Idaho State News

Thursday high school scores – August 28

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:36:24 +0000

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H.S. FOOTBALL
Raft River 6
Grace 22

H.S. VOLLEYBALL
(Number of Sets Won)
Madison 3
Idaho Falls 0

Butte County 2
Skyline 0

American Falls 0
Sugar-Salem 3

Firth 3
South Fremont 0

Teton 1
North Fremont 3

Thursday high school soccer scores – August 28

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:03:48 +0000

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BOYS SCORES
Madison 2
Idaho Falls 6

Twin Falls 0
Highland 2

Thunder Ridge 4
Shelley 2

Canyon Ridge 3
Hillcrest 0

South Fremont 0
Bonneville 3

American Falls 1
Firth 1 (tie)

Snake River 0
Teton 15

GIRLS SCORES
Idaho Falls 7
Century 1

Highland 0
Twin Falls 0 (tie)

Blackfoot 1
Preston 1 (tie)

Snake River 0
Teton 7

American Falls 5
Firth 2

End of an era: Billions of packages of ‘cheap’ goods shipped to the US are now subject to steep tariffs

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:01:06 +0000

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN

(CNN) — A big change to all the “cheap goods” Americans order just went into effect.

For nearly a century, low-value packages of goods from abroad have entered the United States duty free, thanks to what’s known as the “de minimis rule,” which as of 2015 has applied to packages worth less than $800.

The loophole has reshaped the way countless Americans shop, enabling many small businesses globally to sell goods to US consumers with relative ease and allowing, in particular, ultra-low-cost Chinese e-commerce sites like Shein, Temu and AliExpress to sell everything from clothing to furniture to electronics directly to American shoppers, escaping many duties in place for packages exceeding the $800 threshold.

But those days are over. As of one minute past midnight Eastern Time, all imported goods — regardless of their value — are now subject to 10% to 50% tariff rates, depending on their country of origin. (In certain cases, they could face a flat fee of $80 to $200, but only for the next six months.)

A headache for delivery services

Ahead of the expiration of the de minimis rule, a slew of delivery services across Europe, as well as Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Mexico suspended deliveries to the United States, citing logistical compliance challenges.

International shipper UPS, meanwhile, said in a statement to CNN Thursday: “We stand ready for the new changes and do not anticipate any backlogs or delays.”

DHL, which suspended service for standard parcel shipments from Germany but is continuing to ship international packages to the United States from all other countries it serves, told CNN that shipments “may experience delays during the transitional period as all parties adjust to the changes in tariff policy and regulation.”

The United States Postal Service and FedEx declined to comment on whether customers should anticipate delays.

“Our systems are fully programmed and equipped to support the seamless implementation of these changes. CBP has prepared extensively for this transition and stands ready with a comprehensive strategy, having provided clear and timely guidance to supply chain partners, including foreign postal operators, carriers, and qualified third parties to ensure compliance with the new rules.

Susan Thomas, the acting executive assistant commissioner for Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Trade, told CNN in a statement that the agency’s systems “are fully programmed and equipped to support the seamless implementation of these changes.”

“CBP has prepared extensively for this transition and stands ready with a comprehensive strategy, having provided clear and timely guidance to supply chain partners, including foreign postal operators, carriers, and qualified third parties to ensure compliance with the new rules,” she said.

A potential benefit for some American small businesses

While some small businesses, like some individual consumers, have benefited from the de minimis exemption by purchasing goods duty-free, the end of the exemption may benefit some, too.

For Steve Raderstorf, co-owner of Scrub Identity, which sells scrubs and other medical apparel at two stores located in Indianapolis, the tariff change will “level the playing field” for him and, he believes, other small business owners, he said.

A 2023 report by Coalition for a Prosperous America, a group that advocates for US producers and manufacturers, estimates that e-commerce giants like Amazon and Walmart took in hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue in 2022 through their networks of third-party sellers who took advantage of the loophole.

Raderstorf said almost all the goods he sells are imported. But as a small business, he doesn’t have the ability to set up a third-party network to tap into the exemption. Instead, his imported goods are all subject to applicable tariffs.

Additionally, many of the foreign manufacturers from whom he purchases goods in bulk in order to get a better price have benefited from de minimis by setting up sites to sell directly to people who could have otherwise shopped at his stores.

With de minimis gone, he feels small businesses have a better chance to compete more fairly with mega retailers and also support their local communities more.

