sobre el sur de Florida hacia finales de la semana y durante el fin de semana. Sin embargo, por ahora los modelos no muestran áreas de circulación organizada a lo largo del frente estacionario, mientras que la cizalladura del viento seguirá siendo demasiado fuerte para favorecer el desarrollo al menos hasta principios de la próxima semana.

La MJO podría favorecer el desarrollo a mediados de junio

Durante los primeros meses de la temporada de huracanes, también observamos la evolución de la Oscilación Madden-Julian (MJO, por sus siglas en inglés), una configuración oscilante de vientos en niveles altos de la atmósfera que se desplaza alrededor del planeta cada 30 a 60 días.

La MJO tiene una fase favorable para la actividad de tormentas y una fase más seca, y según los modelos de pronóstico, se encaminará hacia la fase favorable para tormentas en el Atlántico a mediados de mes.

Esto podría favorecer una actividad de tormentas más organizada en el Caribe o el Golfo a partir de finales de la próxima semana, pero por ahora los modelos de largo plazo no muestran mucho entusiasmo.

En algunas corridas aisladas de los modelos se han observado indicios de posible desarrollo en el sur y el oeste del Golfo dentro de varias semanas, pero la señal ha sido débil e inconsistente.

También vale la pena señalar que, con el desarrollo de El Niño en el Pacífico oriental, algo que detallamos en el boletín de ayer, la MJO probablemente tendrá menos influencia esta temporada de la que tendría en otras circunstancias.

Seguiremos atentos a las tendencias, pero por ahora las condiciones permanecerán tranquilas en el Atlántico, como suele ocurrir al inicio de la temporada.

In Florida, the average price for regular gas is $4.47. With summer travel on the horizon, Local 10 and Tropical Financial Credit Union are teaming up to bring drivers some relief.

“Right now, a lot of people across South Florida are feeling the pressure of everyday expenses, and even something as routine as filling up the gas tank can create real stress,” said Richard Shaw, Tropical Financial Credit Union President & CEO. “We wanted to do something simple but meaningful to help lighten the load, which is why we partnered with Local 10 on this gas card giveaway.”

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It happened on Monday afternoon at a construction site near the corner of Northeast Sixth Street and North Miami Avenue.

According to authorities, two workers were injured while working on the top floor of a building under construction when a structural column suddenly fell, trapping the man and woman underneath.

Miami Fire Rescue crews quickly responded and rushed both victims to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Authorities later said the woman, identified as 25-year-old Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Garcia, was pronounced deceased a short time after arriving the hospital.

The man who was injured remains hospitalized, and officials said he will be facing a lengthy recovery process.

El hecho ocurrió el lunes por la tarde en una obra de construcción cerca de la intersección de Northeast Sixth Street y North Miami Avenue.

Según las autoridades, dos trabajadores resultaron heridos mientras laboraban en el último piso de un edificio en construcción cuando una columna estructural cayó repentinamente, atrapando al hombre y a la mujer debajo.

Equipos de Miami Fire Rescue respondieron rápidamente y trasladaron a ambas víctimas al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Posteriormente, las autoridades informaron que la mujer, identificada como Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Garcia, de 25 años, fue declarada muerta poco después de llegar al hospital.

El hombre que resultó herido permanece hospitalizado y las autoridades indicaron que enfrentará un largo proceso de recuperación.

More primaries are being held on Tuesday as well. Democrats are banking on a rare chance to regain ground in Iowa, a rural state that has repeatedly eluded them in recent years. Republicans, meanwhile, are grappling with a New Jersey congressman whose unexplained absence could put their already slim majority at risk.

— California: Voters are weighing in on who should lead the nation’s most populous state, where there is no clear leader among candidates vying to advance in the race to succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Plus, U.S. House races are on the ballot, along with the Los Angeles mayor’s race.

— New Mexico: Contests in the state include primaries for congressional seats, a U.S. Senate seat and a long list of statewide offices, but the governor’s race is the main attraction. Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for the Democratic nomination, which could put her on a historic path for Native American leaders.

— New Jersey: One of this year’s most closely watched House midterms will take place in the battleground district represented by Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who has drawn public scrutiny and concern after missing more than 100 House votes due to an undisclosed medical issue. Voters are deciding which Democrat will run against him in November.

— Read more about races in Iowa, Montana and South Dakota.

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Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland could make history in New Mexico

If she wins her party’s nomination, Haaland will be on a path to become the first Native American woman elected as a governor in the U.S.

In 2018, the member of Laguna Pueblo became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. Under President Joe Biden, she became the first Native American Cabinet secretary.

New Mexico has trended increasingly blue in recent years, with Democrats winning every statewide elected office since 2017.

Haaland leads her challenger Sam Bregman in fundraising by a significant margin.

Democrats worry about being locked out of a California US House race

Democrats convinced California voters to let them redraw the state’s congressional map to counter the five-seat gain Republicans hoped to earn in Texas when they revised that state’s map at the president’s urging.

But one of the seats Democrats are counting on picking up, a new district outside San Diego that replaces a conservative seat, could end up out of their reach on primary night.

That’s because California’s primary awards spots on the November ballot to the top two vote-getters, regardless of political party. Nine Democrats are on the ballot in the 48th District, so many that some in the party worry the two Republicans will nab the top two slots while the Democrats split the majority of the vote and get locked out of the general election.

Other Democrats are confident their voters will coalesce around one of the most prominent candidates — former Obama administration official Ammar Campa-Najjar or San Diego City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert.

Los Angeles resident urges his neighbors to get out and vote

Jose Rivera says casting a ballot, especially in local elections, is a way to make a difference in your community.

“This is proof that you do have a voice,” he said Tuesday outside his LA polling place.

Rivera voted for Karen Bass for mayor because, he said, she deserves a second term to deliver on her promises.

“She’s done a pretty good job in my opinion overall,” he said.

Democrats compete to take on Tom Kean Jr.

Democrats in New Jersey's 7th District, where incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has been absent for months, are picking their nominee to take him on in the fall.

Kean’s team has said he’s dealing with a personal medical issue and he plans to return soon, but they haven’t disclosed any details about what’s made him more than 100 votes in Congress.

Bruce Paterson, 75, a self-described “regular Democrat” who has been supportive of Kean, said at a recent state legislative town hall that he’s been tracking Kean’s absence.

“He has been out for months. Nobody knows where he is,” he said.

Competing for the Democratic nomination are Rebecca Bennett, Michael Roth, Tina Shah and Brian Varela.

The district, which has New York suburbs and rural areas and includes Trump’s Bedminster golf course, has flipped parties in midterms in 2018 and 2022.

GOP House members slug it out after being drawn into same California district

Democrats redrew the 40th District southeast of Los Angeles to create a solidly conservative district that was bound to eliminate one of two Republicans they have struggled to defeat over the years: Rep. Ken Calvert or Rep. Young Kim.

Both incumbents are now stuck in the same district and have launched a monthslong slugfest over who is more conservative and more loyal to Trump. Both might make it through to the general election. But if one doesn’t, their political career will end — at least for now.

Economic equity key to central Iowa Democrat

Julian Bartell quit his job last winter to take a higher-paying position 30 miles from his home in Newton, Iowa. That was just as the war with Iran was starting. The new daily, hour-long commute and its higher fuel cost erased his higher pay, he said.

He was voting for Zach Wahls, the state senator from progressive stronghold of Iowa City, in Tuesday’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary and Travis Terrell, the lesser-known progressive candidate running against Christina Bohannan for the Democratic nomination in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.

The 22-year-old cook wants to see higher-income earners to pay more in taxes in order to help the working class.

“My priorities are wealth taxes, Medicare for all and guaranteed basic income,” Bartell, a cook, said as he walked out of the Jasper County office building where he was voting around midday Tuesday.

“I don’t see enough change happening for people who need help. There are solutions. We know what they are,” he said. “We just need to get people talking about them more.”

What’s at stake in the New Mexico governor’s race

Polls are open across New Mexico, where voters will decide primaries in three congressional seats, a U.S. Senate seat and a long list of statewide offices. The governor’s race is the main attraction as the state grapples with high rates of violent crime, underperforming schools and cuts to federal programs that are key safety nets for residents.

Two Democrats and three Republicans are vying for their parties’ nominations to replace Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who is term-limited. The winner of November’s general election is all but likely to be a Democrat, given the party’s dominance in recent years. A Republican candidate has not won statewide election in New Mexico in 10 years.

Despite the state’s persistent challenges, the primary election comes at a time of promise for the next governor, as elevated global oil prices from the Iran war have translated into increased tax revenue for state coffers.

Los Angeles voter says he was excited to vote for Nithya Raman for mayor of Los Angeles

Leo Blain, 24, likes Raman’s progressive agenda and believes she can be effective at building coalitions.

“I think she has a really good understanding about how the city of LA works and would be a really effective mayor,” Blain said Tuesday outside his polling place.

But Blain found it hard to get excited about any of the candidates for governor.

He voted for billionaire Tom Steyer because he believes the Democrat has the best shot to win in the November general election.

Los Angeles searches for its next chapter

Most of the campaign has focused on issues like rebuilding from the Palisades Fire, affordable housing and persistent homelessness. But there are other, more existential concerns as well.

Hollywood jobs have been decamping for years for cheaper filming locations. A downtown renaissance was crushed by extended pandemic closures, and many office buildings remain desperate for tenants.

The city has long struggled to provide basic services, whether paving buckled streets and sidewalks or keeping streetlights on. The restaurant industry has witnessed a long string of high-profile closures. The city’s notorious gridlock continues unabated.

All of this has increased pressure on city leadership as it prepares to host the Olympics in 2028.

Iowa voter is looking for change

Wallace McCracken was taking time during his lunch break as an energy company safety manager to vote in Newton, the seat of Jasper County in central Iowa.

The 43-year-old registered Democrat said the nation is at a turning point in 2026, and that he wanted to be part of the direction it turns.

“We’re at a precipice and a changing point,” he said, declining to say for whom he voted in Iowa’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. “If people want change to occur, they’ve got to do something about it.”

The married father of a middle-school student described the course of the nation as “struggling,” in part because he believes government is too tied to corporate interests.

“I would like to see a government did not funnel so much money to private corporations and bend over to lobbyists,” he said, “and, instead, do more for the people directly."

2 Democrats hope to replace Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst

Zach Wahls and Josh Turek are both state lawmakers running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Republican Ernst.

They agree on a lot. But they each say they’re the better pick to win a state that’s dominated by Republicans.

Iowa hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since Tom Harkin won his last term in 2008.

GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson is endorsed by Trump and Ernst for the Republican nomination. Hinson faces former state Sen. Jim Carlin in the GOP primary.

Another Democratic voter sees Josh Turek as ‘best positioned’ in November

John Smith, 56, said the most important factor in his vote in Iowa’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate was identifying an individual who would be “best positioned in the general.”

Smith voted for Josh Turek over Zach Wahls.

The two state lawmakers campaigned on different visions for how to win statewide in November. Democrats want to flip the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who has the backing of Trump and Ernst, is seeking the GOP nomination.

“It feels like there’s more opportunity for Democrats to gain ground this year than in past years,” said Smith, who lives in Des Moines.

California governor candidate Tom Steyer sings ‘I Won’t Back Down’

Steyer kicked off Pride Month and capped off the last full day of his primary campaign for California governor by belting out Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

A photo he posted on social media shows Steyer, wearing a backward baseball cap, singing karaoke alongside his wife Kat at a bar in the gay enclave of West Hollywood on Monday night.