“When somebody comes to my door and they want me to support the local football team or baseball team, I have money to do that then, and then it gets back into the community,” he told CNN. “When it goes to China, it never, ever stays in the United States — it’s gone for good.”

Since the de minimis exemption was closed for China and Hong Kong, CBP has seen packages that would have otherwise qualified for duty-free status go down from an average of 4 million a day to 1 million, White House officials told reporters Thursday.

Raderstorf is empathetic to Americans who are concerned about the increased cost of goods — but at the same time, he’s hopeful it’s “going to push them back out into their communities to meet their local retailers.”

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Three-vehicle crash shuts down I-15 near Blackfoot

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:53:03 +0000

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) - A multi-vehicle crash blocked southbound I-15 near Blackfoot Thursday afternoon.

Idaho State Police said a red Toyota Avalon hydroplaned into a barrier, triggering a chain reaction with a Dodge Ram pulling an RV and a Kenworth semi.

The Toyota’s driver, a 21-year-old from Rexburg, was hospitalized. All drivers wore their seatbelts.

The highway was blocked for over two hours.

ISP is investigating, with help from local law enforcement and fire crews.

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys ask judge overseeing his trial for gag order on Trump administration officials

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:52:10 +0000

By Devan Cole, CNN

(CNN) — Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garica, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, are yet again asking the federal judge overseeing his human smuggling criminal case to order Trump administration officials to stop making negative comments about him that they say could jeopardize his right to a fair trial.

The request made Thursday to US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Tennessee comes as public attention has turned back on the Maryland father of three days after he was released from criminal custody pending his trial in the case, only to face new efforts by the government to quickly deport him again.

His attorneys say that in recent days, comments from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, as well as posts made on the Department of Homeland Security X account and statements by others, have presented a “substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing” his trial, which is set to begin in January.

“This past Friday, Mr. Abrego’s release from pretrial detention reignited the efforts of officials across the Executive Branch – and particularly at DHS – to besmirch both Mr. Abrego and the courts in a campaign to try this case in the court of public opinion,” Abrego Garcia’s lawyers wrote in a 15-page filing to the judge.

Crenshaw, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has previously told the Trump administration that officials must moderate their public comments about Abrego Garcia to ensure he receives a fair trial.

In an order issued late last month, the judge reminded all counsel and those working with them that they’re required to follow rules prohibiting extrajudicial statements that could interfere with a criminal defendant having a fair trial.

But Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said in their filing Thursday that the recent comments violate those very rules. They pointed to statements made all the way up to Thursday morning, when Trump border Czar Tom Homan said during a Fox News appearance that their client is “a gang member, terrorist, wife beater, pedophile, human trafficker, (and) alien smuggler.”

Noem has also attacked Abrego Garica this week, writing in a post on X Monday, “The American people are safer without this MS-13 gangbanger in our country roaming freely on our streets. No more. Good riddance.”

“Regrettably, the previous efforts of both the court and the defense have not worked. They have not stemmed the tide of inflammatory extrajudicial statements from government officials,” Abrego Garcia’s lawyers wrote. “Further intervention from the Court is necessary to protect Mr. Abrego’s right to a fair trial and the integrity of these proceedings.”

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Disco de Kylie Minogue y TV de bolsillo: desentierran cápsula del tiempo sellada por la princesa Diana en hospital de Londres

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:49:52 +0000

Por Jennifer Hauser, CNN

Una cápsula del tiempo sellada por la princesa Diana en 1991 fue desenterrada de un hospital infantil de Londres para permitir la construcción de un nuevo centro oncológico.

Los trabajadores que nacieron en 1991 o que ya trabajaban en el hospital ese año ayudaron a retirar la cápsula, que contenía objetos como un televisor de bolsillo, un CD de Kylie Minogue y algunas semillas de árboles, según un comunicado de prensa emitido el miércoles por el Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).

Janet Holmes, especialista sénior en juegos para la salud, que trabajaba en el GOSH en 1991, dijo que su artículo favorito era el televisor de bolsillo.

“Me trajo tantos recuerdos ver la televisión de bolsillo allí. Le había comprado uno a mi marido en su día, para cuando se tomaba un descanso mientras conducía su autobús por el país. ¡Eran carísimos entonces!, dijo Holmes, de acuerdo con GOSH.

La difunta Diana, princesa de Gales, fue presidenta del GOSH en 1989 y era conocida por visitar regularmente a los niños del hospital, situado en el corazón de Londres. Participó en la ceremonia de la cápsula del tiempo en marzo de 1991, cuando el GOSH colocaba los cimientos del edificio Variety Club.

Dos jóvenes que ganaron un concurso nacional proporcionaron los objetos para la cápsula. Se les había pedido que sugirieran recuerdos que representaran la vida en la década de 1990. También había una calculadora solar, una colección de monedas británicas, un holograma de un copo de nieve, una hoja de papel reciclado y un pasaporte europeo.

Rochana Redkar, becaria clínica de la Unidad de Hematología Oncológica Pediátrica y Trasplante de Médula Ósea, se mostró emocionada al ver la excavación.

“Fue maravilloso formar parte de este evento. Acababa de incorporarme al GOSH seis meses antes y estaba muy emocionada por participar en la excavación de la cápsula del tiempo, ¡que fue enterrada el año en que nací!”, afirmó Redkar, según el comunicado de prensa.

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Appeals court keeps alive challenge to Trump’s effort to cancel billions in foreign aid

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:16:23 +0000

By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to review a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid, but it also allowed the nonprofits who are fighting that effort to continue their case in a lower court.

At issue is billions of dollars in foreign aid, including for global health programs, that was approved by Congress but that President Donald Trump deemed wasteful and has sought to cancel. Several nonprofits who receive those grants sued in a case that has twice reached the Supreme Court.

The decision was partly a win for Trump, because the appeals court declined to review the nonprofits’ claim that the cuts violated separation of powers principles. But it also means that the groups will be able to continue to make their case.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit sided with Trump in the case earlier this month, blocking the groups from suing and empowering the administration to refuse to spend money approved by Congress. But late Thursday, the panel issued an amended decision that gave the groups the ability to continue their challenge – at least on a limited basis. In turn, the full appellate court, which the nonprofits had asked to rehear their case, declined to review the challenge.

The upshot of the legal machinations for the groups is that the lawsuit now returns to US District Judge Amir Ali, nominated by President Joe Biden, who had previously blocked the Trump administration from implementing the freeze. An emergency appeal the administration filed at the Supreme Court this week will likely be moot.

US Circuit Judge Florence Pan, also nominated by Biden, wrote in a dissent to the full appeals court’s ruling that it was a mistake not to review the decision from the three-judge panel because its ruling blocked off one important route the nonprofits tried to use to challenge Trump.

However, she acknowledged that the panel’s revised opinion provided a “pathway for the grantees in this case to pursue relief,” which she said might be “the most efficient way for the grantees to seek access to the $15 billion of appropriated funds.”

Trump signed an order on his first day in office attempting to curtail foreign aid spending, and his administration has for months been fighting court orders that block his effort. Ali in March wrote that the spending of foreign aid is a “joint enterprise between our two political branches” and said the administration was trying to usurp Congress’s role.

But earlier this month, the three-judge panel of the appeals court overruled that decision and sided with the Trump administration, holding that only the legislative branch may sue an administration for making changes to congressionally approved spending – not the nonprofit groups that had challenged the drastic proposed cuts.

The nonprofit grantees appealed to the full DC Circuit. But because of an unusual series of procedural maneuvers, Ali’s injunction had remained in effect while the case was pending at the full court of appeals. That prompted the Department of Justice to rush up to the Supreme Court on Tuesday with an emergency request to put Ali’s order temporarily on hold, claiming it would force them to spend $12 billion in foreign aid before the end of next month.

“Given the vast sums involved and the significance of the case to the separation of powers and U.S. foreign policy, the district court’s holdings, if allowed to stand, would clearly warrant this court’s attention, and those holdings would not survive review,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer, the administration’s top appellate attorney, told the Supreme Court.

Now that the full appeals court has ruled, it will likely take the dispute off the Supreme Court’s docket – at least for now.

The case made its way to the Supreme Court once before. In March, a 5-4 majority initially rejected the administration’s request to keep the money frozen. That narrow decision effectively allowed the litigation to continue in lower courts.

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Multi-vehicle crash on I-15 near Blackfoot sends one to hospital

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:15:47 +0000

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BLACKFOOT — A multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 15 north of Blackfoot Thursday afternoon sent one driver to the hospital and blocked traffic for more than two hours.

The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. at milepost 93, according to Idaho State Police.