“I can’t sing,” Steyer wrote Tuesday on X, “but I can wish you a Happy Pride.”

Steyer, a former hedge fund manager turned liberal activist, has spent millions of his own money as he hopes to advance to the November election.

Will Republican-turned-independent congressman survive California primary?

One of California Democrats’ top targets when they redrew the state’s congressional map was Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley. They split his Northern California district in two, tethering each half to more Democratic areas near Sacramento to create two Democratic-leaning seats.

Kiley opted to run in the 6th District, which is crowded with local Democratic candidates. He became an outspoken critic of political gerrymandering and then left the Republican Party to run as an independent. That might be his best shot of survival with the new California map.

Josh Turek’s electability argument resonates with one progressive Iowa voter

Emily MacFarland, a Democrat, said she voted Tuesday feeling concerned about the nation’s democracy and the state of Iowa. She said she’s glad to see more national attention on the once-competitive state. “I’m just hoping that we can become more purple,” the 49-year-old Des Moines, Iowa, resident said. “I think that Donald Trump is helping out all of the Democrats. This is our chance, honestly.” Like other Iowa Democrats, MacFarland said she had a hard time deciding between Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, two state lawmakers competing to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Being more progressive, she said she normally would’ve voted for Wahls. But ultimately, MacFarland chose Turek, who has said his experience winning a state House race in a red district can translate to success statewide. “I feel that he has a better shot at maybe getting a few Republicans that maybe are not happy with the Republican Party, or lean more independent,” she said.

Republicans vying to take on New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker

The party has been adrift in the Democratic-leaning state since last year when its Trump-backed candidate for governor lost by double digits.

Voters face a four-way race between attorney Justin Murphy, surgeon Robert Lebovics, Army veteran Richard Tabor and former TV reporter Alex Zdan.

The winner will face Booker, the Democrat who is running for a full third term. Republicans have struggled in Senate contests in New Jersey, which they haven’t won in over five decades.

One Iowa Democrat likes that Zach Wahls won’t ‘shy away’ from his positions

Kristen Anderson, 48, and her 21-year-old daughter, Sydney Baratta of Des Moines, Iowa, both voted on Tuesday for Zach Wahls to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Anderson said it was a “hard call” because there wasn’t anything wrong with Wahls’ competitor, Josh Turek. Many Iowa Democrats felt torn between the two state lawmakers who want to flip retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s seat in November. “I don’t have strong inclination that one of them is necessarily better than the other,” Anderson said. But Wahls is “not someone whose going to shy away from his stance,” she said. “He just seems like a good guy, just generally.” Baratta said she wants to see a younger person in office and that she’d be happy with either candidate. But Wahls, she said, brings fresh perspective and a vocal record protecting women’s access to abortion and public education, both important issues to her. “I’m really excited and intrigued by the fact that we might have some younger people in office who can portray my perspective a little bit more realistically,” she said.

San Francisco’s congressional seat is open for the first time in decades

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the embodiment of the Democratic establishment for some. So it was perhaps natural that a wealthy former software engineer, Saikat Chakrabarti, announced plans to challenge her in her San Francisco district.

Chakrabarti is the founder of Justice Democrats, a group that launches primaries of fellow Democrats from the left, and he’s used the millions he made in Silicon Valley to fund his campaign. But Pelosi, who has been in office for nearly 40 years, is retiring from her 11th District seat, and it’s not clear Chakrabarti will make it to the November ballot.

He faces state Sen. Scott Wiener, a well-known lawmaker who has served in San Francisco and the state capitol in Sacramento, and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, who has been endorsed by Pelosi.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Pratt says it’s a two-person race between him and Bass

Republican Spencer Pratt is dismissing Nithya Raman’s campaign as “weak” and effectively over. The only real race, he says, is between him and Democratic incumbent Karen Bass.

Raman, a former Bass ally and progressive city council member, is challenging the mayor from the left.

In a social media video posted Monday, Pratt says Raman hasn’t gotten anything done during her six years in city leadership. He calls a vote for Raman a waste.

“At this point, it’s me and Karen,” Pratt says.

Trump and Vance boost California governor candidate Steve Hilton

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged his followers to vote for Hilton, a former Fox News TV host and British political adviser.

“He will work with me and the Federal Government, the money will flow because I have confidence in him (but not any of the others!), and we will MAKE CALIFORNIA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance called Hilton a “good guy” and encouraged Californians to vote for him.

“California is such a beautiful state--it just needs better political leadership!” Vance wrote on X.

A progressive challenger to Bass in LA mayor’s race

Nithya Raman was once an ally to Bass, but she filed to challenge her as mayor just hours before the filing deadline. Raman described the city as “at a breaking point.”

She has promised to speed up housing construction, bring back entertainment industry jobs and improve services in a city known for dirty streets and buckled pavement.

Raman hasn’t drawn as much national chatter as Pratt, a former reality television star whose supporters have tried to boost his candidacy with AI-generated videos.

Last week, Raman took a shot at that tactic with her own video showing her flanked by supporters. “No AI was used in the making of this video,” it said.

Some California Democrats aren’t sure who to back for governor

The nation’s most populous state is dominated by Democrats, but some are unsure of who to vote for.

“I’m kind of pinching my nose and voting this go-around rather than being excited,” said Colin Culver, a 21-year-old San Diego resident who ultimately voted for Tom Steyer.

It’s been a chaotic campaign, particularly when former Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race after being accused of sexual assault.

Paul Mitchell, a Democratic strategist tracking ballot returns, said some voters “are holding onto the ballot because they have seen this kind of topsy-turvy governor’s race,” and “they’re waiting to make sure they’re making the right choice.”

The Democratic primary for New Mexico governor has been combative

Two Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination to replace Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a term-limited Democrat who will leave office at the end of 2026. Sam Bregman, an Albuquerque-based district attorney, is campaigning on his law enforcement record and promises to stand up to the Trump administration.

Former congresswoman and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has emphasized her ancestral roots in the state and experience working in the nation’s capital.

Haaland leads Bregman in fundraising by a wide margin, but the primary has become increasingly combative. Bregman’s campaign has seized on the fact that Haaland has declined multiple opportunities to debate him. Meanwhile Haaland’s campaign has cast Bregman as out of touch with everyday New Mexicans, highlighting his personal wealth.

Karen Bass wants a second term as Los Angeles mayor

By any measure, Bass’ first term has been challenging. The worst wildfire in city history began while she was traveling with a presidential delegation in Ghana. Homelessness continues to be a challenge.

“I haven’ always got it right,” Bass says.

But now she wants a second term, which would allow her to keep leading the city of 4 million people as it hosts the Olympics in 2028.

Bass is facing challenges from the left and the right. Progressive city council member Nithya Raman and Republican reality television personality Spencer Pratt are among the 14 names on the ballot.

With so many candidates, no one is likely to get a majority of the vote on Tuesday, meaning the election would be settled by a November runoff between the top two.

Battleground contest brewing in New Jersey district

One of the most closely watched House races in this year’s midterms is unfolding in the New Jersey district represented by Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from votes for nearly three months.

Kean is running unopposed in the Republican primary, where he’s has Trump’s support. But his absence because of an undisclosed personal medical issue has generated outsized interest in the contest.

Kean is seeking a third term.

Trump says absent congressman is ‘working tirelessly’

Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is running unopposed in the primary for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district on Tuesday. But he’s facing growing scrutiny for an unexplained medical absence that has stretched for more than three months, causing him to miss more than 100 votes in Congress.

Trump weighed in on social media late Monday, saying Kean was “working tirelessly” to support the MAGA agenda.

Though Kean isn’t facing any GOP competition today, he’s seeking reelection this fall in one of the few genuinely competitive congressional districts left on the map. Several Democrats vying to take him on in the general election have made his absence — and the lack of clarity surrounding it — a central part of their message.

Democrats hope to dislodge GOP incumbent by redrawing his California district

Every two years, the attention of the nation’s political class is riveted on a Democratic-leaning congressional district in California’s Central Valley. Republican Rep. David Valadao has been able to fend off repeated Democratic challengers, except in 2018, when he barely lost. But he ran again two years later and reclaimed the seat.

Democrats redrew the district to make it even tougher for Valadao. They recruited a moderate who represents the area in the state capital, Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains, to run against him. But she’s had to battle a more liberal rival, political science professor and school board member Randy Villegas. The primary will determine Valadao’s next opponent.

California uses a top-2 primary system

That means all candidates are on the same ballot, regardless of their party affiliation. California has used that system for more than a decade.

It’s occasionally resulted in two candidates from the same party competing against each other in a general election. That happened most notably in U.S. Senate races in 2016 and 2018, when two Democrats faced off.

In the governor’s race, though, one Republican and one Democrat have always advanced to November. Democrats had feared a lockout this year given their large field of candidates. But those worries have diminished in the race’s closing weeks.

Republican candidates for governor say California needs a change

A Democrat has held the governor’s office since 2011, when Jerry Brown took over from Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Democrats have also had a firm grip on the state Legislature.

Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco say that means Democrats are to blame for the state’s expensive gas and housing, its homelessness crisis and a slew of other problems. Both have pledged to reduce regulations and taxes.

Hilton has President Donald Trump’s backing. That could help him in the primary but hurt him in the general election in the heavily Democratic state.

Republicans will fight hard to keep the Iowa US Senate seat

Holding on to Iowa is a big part of the GOP’s plan to keep its U.S. Senate majority.

A super PAC affiliated with Senate Republicans has pledged $29 million to help ensure the seat stays in GOP hands.

California uses a top-2 primary system

That means all candidates are on the same ballot, regardless of their party affiliation. California has used that system for more than a decade.

It has occasionally resulted in two candidates from the same party competing against each other in a general election. That happened most notably in U.S. Senate races in 2016 and 2018, when two Democrats faced off.

In the governor’s race, though, one Republican and one Democrat have always advanced to November. Democrats had feared a lockout this year, given their large field of candidates. But those worries have diminished in the race’s closing weeks.

5 Republicans want to be Iowa governor

The candidates are U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, state Rep. Eddie Andrews, businessman and former conservative political director Zach Lahn, former state Rep. Brad Sherman and former director of the state Department of Administrative Services Adam Steen.

If no candidate earns at least 35% of Republican primary voters, the nominee would be selected at a contested state party convention.

Trump endorsed Feenstra on Friday, saying on social media that “Randy is MAGA all the way!”

2 veteran California US House members draw generational challenges

The generational fighting that has been ripping through the Democratic Party continues in California’s primaries.

In the Los Angeles-area’s 32nd District, 42-year-old lawyer Jake Levine is challenging Brad Sherman, 71, a 15-term member of the House of Representatives.

And in the 7th District near Sacramento, 40-year-old city councilwoman Mai Vang is challenging Doris Matsui, 81, who has held the seat since her husband, a congressman himself for decades, died in 2005.

California Democrat’s spending dwarfed his rivals

Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund manager turned climate activist, spent nearly $200 million of his money on advertising alone.

The billionaire’s ad campaign was the most expensive in the country by far this election cycle. The data comes from advertising tracker AdImpact.

Steyer’s rivals in the governor’s race and his critics have accused him of trying to buy the election.

But he’s defended his spending, saying he is fighting against powerful corporate interests that are driving up the price of living in the state. Pacific Gas & Electric, a major California utility, is among the corporations and business interests funding anti-Steyer ads.