Investigators say a 21-year-old Rexburg man driving a red Toyota Avalon hydroplaned into the median barrier. Moments later, a 20-year-old Utah man driving a Dodge Ram 3500 pulling an RV struck the Toyota, pushing it into a Kenworth semi driven by a 63-year-old Rigby man.

The Toyota’s driver was taken to the hospital by ground ambulance. His condition has not been released.

All occupants involved were wearing seat belts.

Southbound lanes were closed for roughly two and a half hours while emergency crews from the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, Blackfoot Police Department, and Blackfoot Fire Department responded and cleared the wreckage.

The crash remains under investigation by Idaho State Police.

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Jackie Kennedy’s lipstick-stained glass is just one piece of the history at Phnom Penh’s Raffles Le Royale Hotel

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:55:12 +0000

By Lilit Marcus, CNN

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — In 1967, four years after her husband President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and she became the most recognizable widow in the world, Jacqueline Kennedy visited Cambodia.

When she arrived in the capital city of Phnom Penh amid a generation-defining war, there was no question where she would stay — the Hotel Le Royal, the toniest address in town. Opened in 1929 and inaugurated by the then-King Sisowath Monivong, the hotel came by its name honestly.

In honor of the former first lady’s visit, the hotel’s bartender created a special cocktail: the Femme Fatale. Made with cognac, Champagne and crème de fraise, then garnished with a frangipani flower, it’s served in a long-stemmed coupe glass. It’s fizzy, elegant, and the perfect thing to drink while hiding from Phnom Penh’s hot, humid weather.

Four decades later, much about the hotel has changed — but the Femme Fatale remains on the bar menu.

The story doesn’t stop there.

Much of the hotel’s finery was dumped into storage following the country’s brutal civil war, untouched. After the property was purchased by the Raffles group in 1996, a worker supposedly found the exact glass Kennedy had drunk her Femme Fatale out of — thanks to a mark from her lipstick on the rim — and rescued it amid the hotel renovations.

Now, the glass, along with a few photos of Kennedy’s trip to Phnom Penh, is displayed in a vitrine outside the hotel’s Elephant Bar.

The hotel also has a Kennedy suite, where a portrait of the former first lady hangs, seeming to look admiringly over the pristine white linens and cool tile floors. A vintage copy of the Life magazine issue about Kennedy’s Cambodia trip, sourced by Raffles on eBay, is on a hallway table, already opened to the relevant page.

From First Lady to global celebrity

“I call that her transitional period,” says Elizabeth J. Natalle, author of “Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy,” of Kennedy’s post-White House, pre-remarriage years.

At that point, Kennedy was arguably the most famous and talked-about woman on the planet. Her love life was as scrutinized as her outfits.

Accompanying Kennedy on her trip was David Ormsby-Gore, a British aristocrat and former ambassador to the United States. The two visited Angkor Wat, the massive UNESCO-listed complex in northern Cambodia, together.

Though they kept their relationship low profile at the time, letters auctioned off after both their deaths revealed the depth of their love – including the reveal that Kennedy had turned down Ormsby-Gore’s marriage proposal.

Natalle believes that Kennedy was suffering from undiagnosed PTSD after witnessing her husband’s assassination. But while Kennedy dreaded the idea of riding in an open-top car convoy – similar to the one she’d been traveling in on November 22, 1963 – she agreed to do it as a goodwill gesture toward Prince Sihanouk, her host in the Southeast Asian country.

Yes, she was a celebrity, but she was not a politician. Therefore, she carried a unique kind of soft power, notes Natalle. As a widow, she possessed a respected dignity, and as she was no longer the sitting first lady, her position was neutral.

“Soft power is the antidote to military policy and official government diplomacy,” says Natalle. “First ladies have a kind of credibility just because they’re first ladies. They’re not an official part of the government, they don’t have a job description, they’re not in the Constitution.”

Though visiting Cambodia while an American-backed war was raging across the border in Vietnam may have seemed like a political gesture, Kennedy insisted that she was simply in the country to visit Angkor Wat and other historical sites.

Her vacation was a carefully orchestrated performance. Public opposition to the Vietnam War in the US was at its height, and official relations between the US and Cambodia had been cut off in 1965. As a result, Kennedy needed an official invitation from the king to get into the country.

Then there was the question of logistics. There were no direct flights between the US and Cambodia – a fact still true to this day. Finally, a solution: she flew on a commercial flight to Bangkok, then was taken on to Phnom Penh via a US Air Force C54 that had been granted special permission to land.

A Francophone, Kennedy had helped her husband during his political career by translating French books and political speeches, including material about Cambodia, which had been part of French Indochina. According to Natalle, she was known for granting access and interviews to French-speaking journalists on her travels, even if she snubbed the English-speaking ones.

And she’d long been known as a lover of history, art and architecture following similar “transitional era” visits to countries like Greece and Spain.

“She was interested in ancient civilizations,” says Natalle. “Angkor Wat would probably be part of that. It was the way in which she would praise her hosts and the site itself as something of significance.”

A changing hotel for a changing Cambodia

Sitting near the banks of the Ton Le Sap River and two miles from the Royal Palace, the Hotel Le Royal has lived many lives.

It survived the darkest period in modern Cambodian history, when the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge controlled the country. From 1975 to 1979, at least 1.7 million Cambodians were killed by the regime. Many Cambodians were pushed out of or escaped from Phnom Penh into the countryside.

After the Khmer Rouge years, Hotel Le Royal was renamed the Solidarity Hotel and played host to international journalists and aid workers who were flowing into the country. When the Raffles group bought the hotel in the 1990s, they settled on the name Raffles Hotel Le Royal.

After all these years, the Raffles Le Royal remains an important address in Phnom Penh. Angelina Jolie, Charlie Chaplin and Charles DeGaulle have also stayed there.

In 2012, President Barack Obama visited Cambodia as the final stop on a diplomatic tour around Southeast Asia and was photographed sitting on a couch at the Raffles, talking on his phone.

He wasn’t in the Kennedy Suite, though.

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Federal judge rejects effort to dismiss lawsuit alleging Saudi Arabia helped 9/11 hijackers

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:50:00 +0000

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected an effort from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to dismiss a lawsuit from 9/11 terror attack survivors and victims’ families alleging that the country assisted the hijackers in the lead up to the deadliest attack on US soil in its history.

US District Judge George Daniels found that the plaintiffs’ claims were sufficient enough to allow the landmark civil case to go to trial and let the yearslong legal battle continue.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege the government of Saudi Arabia had a role in backing an extremist support network that assisted the hijackers in the US leading up to the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly denied the suit’s allegations.

Attorneys for the families at a hearing last year laid out evidence they said revealed the support network involving several high-ranking Saudi officials working in the US, which they say facilitated the hijackers’ movements across the country.

Daniels wrote in his opinion that Saudi Arabia’s “attempts to offer seemingly innocent explanations or context” in response to the suit’s allegations were “either self-contradictory or not strong enough to overcome the inference that” the Kingdom had employed two individuals, Omar al-Bayoumi and Fahad al-Thumairy, to assist the hijackers in the lead up to the 9/11 attacks.

The plaintiffs have alleged in filings that Thumairy, a diplomat stationed in the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, was the main designated contact person for al Qaeda and the hijackers in Los Angeles. They also claim that Thumairy worked closely with Bayoumi in orchestrating the support system for the hijackers during their time in California before their eventual move east.

Saudi Arabia has maintained that Bayoumi was a student devoutly involved with a San Diego mosque whose congregants unknowingly helped the hijackers out of hospitality to the newcomers who did not speak English.

Michael Kellogg, an attorney for Saudi Arabia, argued at the hearing last year that any assistance provided by Bayoumi was “limited and wholly innocent.” Kellogg pinned his arguments on Bayoumi’s 2021 deposition, his interviews with law enforcement and conclusions from the 9/11 Commission report.

CNN has reached out to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for comment.

Terry Strada, the chair of 9/11 Families United, a coalition of victims’ families and survivors pursuing transparency, celebrated Daniels’ ruling in a statement Thursday.

“Today’s decision is another powerful step toward justice,” he said. “We are prepared to move forward and present the full scope of evidence in court, so that the truth is undeniable and justice is finally delivered.”

While 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens, Saudi Arabia has consistently denied any government involvement in the attacks. The US has long said its strategic Middle East partner had no role and that al Qaeda acted on its own in hijacking four commercial airplanes and flying them into the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon. A fourth plane, United Flight 93, crashed in Pennsylvania.

But allegations of Saudi complicity have persisted, and litigation against Saudi Arabia has evolved in the last two decades, eventually being condensed into the current multi-district litigation.