“I’m only working for the people of California,” Steyer said last week.

3 Republicans seek party nomination for New Mexico governor

They are former mayor of fast-growing Rio Rancho Gregg Hull, cannabis business owner Duke Rodriguez and public relations professional Doug Turner.

While Hull and Turner have not aligned their campaigns with the MAGA movement, Rodriguez was recently served a cease-and-desist letter from a law firm representing Trump for “deceptive use” of the president’s image in campaign materials. That contest's winner faces an uphill battle to win in a state where a Republican has not been elected to statewide office in 10 years.

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It’s been nearly three weeks since Justo Betancourt was released from the facility, but it was on Sunday that Trump posted on social media about him.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Welcome home to Justo Betancourt whose daughter Arianne, fought very hard to free her father from Alligator Alcatraz. Enjoy your freedom together!”

Local 10 News spoke to Arianne Betancourt about it on Monday.

“It is a surprise because I haven’t really been in support of these policies. I’ve been on the opposite end,” she said. “It’s just very confusing. I think myself and everyone else who read that is confused as to why us? And why a Cuban family? I think it has a lot to do with the political climate around Cuba at the moment and the importance of retaining the Cuban vote.”

Justo Betancourt, a Cuban national, spent six months in Alligator Alcatraz.

He was detained during a routine immigration check-in late last year.

A few weeks ago, a judge ruled he was in the detention center too long.

He spoke about what he thought of Trump’s post.

“When he loses a moment, when a decision doesn’t go his way, he tries to make fun of it,” he said in Spanish.

With reports that the facility is set to close this month, it’s not yet clear when that will be.

For Arianne Betancourt, she’s not sure if Trump’s post is a threat or not, but says at least it’s bringing attention to the detention center.

“I want them to shut down operations, but I want it to be treated like a crime scene and I want them to do a full investigation,” she said.

Han pasado casi tres semanas desde que Justo Betancourt fue liberado de la instalación, pero fue el domingo cuando Trump publicó sobre él en las redes sociales.

En una publicación en Truth Social, Trump escribió: “Bienvenido a casa, Justo Betancourt, cuya hija, Arianne, luchó muy duro para liberar a su padre de Alligator Alcatraz. ¡Disfruten juntos de su libertad!”.

Local 10 News habló con Arianne Betancourt sobre el tema el lunes.

“Es una sorpresa porque realmente no he apoyado estas políticas. He estado en el lado opuesto”, dijo. “Es muy confuso. Creo que tanto yo como todos los que leyeron eso estamos confundidos sobre por qué nosotros. ¿Y por qué una familia cubana? Creo que tiene mucho que ver con el clima político en torno a Cuba en este momento y la importancia de mantener el voto cubano”.

Justo Betancourt, ciudadano cubano, pasó seis meses en Alligator Alcatraz.

Fue detenido durante una cita rutinaria de control migratorio a finales del año pasado.

Hace unas semanas, un juez determinó que había permanecido demasiado tiempo en el centro de detención.

También habló sobre lo que pensó de la publicación de Trump.

“Cuando pierde un momento, cuando una decisión no sale a su favor, trata de burlarse de eso”, dijo en español.

Aunque hay informes de que la instalación cerrará este mes, aún no está claro cuándo ocurrirá.

Para Arianne Betancourt, no está segura de si la publicación de Trump es una amenaza o no, pero dice que al menos está atrayendo atención al centro de detención.

“Quiero que cesen las operaciones, pero quiero que sea tratado como una escena del crimen y quiero que realicen una investigación completa”, dijo.

U.S. employers posted 7.6 million job vacancies in April, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, up from 6.9 million in March and most since May 2024. Economists had forecast just 6.8 million openings.

The department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that layoffs fell but so did the number of Americans quitting their jobs - a sign of confidence in their prospects. And the report's measure of gross hiring also dropped in April, suggesting that companies remain reluctant to add new workers even as they hold on to the ones they have.

The American job market has been recovering from a dismal 2025. Last year, companies, nonprofits and government agencies added fewer than 10,000 jobs a month, least outside a recession since 2002.

This year has been better — job growth averaged 76,000 a month from January through April. Big tax refunds — the product of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut bill last year — have given the economy a lift this year, offsetting the impact of sharply higher energy prices since the United States and Israel attacked Iran Feb. 28. But the refunds have mostly been paid out and are fading as an economic booster.

The United States also doesn’t need as many new jobs as it used to. Trump’s immigration crackdown and Baby Boomer retirements mean that fewer people are competing for work. As a result, the so-called break-even point — the number of new jobs needed every month to keep the unemployment rate stable — has dropped to near zero from 155,000 a month two or three years ago, according to an April report by Federal Reserve economists Seth Murray and Ivan Vidangos.

On Friday, the Labor Department will issue its job report for May. The numbers are expected to show that employers added 100,000 jobs last month, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet. The unemployment rate is expected to have stayed at a low 4.3%.

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According to Detective Samantha Choon, with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the shooting was reported at about 10:45 p.m. in the area of Northwest 32^nd Avenue and 79^th Street.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene later in the evening and detectives had a 7-Eleven in the area blocked off with crime scene tape.

Choon said deputies found a man at the scene suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

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

Witnesses told Local 10 that two men got into an argument before one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other.

Choon confirmed that a man was detained, but it’s unclear whether he will be charged in the shooting.

MDSO General Investigations detectives are investigating.

No other details were immediately released.

Programmers at the American Cinematheque, a nonprofit arts group that curates for several historic theaters in Los Angeles, heard the cries for comedies and thought, well, what if they did the opposite? Bleak Week, which would conveniently coincide with the city’s June Gloom, could be the art house version of Shark Week.

“We didn’t know how it was going to go,” said Grant Moninger, the group's artistic director. “People may like this … or people may look at it and somehow be offended.”

In 2022, he and Chris LeMaire programmed wall-to-wall selections of world cinema’s most austere offerings, from Elem Klimov’s anti-war epic “Come and See” to Béla Tarr’s 439-minute “Sátántangó.” LA-based film critic Katie Walsh was one of the early champions of the concept. When it was announced she remembered tweeting the “sickos” meme.

“I was just like, yes, this is for me, this for the sickos,” Walsh said. “We were really enthusiastic about it online. I think that they were like, OK, great, this is like a concept that is going to translate.”

From niche experiment to global footprint

Five years later, Bleak Week has gone global. Across June, there will be Bleak Weeks taking place in 100 theaters in 73 cities spanning eight countries, from the United Kingdom and Canada to Puerto Rico and Latin America. In the United States, it’s not just the biggest cities either: There are versions in Columbia, Missouri (Ragtag Cinema), Pittsburgh (Row House Cinema), Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, (Cinema Art Theatre), Brookline, Massachusetts (Coolidge Corner Theatre) and Albuquerque, New Mexico, (Guild Cinema), to name a few.

“Although Bleak Week sounds depressing, it’s really a celebration of the human experience,” Moninger said. “It’s really what cinema is about: empathy and understanding the world.”

Ennui at the movie theater wasn't niche after all. Those nearly 7 ½-hour showings of “Sátántangó” regularly sell out. It’s not uncommon to see famous people both on the stage and in the audience ( Sean Baker and Mikey Madison were spotted at a screening one year of “In a Glass Cave,” about an ex-Nazi pedophile). Even Tarr, the great Hungarian filmmaker who died earlier this year and once said he’d never come back to the United States, made an exception and attended Bleak Week in year two. Expansion soon followed to The Paris Theatre in New York and The Prince Charles Cinema in London.

“The thing about cinema is that you get to experience all the colors of human experience,” said Walsh, who has both attended and served as a moderator over the years. “Bleak Week offers a chance to kind of like revel in this specific feeling in a lot of ways. I just really love it. I see stuff that I would never ever see elsewhere.”

At the end of the movies, Walsh said, “I usually have to go stare at a wall for like 30 minutes.”

Over 300 movies at Bleak Week 2026

The fifth edition is already underway in Los Angeles at the Egyptian Theatre, the Aero Theatre and the Los Feliz 3. On the schedule are appearances by the likes of Isabelle Huppert, who will do Q&As for several films, including “The Piano Teacher” and “Heaven’s Gate,” filmmaker Ari Aster, showing his director’s cut of “Midsommar” and Denis Villeneuve on behalf of his breakout film “Incendies.”

One of the most liberating aspects about the concept is that there’s no genre stranglehold on the idea of bleak cinema. It can be wartime. It can be interpersonal drama. It can be fantasy. It can even be family friendly. They’ve empowered local programmers to make their own selections; This year there are over 300 movies being shown globally.

“They know their audience. They know what films will resonate,” said LeMaire. “It’s fun for us to see all the different approaches.”

The Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago is focusing on animation, playing movies like Hayao Miyazaki’s “Princess Mononoke,” Martin Rosen’s “Watership Down” and Michael Schaack’s “Felidae.” The Argentina program will include both local films and a retrospective of Aster’s works. At Vancouver’s historic Park Theatre, selections were made by local filmmakers and “friends of the venue.” Actor Finn Wolfhard elected “The Celebration,” “Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw chose “The Deer Hunter” and “Anora” producer Samantha Quan picked “The Virgin Suicides.”

The most programmed film this year is Isao Takahata’s animated “Grave of the Fireflies,” about a boy and his sister fighting for survival in post-World War II Japan after losing their parents. One movie they make a point to show every year is “Come and See,” which Moninger said is “the bleakest of the bleak experience.”

The concept is open to interpretation, as long as it’s a narrative film. The one thing it can’t be is a documentary.

“There’s something still yet triumphant about taking horrible experiences or someone’s personal tragedy and being able to turn it into art,” Moninger said. “That’s really one of our only rules is that we just don’t do docs.”

When it’s all said and done, at least in Los Angeles, they make sure to close with something sweet: The three “Paddington” movies. It’s what they like to call a “marmalade chaser.”

Según la detective Samantha Choon, de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, la balacera fue reportada alrededor de las 10:45 p.m. en el área de Northwest 32nd Avenue y 79th Street.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo en la escena más tarde en la noche y los detectives tenían una tienda 7-Eleven en el área acordonada con cinta de escena del crimen.

Choon indicó que los agentes encontraron a un hombre en la escena con una aparente herida de bala.

El personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladó a la víctima a un hospital local en condición estable.

Testigos dijeron a Local 10 que dos hombres tuvieron una discusión antes de que uno de ellos sacara un arma y le disparara al otro.

Choon confirmó que un hombre fue detenido, pero no está claro si enfrentará cargos en relación con la balacera.

Los detectives de Investigaciones Generales de la MDSO están investigando el caso.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles.

El Reino Unido tiene un objetivo legalmente vinculante, fijado en 2008, de alcanzar emisiones netas cero de carbono para 2050. Por ley, el gobierno debe legislar topes de emisiones para futuros presupuestos quinquenales en un calendario estricto.

El secretario de Energía, Ed Miliband, señaló el martes que el gobierno aceptará el consejo de su Comité de Cambio Climático independiente de fijar una meta del 87% para el próximo presupuesto, que abarca los años 2038 a 2042.

El gobierno sostiene que avanzar hacia la energía limpia reducirá la exposición del país a sacudidas en los precios de los combustibles como las observadas a raíz de la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania y del conflicto en Oriente Medio.