Co-lead attorneys Jodi Westbrook Flowers and Donald Migliori of Motley Rice LLC, one of the firms representing plaintiffs in the case, also praised Daniels’ ruling in a statement to CNN on Thursday.

“Today’s landmark decision in the September 11, 2001 case marks an important day for justice. The court concluded ‘the total evidence creates a high probability as to Bayoumi and Thumairy’s roles in the hijacker’s plans, and the related role of their employer [Saudi Arabia]’ and noted that a public trial will determine the rest,” the statement said.

CNN’s Kaanita Iyer and Lauren del Valle contributed to this report.

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Childhood dreams! Daniel and David taste and judge the food at the Eastern Idaho State Fair

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:42:23 +0000

The Whole Damn Farm by Billmans | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

BLACKFOOT — Equipped with Rolaids and paper towels, EastIdahoNews.com reporter Daniel Ramirez and I approached the Eastern Idaho State Fair Food contest with some advice: “pace yourself.”

As a seasoned judge and a first-time rookie, Daniel and I tackled plate after plate, putting our bodies on the line to see which vendor had the right to claim the title of best fair food.

EastIdahoNews.com Reporter Daniel V. Ramirez and News Editor David Kennard prior to eating the food at the Eastern Idaho State Fair Food Contest | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

From classic southern barbecue to fruit drizzled in fruit sauce, this year’s offerings didn’t disappoint.

Halfway through the judging event, Daniel’s words echoed, “pace yourself.” I slowed down, realizing I had eaten far more than just a taste of each entry.

My favorite? Crazy Corn Nachos from Mexican Crazy Corn, which, coincidentally, also earned this year’s Fairest Entrée of Them All. Good taste, I guess.

Crazy Corn Nachos from Mexican Crazy Corn | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Honestly, they were all pretty good and worthy of high marks, with some judges splitting hairs, awarding half points to some entries.

In the end, I still had room for dessert. A good thing because someone slid a dish of Devil’s Delight in front of me.

Devil’s Delight by Sweet Temptations | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Described by the dessert’s creator, Lacey Secrist of Sweet Temptations, this winner is a chocolate shortcake, topped with cream cheese frosting, Fruity Pebbles, vanilla soft serve ice cream, granola, peaches and strawberries. (She had me at Fruity Pebbles – you know from Flintstones fame)

For Daniel, his favorite was the La Quesabirra from La Casita Mexican Food with their spicy pork quesabirra tacos served alongside rice and beans.

La Quesabirra by La Casita Mexican Food | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

For dessert, his favorite was the Peachy Keen by Camile’s Crepes. Served in a bowl, stuffed with sliced strips of a crepe, cream, peaches soaked in passion fruit juice, topped off with a dollop of whipped cream. A portable and delicious treat for those hot summer days.

Peachy Keen by Camille’s Crepes | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Judges had to choose a winner, but in reality, there wasn’t a loser in the bunch.

When you visit the fair this week, make sure to support any of the food booths – especially if you’re looking for what Fred and Barney tout as “part a nutritious breakfast.”

EastIdahoNews.com Reporter Daniel V. Ramirez and News Editor David Kennard after eating the food at the Eastern Idaho State Fair Food Contest | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Here are the winners decided by the rest of the judges.

Best New Entrée

First Place: La Quesabirra from La Casita Mexican Food
Second Place: Monte Cristo from Camille’s Crepes
Third Place: Hulu Hog from Blackhawk BBQ

Marcial and Dominic Mejia from La Casita Mexican Food | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Best New Sweet

First Place: Peachy Keen from Camille’s Crepes
Second Place: Campfire Secret from Sweet Temptations
Third Place: Dubai Chocolate Cheesecake from Creamy Creations

Camille Gilbert of Camille Crepes | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Fairest Entrée of Them All

First Place: Crazy Corn Nachos from Mexican Crazy Corn
Second Place: Triple Mac from Blackhawk BBQ
Third Place: Salmon on a Bagel from C&R Fish

Ryan and Bethany Searle from Mexican Crazy Corn | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

Fairest Sweet of Them All

First Place: Devil’s Delight from Sweet Temptations
Second Place: Strawberry Butter Cake from Creamy Creations

Mark, Lacey, Zoey, Harley and Joanna Secrist of Sweet Temptations | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

People’s Choice

First Place: The Warhawk from Blackhawk BBQ

Bryan Boyce and Nic Transtrum of Blackhawk BBQ | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com

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Most popular diamond shapes in the West

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:31:03 +0000

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Most popular diamond shapes in the West

While the classic Round Brilliant continues to reign supreme as the most sought-after diamond shape for engagement rings nationwide, shifting tastes are giving rise to new favorites. Across the U.S., couples are expressing individuality through fancy and unique diamond shapes that add a personal touch to their ring choices.