“Mientras Gran Bretaña enfrenta el segundo shock de combustibles fósiles de la década, la única manera de proteger las finanzas de las familias y las empresas es impulsar energía limpia, nacional y producida en casa, que controlemos”, declaró Miliband.

Científicos indicaron que la meta encamina al Reino Unido a cumplir su objetivo de cero neto para 2050, aunque el anuncio del martes no incluye detalles sobre cómo se logrará.

“Creo que esto es una muy buena noticia como hito hacia el cero neto en 2050. Pero, junto con la ambición, necesitamos tanto un plan coherente e integrado para alcanzarlo como una junta de ejecución —independiente del gobierno, de la política y del (Comité de Cambio Climático)— encargada de hacerlo realidad”, indicó Martin Siegert, profesor de geociencias en la Universidad de Exeter.

Los partidos de oposición Conservador y Reform UK sostienen que el gobierno debería rebajar los objetivos de energía renovable y extraer más petróleo y gas del mar del Norte para reducir la dependencia de Gran Bretaña de la energía importada.

La portavoz de energía del Partido Conservador, Claire Coutinho, denunció que el objetivo de emisiones “nos hará más débiles, más pobres y elevará aún más las facturas de energía de todos”.

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

Today is the last day of record heat before cooler air moves in Wednesday through the rest of the week. Extensive clouds will keep temperatures in the middle 80s, which is several degrees lower than average for this time of the year. Humidity will be a touch lower too. Certainly not refreshing, but a lot more comfortable than today.

In his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Mullin portrayed himself as a steadying hand for the Department of Homeland Security after multiplecontroversies roiled his predecessor's tenure. But on Tuesday, Democrats expressed deep skepticism of his ability to change the department, specifically its approach to immigration enforcement and its commitment to the rule of law.

“I want to be very clear, Secretary Mullin, I’m watching closely to see what steps you now take as the new DHS secretary,” said Washington Sen. Patty Murray. "Even now, we are seeing some outrageous proposals.”

Mullin, who just a few months ago was a senator alongside those criticizing him, defended himself, calling the attacks “outlandish” and "just flat wrong."

Mullin’s appearance at the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security comes as the Senate is weighing legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies through the end of President Donald Trump’s term in a maneuver that would bypass the need for support from Democrats, who have demanded restraints before agreeing to fund the agencies.

The attempt to fund those two agencies for the long term has been stalled over separate Republican opposition to a $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted.

Murray cited Mullin's threats to pull U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in states that the Trump administration deems “sanctuary cities,” meaning they don't cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“Your plan to withdraw CBP officers from airports in cities that don’t roll over for Trump, that is insane," Murray said. "It would also spell economic crisis for blue and red states.”

Mullin has set the travel industry on edge with threats to withdraw CBP officers from airports in so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Such a move could upend international travel at a time when millions of visitors are gearing up to come to the U.S. for the World Cup.

Murray also said she believed the White House still had significant influence over Mullin and DHS.

“I have yet to see you take back the reins from Stephen Miller,” she said, speaking of top Trump advisor and one of the architects of the administration's immigration crackdown.

After a blistering opening statement from Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy questioning his commitment to the rule of law, Mullin diverted from his opening statement to defend himself and his department.

“When you start saying it’s unconstitutional, what’s unconstitutional that we’re doing? We swore to uphold the Constitution, just like you swore to the Constitution,” said Mullin, who blamed rhetoric like Murphy’s for a growing number of threats and attacks against his officers.

Republicans largely expressed support for Mullin's work, saying he was following the rule of law. He did face pushback from Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who asked whether DHS would be flexible on high fees and quotes for certain types of work visas.

Tuesday's hearing was the first time Mullin has appeared in the Senate since his confirmation hearing in March. Mullin, who was tapped by Trump to lead Homeland Security after his predecessor Kristi Noem was fired, will testify in the House about the budget on Wednesday.

The U.K. has a legally binding target, set in 2008, of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. By law, the government must legislate for emissions caps for future five-yearly budgets on a strict timetable.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said that the government will accept the advice of its independent Climate Change Committee of an 87% target for the next budget, covering the years 2038 to 2042.

The government argues that moving to clean energy will reduce the country's exposure to fuel-price shocks like those seen from the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict in the Middle East.

“As Britain faces the second fossil fuel shock of the decade, the only way to protect family and business finances is to drive for clean homegrown power that we control,” Miliband said.

Scientists said that the goal puts the U.K. on course to meet its 2050 net zero target, though Tuesday's announcement doesn't include details of how it will be achieved.

“I think this is very good news as a milestone to net zero at 2050. But, alongside the ambition, we need both a coherent joined-up plan to achieve it and a delivery board — independent of government, politics and the (Climate Change Committee) — tasked with making it happen," said Martin Siegert, professor of geosciences at the University of Exeter.

The opposition Conservative and Reform UK parties argue that the government should water down renewable energy targets, and extract more oil and gas from the North Sea to reduce Britain’s dependence on imported energy.

Conservative Party energy spokeswoman Claire Coutinho said that the emissions target “will make us weaker, poorer and send everyone’s energy bills even higher.”

Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday on social media that Pulte would be replacing Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii congresswoman who had served as the director of national intelligence. Trump said Pulte will keep his other positions even as he fills in for Gabbard, who resigned last month after revealing her husband’s cancer diagnosis.

The Republican president cited Pulte's work at the FHFA and his role as chair of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as indicating that his real estate work would overlap with the skills needed to coordinate 18 federal agencies tasked with aspects of foreign and domestic security.

“William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Trump's choice to elevate Pulte, who would also continue in his post at FHFA, shows how the president is putting a greater priority on loyalty to him, even as the Iran war has damaged Trump politically going into November's midterm elections and raised concerns about the quality of advice that aides are giving to a president who has rewarded flattery.

It’s unclear what national security expertise Pulte brings to bear as the U.S. faces conflict in the Middle East, helps Ukraine defend itself against Russia's assault and manages the emergence of artificial intelligence as a military tool. But Pulte, who's 38 years old, has been a frequent guest on Air Force One as Trump has traveled to Mar-a-Lago, his home and club in Palm Beach, Florida.

On one such flight, the housing finance director stood in a doorway as Trump discussed with reporters the ballroom he’s building at the White House and handed Trump a series of renderings of the project that the president held up.

Questions about Pulte's experience

Several Senate Republicans reacted skeptically to Pulte’s appointment, questioning whether the housing finance director has the experience necessary to oversee the intelligence agency.

“We don’t need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota. "I’m trying to get more information about the current state of their thinking about that position. And, again, if he’s somebody they want in that position permanently, he’s got, as you all know, a lengthy road ahead of him.“

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in response to questions about Pulte's national security credentials: “I have no observations on the matter.”

Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, all of whom are leaving the chamber after this year's elections, joined the chorus of wariness against Pulte.

“Doesn’t seem qualified,” Cassidy said.

“I don’t see any evidence of qualifications for that job,” said Cornyn, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“When we looked at his background for the current confirmation, I thought most of his experience was in the building industry,” Tillis said. “I didn’t know he had any national security experience.”

Democrats noted that Pulte's major qualification appeared to be his enthusiasm for fulfilling Trump's requests.

“The concern is not only that Mr. Pulte lacks the ‘extensive national security experience’ required by statute for the job, which was created after intelligence failures led to the deaths of thousands of Americans on 9/11," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., in a statement. “It is that he appears to have been selected precisely because the White House believes he will provide the narrative it wants, not the intelligence we need.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Pulte has been “abusing his authority” as the federal housing finance director and Trump is now "rewarding his lackey — who has no national security experience — with a perch atop our nation’s intelligence community. What could go wrong?”

Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, the liberal consumer rights advocacy group, warned that Pulte was “Trump's hatchet man” who would use the government against those Americans who object to the president's actions.

“Placing Pulte in this post would position him to use the nation’s massive surveillance apparatus and police capacity to harass, intimidate and threaten the many, many people that Trump considers his enemies," Weissman said.

Pulte's attacks on Trump foes

As the grandson of the founder of PulteGroup, one of the country's largest homebuilders, Pulte has cut a combative streak on social media and used his post at the FHFA to attack perceived opponents of the Trump administration.

His time overseeing mortgage finance has been linked with criminal referrals over allegations of mortgage fraud by public officials Trump sought to punish, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat; Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; and Lisa Cook, a board member of the Federal Reserve, who was nominated by a Democratic president, Joe Biden.

The prosecution against James was dismissed in November after a judge concluded that the prosecutor who filed the charges was illegally appointed. Other referrals made by Pulte, including against Schiff and Cook, have not yielded any criminal charges. Lawyers for both have denied any claims of wrongdoing. But Trump did try to use the possibility of mortgage fraud as grounds for removing Cook from the Fed.

Cook’s lawyer accused Pulte of pursuing mortgage fraud on a partisan basis, focusing on Democrats and refusing to pursue similar allegations against Republicans.

Pulte told reporters at the White House several months ago that he had also made criminal referrals regarding at least one Republican official, but he declined to provide the name.

He has famously gone after then-Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting the central bank’s benchmark interest rates as aggressively as the president wanted. He has also been linked to ideas such as the 50-year mortgage and efforts to lower mortgage rates through the purchase of home loan debt that have not paid off as promised, as mortgage rates began to climb after the Iran war started at the end of February.

Pulte has a reputation for cultivating enemies. In a legal feud pursued by Pulte that involved his family namesake's homebuilding company, he accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading. He was believed to be the driving force behind a website trashing an aunt as a “fake Christian.” And he publicly blasted another relative as “a fat slob,” “weirdo” and “grifter,” according to court records.

Politico reported in September that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to punch Pulte in the face. The showdown occurred at a private dinner, and the treasury secretary claimed that he had heard Pulte had been badmouthing him to Trump.

Still, he had fans inside the White House elsewhere.

“Bill Pulte is a terrific guy, very careful person, very much in the details of things, trusted by the president, and a really, really close friend to everybody in the White House,” Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council at the White House, told reporters on Tuesday. “He'll do a great job.”

If formally nominated, Pulte would need to be confirmed by the Senate to hold the position full-time.

In his first term, Trump at various points had acting officials leading the Justice and Defense departments and in top posts at Homeland Security and the Interior.

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Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti and Seung Min Kim in Washington contributed to this report.

More than half of 2025’s sales were “mega-deals” valued at $100 million or more, the ministry said, adding that sales have more than doubled in the last five years, despite widespread criticism of Israel’s conduct in its wars in Gaza, with Hezbollah and with Iran.

It did not identify any of the buyers.

Countries that have vowed to shun Israeli weapons makers are nonetheless quietly placing orders, according to industry officials. Experts say governments look to Israel because its weapons are battle-tested and they're able to see in real time that the munitions and systems work.

“There is a clear and unmistakable thread connecting the (army's) battlefield achievements across all fronts, the extraordinary capabilities of Israel’s defense industries, and the success of Israeli defense exports around the world,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz. He said the growing figures reinforce Israel's position as a leading defense technology power and carry a responsibility to keep innovating.

One area Israel’s Defense Ministry says will be a future priority for innovation is taking down drones, which has proven challenging during the war with Iran. Drones are hard to pinpoint on radar systems calibrated for spotting high-speed missiles and can be mistaken for birds or planes.

This year’s Defense Tech Expo in Tel Aviv reflected the growing international interest in Israeli weapons, with manufacturers promoting arms and other equipment shaped by the country’s recent conflicts. But it also highlighted the tension between showcasing the military technology and the political debate surrounding its use, with event protesters decrying the widespread destruction of Gaza as a testing lab for Israeli weapons.

Israel’s Defense Ministry says it uses its equipment to defend the country and its people, and denies that it uses battlefields as testing grounds.

More than a quarter of the sales last year were missile, rocket, and air defense systems, as in the year prior, said the defense ministry. There was also a surge in observation and optronics systems, it said. Optronics is a branch of electronics dealing with optical, infrared or ultraviolet radiation, and is used in applications such as rifle sights.

A March report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that for the first time, Israel has surpassed the United Kingdom in its share of global arms exports, making it the world’s seventh-biggest supplier.

At issue is territory claimed by both that is believed to contain large, exploitable amounts of natural gas and other hydrocarbons.

The decision to take the matter to the the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, comes after Thailand last month terminated a 25-year-old memorandum of understanding with Cambodia meant to resolve overlapping maritime claims.

Thailand unilaterally revoked the agreement in May after relations between the countries worsened last year after major armed clashes over their land border.

Last year’s fighting with Cambodia spurred nationalistic fervor, putting political pressure on Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to abrogate the pact.

In a live broadcast on TVK state television, Hun Manet said that his government had delivered formal notice to Thailand and to the U.N. secretary-general to begin compulsory conciliation proceedings under UNCLOS rules.

“Cambodia has never violated the sovereignty of other states," he said.

"At the same time, we are unwaveringly determined to defend Cambodia’s sovereignty. Today, we continue to honor that responsibility, not through force, but through international law; not through unilateral action, but through peaceful engagement.”

It wasn't immediately clear when the claim might be adjudicated.

Anutin responded to the announcement by telling reporters that Cambodia's action wasn't a problem. He had previously said that Thailand would continue to pursue a resolution of the maritime border issue according to UNCLOS guidelines, but didn't agree with Cambodia's intention to force conciliation.

Any UNCLOS ruling isn't binding on the parties involved, even though both countries are signatories to the international pact.

Thailand has been averse to having territorial issues decided by third parties rather than handled bilaterally. It has long felt that a 1962 ruling by the International Court of Justice awarding Cambodia the hilltop Preah Vihear temple along their border to be unfair, which has contributed to ongoing tensions between the neighbors.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies.

Trump has tapped Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday on Truth Social.

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US military stops 7th ship trying to run blockade of Iranian ports

The U.S. military has stopped a seventh ship trying to run its blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post.

The Botswana-flagged merchant vessel M/T Lexie was stopped by a U.S. aircraft firing a Hellfire missile into its engine room after the crew ignored repeated warnings from U.S. forces over 24 hours, the post said. The halting of the Lexie comes just days after U.S. forces halted another merchant vessel, the Lian Star, using a similar approach.

This latest halt brings the total of commercial ships disabled by U.S. forces to six because one stopped vessel was ultimately allowed to continue on its way. Another 122 ships have been redirected, the military said.

Justice Department not abandoning other part of Trump settlement, Blanche says

Blanche said that while the Justice Department was scrapping plans to create the ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, it was standing by another part of Trump’s settlement with the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.

As part of that deal, the IRS agreed to drop all pending probes of Trump over whether he’s paid his fair share of taxes.

Pressed over whether it was also abandoning that part of the deal, Blanche said “nothing has changed with that,” and that the administration was only retreating on plans to create the $1.8 billion fund.

News of ‘anti-weaponization’ fund being scrapped catches Democrat by surprise

Blanche revealed that the administration was backing down on the proposed fund under questioning by Rep. Grace Meng, the top Democrat on the subcommittee.

Meng pressed Blanche on the administration’s plans for the fund, asking him: “Not moving forward, ever?” Blanche responded: “Correct,” prompting Meng to let out a surprised “oh.”

The Justice Department on Monday had only committed to temporarily pausing the plans for the fund to comply with a court order blocking it.

Trump administration scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’

Blanche told lawmakers that the administration was backing down after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts.

Blanche’s comments during a House committee hearing came in response to mounting pressure from Republicans for reassurances that the Justice Department’s plans were off the table before they would move forward with legislation funding President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

The Trump administration had previously defended the fund as an appropriate measure make up for what officials insist was a weaponized Justice Department during President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration, a claim the Biden administration strongly denied

Democrats slam plans for ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Democrats opened the hearing with Blanche to rail against the administration’s plans to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they were unjustly investigated and prosecuted.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut called the proposed fund an “extraordinary display of self-dealing” and a “corrupt payout scheme for the President and his political allies.”

“It is unconscionable, this sort of a scandal would ruin any other administration,” she said.

Rubio wraps up full day of congressional hearings, first since Iran war began

The Secretary of State testified for nearly five hours in total before lawmakers on Capitol Hill, starting with a Senate Committee hearing in the morning and a House subcommittee hearing in the afternoon.

Rubio faced a wide array of questions that ranged from the Iran war, Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, U.S. support for Taiwan and a U.S. stockpile of birth control that was supposed to go to foreign countries.

Both hearings were punctuated by the shouts of protestors, some of whom called Rubio a war criminal for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Latin America.

Rubio will face the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Wednesday morning.

US won’t use $9 million stockpile of contraceptives, Rubio says

Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of New York questioned Rubio about the fate of the stockpile, which as of last year was stored in a U.S.-funded warehouse in Geel, Belgium. It includes contraceptive pills, contraceptive implants and IUDs that could spare women in war zones and elsewhere the hardship of unwanted pregnancies.

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which managed foreign aid programs, left the supplies’ fate uncertain.

Meng also asked about the cost of storing the birth control. Rubio said he didn’t know what the cost was, adding that some of the contraceptives have been destroyed. He said they’re not distributing them per an executive order.

“We’re not going to use them or the government of the United States is not going to be involved in distributing contraceptives and all these other things around the world,” Rubio said.

Hearing featuring acting Attorney General Blanche getting underway

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to face questions from lawmakers over the Trump administration’s plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president.

The administration is facing pressure from Republicans to scrap the fund that has provoked outrage over the mere possibility that violent pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be eligible for payouts.

A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday that Trump was reconsidering whether to move forward with the fund established to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.

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Democrats introduce legislation to rein in AI use by the military

Democrats in Congress are introducing legislation to rein in AI use among the military as the Trump administration pushes for its expanded use.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York introduced legislation Tuesday that, if passed, would prohibit the use of AI for nuclear weapon launches, establish controls on its use for surveilling U.S. citizens, and broadly restrict the use of fully autonomous weapons systems, according a statement released by her office. The bill also codifies a policy that requires humans to always be involved in decisions to use force or other “high-consequence” actions.

Gillibrand’s bill comes just months after Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, also a Democrat, introduced a similar bill.

The proposed legislation comes as leaders in the Pentagon, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have insisted that the Pentagon be allowed to use the technology in any legal way it sees fit.

Rubio says China hasn’t provided help to Iran that ‘in any way impeded our operations’

Rubio told lawmakers on a House subcommittee that Iran has Chinese military equipment from their previous ties but said the U.S. has seen no indication that anything provided has “changed the dynamic in the battlefield.”

The remarks came several weeks after the State Department sanctioned three China-based entities for providing satellite imagery that enabled Iran’s military strikes against U.S. forces in the Middle East.

The Trump administration alleged that one company collected satellite imagery of U.S. and allied military facilities to support Iranian imagery request during the Iran war. Another company provided satellite imagery to Iran during the military operation and the third published open-source images detailing U.S. military activity.

Rubio does not support Netanyahu’s plan of seizing 70% of Gaza

Rep. Rose DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, pressed Rubio on where the U.S. stands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s goal of seizing 70% of Gaza to defeat the Hamas militant group.

Rubio said Netanyahu’s statement was not part of President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The plan would end Hamas’ rule and rebuild the territory.

“We have a plan — it doesn’t call for that,” Rubio said. “And at the end of the day, we understand that what we want, and I think what the Israelis would ultimately want, is a Gaza that is governed by a non-Hamas” entity.

Testy exchange between Murphy, Mullin kicks off hearing

The budget hearing with DHS Secretary Mullin is already getting heated.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy used his opening statement to lambast Mullin and his department.

Murphy said while Mullin vowed during his confirmation hearing to keep the department out of the news, he’d done the opposite. He slammed Mullin’s threats to pull CBP officers from airports and accused the department of reckless spending.

“Every day, this agency is breaking the law at scale and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. DHS does not implement the law any longer. It makes up the law,” said Murphy.

Mullin, who until just a few months ago was a senator alongside Murphy, diverted from his prepared remarks to respond to Murphy.

“I do have an opening statement here, but, wow, Senator Murphy, the outlandish claims you made there, it’s just flat wrong,” said Mullin who blamed rhetoric like Murphy’s for a growing number of threats and attacks against his officers.

Democratic lawmaker blasts ‘insidious sledgehammer’ to foreign aid during Rubio’s second hearing

Rep. Lois Frankel, one of the senior Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, said that when Rubio was first confirmed to be America’s top diplomat she was hopeful about what he had presented as his “commitment to democracy and American leadership.”

“And then what happened? DOGE came in with Elon Musk,” the Florida lawmaker said.

She added that Musk and his allies’ time in the administration has had “devastating consequences” that resulted in the dismantling of USAID agency, terminating critical health and development programs, and forcing thousands of experienced public servants out of government.

Rubio faces continued protests during second hearing

When Rubio began his testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday afternoon, a man stood up with a sign and urged the Secretary of State stop supporting Israel and what the man said was “genocide.” The man was quickly led out of the room.

Rubio faced protesters during an earlier hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They raised concerns that sanctions against Cuba were hurting children on the island nation.

This is the first time Rubio is testifying to lawmakers since the Iran war began.

Mullin hearing kicks off in Senate

A Senate budget hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is getting started.

Mullin is at the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security.

The Senate is currently weighing legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies through the end of President Donald Trump’s term.

That’s designed to bypass any need for Democratic support. They’ve demanded restraints on ICE and Border Patrol before agreeing to fund the agencies.

But that funding attempt has been caught up in Republican opposition to a $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted.

Mullin’s likely to face questioning about conduct of immigration enforcement officers, treatment of detainees at an ICE facility in New Jersey and security preparations for the World Cup.

Rubio faces more grilling during second congressional hearing of the day

Rubio is testifying for the second time Tuesday before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

The stated reason is the State Department’s budget, but questions will likely veer into issues concerning the Iran war, the Trump administration’s campaign against drug cartels in Latin America and U.S. support for Taiwan.

The former Republican senator from Florida sat for well over two hours of questioning on Tuesday morning in front the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In the afternoon, he’ll be testifying before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations.

Like the Senate hearing, the hallways outside the room included protestors. Some called Rubio a terrorist and told him to stop killing children in Gaza and Iran when he walked into the room.

Mullin faces Senate grilling on DHS budget, immigration crackdown and World Cup worries

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is slated to appear Tuesday in the Senate to answer questions about the agency’s budget, at a time of intense scrutiny about how the Trump administration is carrying out immigration enforcement and preparing for the World Cup.

The Senate is weighing legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the end of Trump’s term in a maneuver that would bypass the need for support from Democrats, who have demanded restraints. The attempt has stalled over separate Republican opposition to a $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted.

Mullin, who was tapped by Trump to lead Homeland Security after his predecessor Kristi Noem was fired, is appearing in the Senate Tuesday for the first time since his confirmation hearing in March. On Wednesday, he’ll testify in the House about the budget.

From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect

An investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press has found that hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege immigration detention facilities are failing to provide adequate medical care.

Detainees allege they didn’t receive medications on time — or at all — for conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson’s and HIV. Requests for help went unanswered for weeks. Blood sugars rose. Infections festered. Cancers remained untreated. Detainees collapsed and had seizures.

U.S. jails and immigration detention centers have long struggled to meet the medical needs of the people in their charge. But the system is sagging under an influx of detentions since Trump returned to office: More than 75,000 immigrants were being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as of mid-January, up from around 40,000 a year earlier.

KFF Health News and AP asked the Department of Homeland Security to respond to the findings six days before publication but it did not provide comment.

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Trump keeps getting checkups because ‘he likes the results,’ Oz says

The CMS administrator faced another question about the president’s more-than-annual physicals. The president went for the fourth known checkup of his second term last week.

“I think he likes the results,” Oz responded. “He aces the test every single day, and I do actually believe that he is curious to make sure everything is going in the right direction.”

His getting so many physicals was more of a sign of his “very meticulous” nature, Oz contended, because he “wants to know all the numbers” and stay on top of them.

Oz says he trusts Trump’s judgement, when asked why Pulte is qualified to serve as director of national intelligence

Oz was repeatedly questioned about why Pulte is qualified for the role when he has no known experience with intelligence or national security.

He called Pulte “a great guy” and said, “I know him socially” but had not worked with him in his job.

When pressed, Oz said, “You’re asking me a question that’s not in my lane. I’m so focused on making sure Americans are healthy.”

He later said that he appreciated reporters want an answer but said, “I’m not going to be the one giving it to you.”

Oz says Trump’s health is ‘spectacular’

The CMS administrator, who is a physician by trade, says the almost 80-year-old president has “excellent” health, according to his medical records.

Trump went for another checkup at Walter Reed last week.

“That amount of energy and that amount of mental acuity does not exist in a vacuum,” Oz told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. Referring presumably to Trump’s physical body, Oz said: “you have to have a vessel to carry it.”

Trump appears to dispute state media reports that Iran cuts off talks

Trump in a social media post on Tuesday disputed that Iran has cut off communication with mediators, calling Iranian reports of a cessation in talks “false and erroneous.”

“The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today,” Trump said. “Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, ‘It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!’”

Fars and Tasnim, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies, reported earlier Tuesday that Iran had stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel.

Oz reveals TrumpRx is adding 160 more drugs

The CMS administrator announced during the White House press briefing that 160 new medications are being added to the government’s discounted drug website TrumpRx.

That brings the total number of drugs on the site to more than 750, Oz said.

The news comes two weeks after the Trump administration unveiled partnerships with various online pharmacies to add some 600 generic drugs to the platform.

Even with generics added, experts said the potential savings heavily depend on a patient’s situation. For the vast majority of Americans who have health insurance, using that coverage to get medications is cheaper than paying cash through TrumpRx.

Rubio Senate hearing ends as House hearing nears

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has wrapped up his hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which was his first before Congress since the Iran war began.

Rubio will face the House Appropriations Committee at 2 p.m.

Lights, camera, press briefing: The Dr. Oz show comes to the White House

Dr. Mehmet Oz is about to be in the spotlight. It’s a place where he’s already comfortable.

The heart surgeon and longtime daytime TV host, now running the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will lead Tuesday’s White House press briefing as the fourth administration official to stand in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt during her maternity leave.

Oz rose to prominence on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show before spinning off his own series, “The Dr. Oz Show,” in 2009. And though he now leads one of the Trump administration’s wonkiest agencies, he’s still found ways to use his camera showmanship to his advantage.

With social media videos and speeches around the country in recent months, he’s become one of the most public promoters of the administration’s efforts to fight healthcare fraud.

Democratic senator calls Rubio absence during US-Iran talks in Pakistan ‘embarrassing’

Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada called out her former senate colleague for being at a party while Vice President J.D. Vance led a delegation to Pakistan in April to meet with their Iranian counterparts.

Rubio was actually cage-side with Trump at a UFC event in Miami as the peace talks with Iran failed on the other side of the world.

“I just feel that’s embarrassing for us and it’s embarrassing for you,” Rosen said. “We confirmed you to be in the negotiations that are happening. And it’s just unthinkable to me that you are not you are missing high stakes negotiations or that you’re not involved. It’s sad.

In one of his more sharp rebukes, Rubio defended his absence.

“I was co-located with the president in the midst of a high stakes negotiation, so that I could immediately inform him about events occurring halfway around the world,” he said. “I was where I needed to be at that moment.”

Republicans offer first takes on Trump’s pick for intelligence chief

Some Republicans are voicing skepticism about the qualifications of President Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the acting director of national intelligence.

“I don’t see any evidence of qualifications for that job, but as you know, the Senate doesn’t have a role to play in acting (appointments,)” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said of Trump’s choice, Bill Pulte.

“I do not know Mr. Pulte at all. I do not know if he has any intelligence or military background. I don’t even know if he has a security clearance. I know nothing about him at all,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

Collins said she had not made a firm decision yet “because maybe there’s a lot in his background that is relevant to this important position.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Pulte “doesn’t seem qualified.”

“Beyond his absence of apparent qualifications, maybe there’s something I don’t know about,” Cassidy said.

‘No one is begging’: Rubio defends US unsteady stance in Iran negotiations

In a tense back-and-forth, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and Rubio argued over who has the upper-hand in the more than two month war between U.S. and Iran.

The New Jersey lawmaker pointed to the unsteady ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, which has been further tested in recent days by back-and-forth attacks.

“We are the strongest nation on the planet Earth, and we’re in a stalemate with Iran,” Booker said to the secretary. “And now we’re begging to get back into a deal that you all trashed in the first place.”

“There’s no one begging,” Rubio responded, detailing what he called the dire situation of Iran’s economy. “I don’t know where you’re getting this perception that Iran is stronger.”

Rubio says Afghan allies can’t come to US but will try to resettle them elsewhere

The secretary said he could not commit to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members to the U.S. as was promised under the Biden administration.

Rubio said the U.S. is in talks with multiple countries to take a few hundred of them in order to avoid sending them back to the Taliban where they will likely face reprisal.

Those individuals have been stranded at a U.S. base in Doha for the past year as the Trump administration’s immigration actions have left them in a limbo.

The refugees at Camp As-Sayliyah include 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.

“He transcended boxing into every space you can imagine,” she told The Associated Press this week ahead of the 10-year anniversary of Ali’s death on June 3, 2016, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

“Muhammad lived by this mantra: service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on earth," Lonnie Ali said during an interview at The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. “He showed up every day with kindness and empathy in his heart for people who are in need."

Ali, known as the “Louisville Lip” in his hometown, rose to prominence as a trash-talking world champion boxer in the 1960s and began speaking about civil rights issues as his star was rising. He is widely regarded as the most famous and influential boxer of all time, winning the heavyweight title three times.

The Ali Center is sponsoring a “Day of Compassion” on Wednesday, the 10th anniversary of his death, to promote acts of service and caring. Lonnie Ali, who serves as the center's lifetime director, said the hope is an expanding annual event to highlight works of service and volunteering.

The day will focus on one of "the core values that made up Muhammad Ali” in an increasingly divided country, she said.

“Today, we are in a place where we are losing touch with our humanity and with each other,” she said. “It’s causing rifts, not just in families and communities, but in this nation. We’re becoming increasingly polarized and separated, and sort of retreating to people who think like us, look like us, and not really reaching out.”

She also challenged political leaders to lead with compassion, noting the recent weakening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court.

“We should always be thinking about how we can uplift a community, not how we can make it harder for them,” Lonnie Ali said. “We want equal representation in this country. You can’t have equal representation when you’re denying people voting rights, you can’t do that.”

But there is hope, she said, and she saw that when the city of Louisville came together for a weeklong celebration of Ali's life in 2016. The week was capped by a funeral procession through the city and past her late husband's modest childhood home near downtown Louisville. Former President Bill Clinton and actor Billy Crystal spoke at his funeral, and Will Smith, who portrayed Ali in a 2001 movie, was a pallbearer.

The outpouring of love for Ali at his hometown funeral service was livestreamed to millions around the world. A decade later, Ali’s face graced a U.S. Postal Service stamp for the first time, showing his enduring influence.

“We’re talking about people who traveled thousands of miles to come here, who had never met the man, never laid eyes on him personally, but wanted to ... give their last respects to him: kings, princes, presidents, heads of state, celebrities, sports figures,” Lonnie Ali said.

It happened on Friday in Shelby, a town about an hour west of Charlotte.

The officer, who has since been identified as 22-year-old Karson Hyder, has been charged with assault inflicting serious injury.

He turned himself in and has since posted a $10,000 bond.

It happened as officers tried to handcuff the victim, who asked for mental health care and for officers to call her father, adding she was off her medication.

In the video, Hyder is seen slamming the woman to the ground, and seconds after getting her to the ground, he starts throwing punches, hitting her a number of times.

A second officer is then seen seemingly trying to intervene, saying, “I got her.”

It is unclear what happened in the moments before the video started, but the department chief said officers were conducting a criminal investigation when they encountered a “suspicious female.”

A homeowner, whose security camera captured the video, posted it on social media.

Court records show the woman was charged with breaking and entering, resisting a public officer, and assault on a government official or employee. She was initially held on a $10,000 bond, but was later released on an unsecured bond.

“This man is supposed to protect, but he chose to like ... he was wanting to murder her,” said Gregory Moore, the victim’s father. “Thank God (there) was cameras out there. And I wonder, does he have a daughter or kids, and how would he feel if the shoe was on the other foot?”

The police chief said the department has sent the findings of their investigation to the North Carolina State Bureau for an independent review of any criminal violations.

The bureau is asking the public for patience as they investigate.

Animal poison control centers are reporting a nearly 300% increase in marijuana-related calls over the last several years.

For Hannah Branson, a pet emergency started with chocolate.

“The first thing I see when we walk in is just foil everywhere, all over the floor,” Branson said.

Branson had recently adopted Falcore, a small terrier-Chihuahua mix.

“I glance over at the dining room table and the bowl is completely empty so my heart sank,” she said.

She said she had no idea her new puppy would be able to climb onto the table and help himself to a bowl full of chocolate Easter candy.

“The bowl was pretty full. It was a Costco-size bag, so quite a decent amount, for sure,” Branson said when asked about how much chocolate Falcore ate.

Unsure what to do, she rushed her 5-pound dog to an emergency veterinarian.

“They give an injection which induces vomiting pretty much immediately, so he started throwing up and the amount that he threw up, they were like, ‘Oh wow, he ate a lot of chocolate,’” she said.

Chocolate toxicity remains a major concern for pets, but veterinarians say it is no longer the most common toxin they treat.

“More and more often, we’re seeing people come in with marijuana toxicity cases. It’s one of the more common toxicities that we see,” said Dr. Ignacio Casali, of Veterinary Emergency Group in Fort Lauderdale.

“THC, chocolate, chocolate and mushrooms, now we’re seeing it a lot,” he said.

Casali said he sees at least one case a week, and sometimes more, involving pets that have eaten THC edibles or marijuana-infused chocolate.

“It can get dangerous at high quantities, especially now that for humans, they are selling it in concentrated forms,” he said.

The dosage intended for adults can be far too much for small animals.

Early symptoms include lethargy, confusion, glassy eyes and trouble walking.

“They are losing balance, they’re walking around and they’re kind of falling to the side and they’re doing the bobbling head sometimes. They are walking into the hospital and they are dribbling urine,” Casali said.

Veterinarians say one of the biggest challenges is getting accurate information about what an animal may have ingested.

“The more information we have, the easier it is for us, because we do have toxicity calculators with chocolate, with THC. We can plug in the patient’s weight and the amount of THC they were exposed to and immediately we have an idea of how heavy the symptoms are going to be,” Casali said.

Treatment typically includes fluids and support for blood pressure and body temperature.

Veterinarians say THC toxicity is mostly treatable and usually nonlethal, with most side effects subsiding within 12 to 24 hours.

Back at home, Branson said she is relieved Falcore has returned to his normal energetic self, keeping his older sister Pippa busy.

The incident left her with a $500 veterinary bill.

While Branson is comfortable talking about her dog’s chocolate overdose, veterinarians say some pet owners are reluctant to admit when their animals may have consumed marijuana because of the stigma surrounding it.

“Nothing is forcing me to report to the authorities about what the dog got exposed to. Our main goal here is to help pets, no matter what toxicity it is,” Casali said.

Veterinarians recommend keeping all candies, chocolates and THC products out of reach of pets.

The fate of the embattled immigration detention center is in flux.

Vendors have confirmed to Local 10 that they’ve been told operations at the facility will end by Monday, nearly one year after President Donald Trump’s famed visit on the day gates opened.

The facility was built in less than two weeks, but a new chapter for the detention center is taking shape.

Monday morning, Floridians for Public Lands founder Jessica Namath observed vendors and law enforcement vehicles coming and going from the facility.

“It is June 1, start of hurricane season, so I was curious what was happening at the site, and I have definitely seen more vehicular traffic than I did at the middle of last month,” she said. “I am hopeful that they are packing up and getting out of the Everglades.”

Sky 10 was above Alligator Alcatraz in recent days as a growing number of detainees inside the facility are calling Local 10, claiming they’re seeing operations shutting down.

Multiple sources said the number of detainees is dropping drastically.

“It’s supposed to be to effectuate the removal, not to have them there indefinitely,” immigration attorney Sammy Aliferis said.

Justo Bentacourt was one of the inmates recently released from Alligator Alcatraz.

He was released two weeks ago after being detained six months ago during a routine immigration check-in.

“I knew one day I’d get out,” Bentacourt said shortly after his release.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump posted a message on social media, telling Bentacourt to enjoy his freedom with his daughter who worked hard to free him.

The high cost to run the facility could be a factor in the decision to shut it down as the money comes from Florida’s emergency fund.

U.S. Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost, who represents District 10 in Florida, weighed in.

“They spent nearly a billion dollars of taxpayer dollars on this failed project of human suffering,” he said.

More than $600 million is supposed to be reimbursed by the federal government, but the timeline for complete repayment is unclear.

“It’s irrelevant whether the state’s being reimbursed or not – they’re being reimbursed with our taxpayer money regardless," Frost said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his actions to support the controversial detention center, but he does not deny the recent New York Times report that the federal government is closing it for good.

The reports by the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, came as tensions flared in Israel’s separate but related fight against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon.

A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated at all on Tuesday after saying that a ceasefire needed to be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to continue.

In other developments, the U.S. military said it fired a missile to halt another oil tanker trying to reach an Iranian port in violation of the American blockade. It was the seventh ship stopped by the military while trying to run the blockade, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post.

The Botswana-flagged merchant vessel M/T Lexie was stopped by an aircraft firing a Hellfire missile into its engine room after the crew ignored repeated warnings over 24 hours, the post said.

Trump says talks ‘going on continuously’

Trump called reports of a cessation in talks “false and erroneous.”

“The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago and today,” Trump said in a social media post. "Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, ‘It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not address the reported cutoff in communications as he testified at a congressional hearing in Washington. Instead, he sounded an optimistic note about the nuclear dimension of the negotiations, while cautioning that there’s no guarantee of reaching “a deal that’s acceptable.”

Iran has been trying to increase pressure on Trump over negotiations on the Iran war ceasefire and loosening the Islamic Republic's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and the oil, gas and other commodities that normally pass through it. Trump then could potentially push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt or slow the advance of his forces, which have moved deeper into Lebanon than at any time in over a quarter of a century.

The conflicts have increasingly become conjoined, as Iran insists that any potential truce in the war there must also quell the fighting in Lebanon.

Israel and the U.S. maintain the fighting in Lebanon is separate from the Iran war talks.

Inflation takes an economic toll on Iran

Meanwhile, year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians are facing. While the U.S. is eager to ease the Islamic Republic's grip on the strait — through which a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed in peacetime — Iran faces economic challenges as its oil-backed economy remains under a U.S. naval blockade.

Economic pressure touched off nationwide protests in Iran in 2017 into 2018, when rising food prices sparked demonstrations that killed over 20 people and saw hundreds arrested. The next year, an increase in government-subsidized gasoline prices caused protests that saw over 300 people reportedly killed.

Then came the protests over the collapsing value of Iran's currency, the rial, at the start of this year. They were the most intense demonstrations to shake the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution and the chaotic years that followed. Iran's theocracy met January's protests with a crackdown on demonstrators in January that killed over 7,000 people, according to activists' estimates.

Now, even as hard-liners hold gun-handling workshops and organize marriages under the shadow of a ballistic missile to bolster spirits, experts note there could be new demonstrations if people find themselves priced out of feeding their families.

“I have no doubt that if Trump leaves (Iran without a formal peace deal) ... most probably, we will see something like January by the end of summer because of the economic and social situations," analyst Mohsen Jalilvand said in a video published by Iran's Fararu news website.

Prices climb at ‘an unprecedented rate’

Iran's Central Bank said the consumer price index, which measures a basket of goods and services, reached 77.2% in May compared with the year before. The rate is 8.5% higher than in April, the bank added. Inflation in daily and general needs — like medicine, taxi fares, tobacco and communication fees — rose 113.8% from the year before.

A private economic think tank in Iran, the Bamdad Institute of Economic Studies, described the current figures as “an unprecedented rate since World War II.” Iran’s Central Bank did not acknowledge the significance of the figures.

The previous record came in 1942. During the war, the British and Soviets invaded Iran and took over its railway, disrupting food supplies. The lack of food, worsened by a poor harvest, sparked hyperinflation and a famine. Hunger and a typhus outbreak killed many.

Airstrikes this year have greatly damaged Iran's businesses and its oil industry, Meanwhile, the U.S. blockade has been targeting Iranian crude oil shipments trying to reach the international market, a key source of hard revenue. Tax revenues have been depressed by businesses struggling even after the fighting paused.

The rial, which traded at 32,000 to $1 in 2015, now trades at over 1.7 million to $1.

“We will definitely have higher prices," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in May. "We are fighting, and we must accept this hardship.”

Tehran-based economist Saeed Leilaz, speaking to the AP, warned that annual inflation in Iran could reach 80%.

"Iran’s society cannot tolerate above 25%” annual inflation, he said.

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Karimi reported from Tehran, Iran. Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz in New York and Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin in Washington contributed to this report.

In another viral post, one X user referenced a common meme in response to the encyclical, writing: “The atheism leaving my body the moment the pope starts talking about how AI is an affront to God and the new Tower of Babel."

That kind of reaction to Leo’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), has been prevalent online since its release last week. That enthusiasm is driven in part by a perception, especially among young people, that few political or global leaders grasp or take seriously the known and potential ramifications of AI’s rapid rise. Leaders often have worked to accommodate the tech industry, citing the need for economic growth — and along the way, critics say, cozying up to wealthy CEOs.

“People have really been looking for a response to AI,” said Isabel Thurston, a 27-year-old comedian from Boston. “This was the first — at least in my sphere of the world — world leader to make an announcement to this magnitude.”

History’s first U.S.-born pope has demonstrated a willingness to embrace aspects of contemporary culture. He was recently spotted wearing Nike sneakers under his vestments, and in his encyclical, Leo quoted the wise wizard Gandalf from the “Lord of the Rings," a series by Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien.

“It’s clear that this is written by an American pope. There’s a spirit breathing through this document of an emphasis on individual freedom, on human happiness and human dignity," Robert Orsi, a professor of religious studies and history at Northwestern University, said of Leo's encyclical. “At times, I thought the language really resonates with the Declaration of Independence.”

This specific kind of cultural fluency may help explain some of his viral moments as the leader of the ancient faith.

Just weeks earlier, a group of youths visiting the Vatican coaxed the 70-year-old pontiff to do a viral hand gesture on camera known as the 6-7 meme — a meaningless “brain rot” joke among young people. Though it’s clear in the video that the pope, like most adults, doesn’t understand what they’re asking him to do or its significance, he does it anyway and is met with enthusiastic cheers. A week later, he did it again while smiling and waving to crowds from the popemobile.

The portrait that has emerged from these instances is one of playfulness, but also intentionality. The pontiff reiterates throughout “Magnifica Humanitas” that it is the church’s responsibility to engage contemporary questions and challenges.

“Her mission has a historical scope and entails a responsibility for the way in which social relations are built,” Leo wrote about the Catholic Church. “She cannot consider herself a stranger to the forces shaping society. On the contrary, the Church actively participates in the processes by which society grows and is organized.”

Since his election last year, Leo has made a point to directly converse with — and sometimes critique — various aspects of society, ranging from politics to entertainment and sports.

Pope Francis, Vatican II and other preludes

Orsi studies the relationship between Catholicism and modernity, which he says have often historically been at odds with one another. He said Leo’s encyclical and his broader papacy, like that of his predecessor Pope Francis, is informed heavily by the still-polarizing Second Vatican Council, which brought modernizing reforms to the church more than 60 years ago.

“It’s speaking with a Vatican II voice to the modern world. So, it’s not a voice of condemnation, but it’s a voice of respect,” Orsi said of Leo’s encyclical. “Pope Francis, in a sense, was the necessary prelude to this kind of encyclical. I think Francis gave a really strong encouragement to take a clear critical voice on these urgent questions.”

That’s not to say there haven’t been detractors to Leo's approach. Some criticized his decision to present his encyclical alongside Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah. The Vatican decided to involve the tech company as part of its decade-long effort to engage Silicon Valley in dialogue over the human cost of AI.

In the roughly 42,300-word document, the pontiff exhorts all “men and women of goodwill” to not be afraid to get their “hands dirty on the ‘construction site’ of our time.”

That willingness has sometimes led to measured but very public rebukes of policies, actions and leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and the ongoing war in Iran. Some conservatives including Vice President JD Vance, who is a Catholic convert, have invoked the concept of “just war” theory in response to Leo’s critiques.

Church teaching has long allowed for “just wars” — the use of force to stop an unjust aggression — as long as certain conditions are met. But Leo directly addressed this doctrine in his encyclical, calling it “outdated.” “Humanity possesses far more effective and capable tools for promoting human life and resolving conflicts, such as dialogue, diplomacy and forgiveness,” he wrote.

Hollywood to baseball: American culture at the Vatican

Last November, the pontiff hosted a “World of Cinema” day at the Vatican with actors and filmmakers including Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Gus Van Sant and Spike Lee, who gifted Leo a custom New York Knicks jersey with the number 14 and the name Pope Leo on the back.

“Cultural facilities, such as cinemas and theaters, are the beating hearts of our communities because they contribute to making them more human,” Leo told his Hollywood audience. “The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what ‘works,’ but art opens up what is possible.”

He has also not been shy about his love of the Chicago White Sox, sometimes sporting baseball caps or posing with bats — the latter inspiring a kind of subgenre of Leo memes. “POV: you’re a priest who just asked ChatGPT to write your Sunday homily,” the Rev. Harrison Ayre posted on X with a photo of Leo holding a bat and smiling.

Shortly after “Magnifica Humanitas” was released, Thurston, who is Catholic, posted a video of her and a friend drinking margaritas while meticulously studying and discussing printed pages of the encyclical. It has racked up more than 3 million views on Instagram.

“An aspect that made the video going viral really joyful for me was to represent all of the Catholics or lapsed Catholics or adjacent interested parties as really celebrating what Pope Leo is saying in his encyclical,” she said.

Orsi said this strategy is coming at a crucial time for the Catholic Church following years of reckoning with its legacy of clergy sexual abuse. “I think a lot of people who moved away from the church are now saying, ‘Wait, maybe the church does have something to say to the modern world,’” he said.

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“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said in response to questions at a House hearing on the Justice Department budget.

"“Not moving forward, ever?” asked Rep. Grace Meng, a New York Democrat.

The blunt declaration marked an extraordinary turnabout for a Trump Justice Department that just two weeks ago had pronounced the fund as essential to make up for what officials insist was weaponized law enforcement during President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration. Since then, though, the idea has faced mounting pressure from Republicans who demanded reassurances that plans for the fund were off the table before they would move forward with legislation funding President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

Blanche said the Justice Department was not abandoning an element of a settlement with the IRS that gave Trump and his family immunity from tax audits.

The hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee was scheduled for discussion of the Justice Department's budget, but lawmakers quickly focused their questioning on the creation of a fund that has provoked outrage over the mere possibility that violent pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be eligible for payouts.

Signs for the retreat surfaced Monday when a person familiar with the matter said the Republican president was now reconsidering whether to move forward with the fund established to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. The Justice Department also said Monday it would comply with a Virginia court temporarily blocking the administration's “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” effectively agreeing to pause the plan for at least two weeks.

Another judge in Florida raised the prospect of reopening the IRS lawsuit because of “grievous allegations” of improper dealing made against the administration by settlement critics.

The Trump administration has defended the fund as an appropriate measure to make up for what officials insist was a weaponized Justice Department during President Joe Biden's Democratic administration, a claim the Biden administration strongly denied. Though some Trump supporters, including participants in the Capitol riot, have celebrated the announcement, the reaction among Republicans in Congress has been decidedly more hostile, forcing Blanche to try to assuage a GOP constituency that generally operates in close alignment with the administration.

The furor has especially complicated matters in the Senate, where Republicans defiantly left town 10 days ago without passing legislation to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies. Republicans who returned to Washington on Monday said they won’t have the votes to pass the Homeland Security spending bill until the White House works with them to place parameters on the fund. Many have pushed the administration to impose limits or scrap the idea altogether.

At a Senate budget hearing last month, Blanche refused to rule out the possibility that those who carried out violence on Jan. 6 could be eligible for payouts and has repeatedly said in interviews that anyone who feels persecuted by the criminal justice system is free to apply. Payouts will be decided by a five-member commission appointed by Blanche.

But he has apparently struck a more conciliatory tone in private when confronted by Republican anger.

Blanche encountered a groundswell of opposition last month at a tense private meeting with GOP senators, with more than half raising concerns, including by shouting at the Justice Department's top official, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said in a recent episode of his podcast.

“There were fireworks at an epic level — and I've got to say, it's one of the roughest meetings I've seen in my entire time in the Senate," Cruz said.

Behind closed doors, Blanche was “adamant” that no one who assaulted police at the Capitol would receive compensation, according to Cruz.

“He said not just ‘no,’ but ‘hell no,’” the senator recalled.

The lineup for the event, which will take place Sept. 18-19 at the T-Mobile Arena, also includes Weezer, Goo Goo Dolls and Kenny Chesney. More artists will be announced at a later date.

Ryan Seacrest will once again host, and fans can hear it all on iHeartMedia radio stations or watch it streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

The general public can buy tickets on AXS.com starting at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT on June 12. Capital One cardholders will be able to access a presale beginning at 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. PDT on June 10.

“The iHeartRadio Music Festival is all about bringing together the biggest artists across every genre for two unforgettable nights, and this year’s lineup truly reflects the incredible diversity of music today,” Tom Poleman, chief programming officer, and John Sykes, president of entertainment enterprises of iHeartMedia, said in a joint statement.

Earlier this year, BTS made a triumphant return after a nearly four-year musical hiatus. “ARIRANG,” the 14-track, fifth studio album from the septet is huge; an ambitious reunion and the band’s first original full-length release since the seven members completed South Korea’s mandatory military service. Not that it has been all quiet at team BTS: The band staggered their enlistments, giving ample time for its members to focus on solo projects while the group was on a break.

They've returned to the stage since then, and iHeartRadio Music Festival is another victory lap.

Kostyuk won an intense all-Ukraine quarterfinal against Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Tuesday.

That set up Kostyuk against Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva, who thumped Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3.

Kostyuk leads Andreeva 2-0 on the tour; the second win in the Madrid final a month ago. Kostyuk didn’t shake hands at the net, following protocol for Ukrainians with opponents from Russia and its ally Belarus since the war started four years ago.

“We had a very difficult night again in Ukraine, especially in Kyiv, so many people dead,” Kostyuk said. "I want to give this match to Ukrainian people and to their resilience. Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!)”

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 18 civilians and wounding more than 100 others, authorities said on Tuesday.

“I found out early in the morning. I have a couple of friends that told me about it, who are there,” Svitolina said. “Just very sad that we all have to really put up with this heaviness and pain every single day, and scared moments not knowing what’s going to bring the next day.”

Svitolina will leave Roland Garros to look after the daughter she has with French tennis player Gael Monfils, but will be cheering Kostyuk on from a distance.

“I will be watching the match and definitely cheering for her, hopefully that she can get the title,” Svitolina said. “It’s going to be massive for Ukraine.”

No. 7-seeded Svitolina got off to a slow start but worked her way back, matching No. 15 Kostyuk’s power from the baseline. Kostyuk was better on the important points in the decider and improved her impressive 2026 record on clay to 17-0.

She's the first Ukrainian woman to reach the semifinals at Roland Garros in the professional era (since 1968). Svitolina has reached the semis at the other three Grand Slams but failed for the sixth time to win a French Open quarterfinal.

Andreeva will appear in her second French Open semifinal, two years after the first. She was asked about the challenges of playing a Ukrainian in wartime.

“Well, for me it doesn’t matter who I play,” Andreeva said.

“I really try to play against the ball that is coming at me. Usually it doesn’t matter to me who I’m playing against, so I’m trying to really focus on the game and on the game plan.”

After a week of hot weather, rain arrived in Paris and play started under the closed roof of Court Philippe-Chatrier. Competing in the quarterfinals for the first time in 17 years, Cirstea struggled to find her rhythm against her 19-year-old rival.

The 36-year-old veteran, playing the final season of her career, immediately dropped her serve. She didn't hold serve or win a game until the first game of the second set. Andreeva’s deep, accurate groundstrokes and charges to the net took a toll on 18th-seeded Cirstea, whose attempt to come back was shortlived.

“I felt like it was one of my best matches so far this tournament,” Andreeva said. “Super happy to be back in semis.”

In men's play, up-and-coming Rafael Jodar of Spain faces a tall order against second-seeded Alexander Zverev. Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic takes on Joao Fonseca of Brazil in the night session.

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Through their own determination and courage, and with family support, Yousufi and others like Mona Amini had been able to study, to play soccer for clubs and for the Afghanistan women’s team. But when the Taliban returned to power in 2021 it shut down all women’s sports, and the players of the Afghan team went into hiding.

After a frantic evacuation, 13 of the players settled in Australia where for five years they lived, played and trained in the hope of once again being allowed to represent their country.

The Afghanistan soccer federation doesn’t recognize the women’s team. But in April, soccer’s world governing body granted the Afghan women’s team eligibility for international competition.

This week, 23 members of the Afghan Women United program are in a training camp in Auckland, New Zealand and will play games against a team from the Cook Islands.

“It was a special day that we heard that Afghanistan can represent again our flag in international tournaments," Amini, a midfielder, told The Associated Press in a Zoom call Tuesday. “This is the result of hard work that we did in the past four or five years.”

Seven months ago, the Afghan women played in the so-called “Unite” tournament in which they achieved a win over Libya.

“It was a very special moment because we played in an international friendly tournament, and after three years we heard our anthem,” Amini said. “That was amazing for me.”

A better future

FIFA’s subsequent recognition was another important milestone on a long and perilous journey.

Yousufi, a Melbourne-based goalkeeper, remembers her reaction vividly.

“We’re going to have the national team! That’s the greatest thing ever that could have happened to the team," she said. “It was super important to us, especially thinking of the time when we arrived in Australia and we had lost everything: family, our childhood memories and that national team.”

Yousufi said she left home with one backpack, “to be safe and to continue to be alive.”

“When we came here the most important part of our life was to be a soccer player and to be a soccer team,” she said. "When we we saw we could not be (officially) a national team and we could not represent our country ... it was like I lost the game.”

While many ended up in Australia, there are Afghan players spread across Europe and some in the United States. Coach Pauline Hamill holds talent identification camps and helps pull the squad together for games.

Memories of their darkest days remain a strong part of the team’s motivation to succeed, and to represent women and girls still in their homeland. The Afghan women’s team played its last official competitive match in 2018.

“We couldn’t play freely in Afghanistan," Amini said. “Going out from home was tough because there was the risk of the Taliban seeing us and finding that we were playing soccer. "It was a very tough time and I’m pretty sure every one of the girls, every single one of us, fought hard to create this team and we are very happy right now to stay with each other.”

A student and an athlete

Yousufi was a student and a soccer player, and she said it was difficult even before the Taliban returned to power “for a girl to play football in Afghanistan with such difficulties as family barriers and difficulties of the society to accept a woman in sport.”

“We were thinking of any other outcomes like the danger we were facing, everyday dangers in Afghanistan like bomb explosions. Considering all those things — and it was the same for the other girls — we took all those risks to be part of the national team and to be a football player.”

Then life became even more difficult.

“The only thing humans want is freedom, and the Taliban took our freedom,” Amini said. “It is really difficult that you cannot educate, you cannot play sport, you cannot go outside or you cannot do what you love ... (or) follow your dreams.”

Role models

Amini said the refugee players now were determined to represent all women and girls in Afghanistan.

“We are here and we are going to be trying our best to do something for them, to be the voice of them so that we could have a new generation for the future for the Afghanistan women’s national team,” she said.

Yousufi said she was among a group of players “adopted by the Australian government,” and “we’re now living our life and continuing our journey with football, with our education and also being a voice for all those girls who are in Afghanistan.”

“Our team might be the one to change the way the people think and also the way that things are happening towards the girls and women in Afghanistan," she said. “We're all trying our best show that women and girls can be part of the society and can be someone who is in education or in sport, that women also have the right to do that.”

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