Whether it’s the geometric boldness of a Hexagon, the romance of a Heart cut, or the clean brilliance of a Radiant, each diamond shape tells a story. As trends continue to evolve, it’s clear that individuality and self-expression are shaping the future of engagement ring design.

VRAI, a fine jewelry company specializing in lab-grown diamonds, shares the most popular diamond shapes in the West. Sales in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming were included in the analysis.

Most popular diamond shapes in the West
1. Brilliant Round
2. Oval
3. Emerald
4. Pear
5. Marquise

Most popular diamond shapes in the U.S.
1. Brilliant Round
2. Oval
3. Emerald
4. Pear
5. Radiant
6. Marquise
7. Cushion
8. Trillion
9. Princess
10. Elongated Cushion

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Manchester United, un gigante en caída libre: de las noches de gloria al fracaso

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:22:42 +0000

Análisis de Federico Leiva, CNN en Español

8 de mayo de 2013. La fecha está marcada a fuego en la historia del Manchester United. Y cada año parece que la marca se hace más evidente. Hace ya más de 12 años que sir Alex Ferguson decidió abandonar su puesto como entrenador de los Diablos Rojos. Un suceso que siempre se supo que sería un antes y un después para la rica historia de este gigante inglés.

Lo que nadie imaginaba era que esa historia, esos libros dorados plagados de marcas y títulos quedarían manchados por más de una década de fracasos y, en ciertos momentos también, derrotas humillantes.

Hace 12 años, nadie hubiera pensado en la timorata imagen que dejó el Manchester United en una final europea ante un rival con menos historia y aciago de trofeos como el Tottenham Hotspur. Pero estos Diablos Rojos lo hicieron posible: los Spurs rompieron una racha de 17 años sin títulos en la Europa League 2024/2025.

Ningún guion hollywoodense se hubiera animado a incluir una derrota ante un equipo de cuarta división, pero estos Diablos Rojos también lo lograron: perdieron ante el humilde Grimsby Town en la Carabao Cup 2025/2026, en un duelo que estuvo cerca de estar 0-3, y que finalmente se maquilló como una caída por penales.

Los aficionados de la mitad roja de Manchester se han acostumbrado a esperar algo peor la próxima vez.

Desde la salida de Ferguson después de 26 años y 28 títulos al mando del equipo, el Manchester United parece haberlo intentado todo en el banquillo.

Primero llegó David Moyes, quien desde que dirigía al Everton era señalado como un proyecto similar al que podía ofrecer Ferguson. El experimento duró menos de un año.
Tras 51 partidos fue despedido, al terminar 7° en la Premier League y quedarse afuera de toda competición europea para la siguiente temporada.

Entonces surgió la idea de Louis van Gaal, un experimentado neerlandés con pasos por Ajax, Barcelona y Bayern Munich. La historia fue apenas mejor: 4° puesto en la Premier League 2014/2015 y 5° en la 2015/2016, fuera de los puestos de Champions League. La segunda temporada fue tan negativa que fue despedido apenas dos días después de ganar la FA Cup. Sí, ni salir campeón sanó las heridas de un mal año.

El Manchester United fue entonces por un ganador: José Mourinho. Y es cierto, ganó: el portugués levantó la copa de la Europa League en su primer año. Sin embargo, desde ese momento fue todo cuesta abajo, al no sumar títulos en su segunda temporada (terminó 2° en la Premier) y ser despedido a mitad de su tercer año, en la 2018/2019.

En medio de rumores de mala relación entre el experimentado Mourinho y el plantel, los Diablos Rojos fueron por un entrenador joven y sin tantos pergaminos: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, vieja leyenda como jugador del club. El proceso fue otro fracaso: clasificar a una Champions League y perder una final de Europa League fue su mejor desempeño. Se fue sin ganar títulos en casi tres años.

Tras un par de interinatos, llegó Erik Ten Hag. El neerlandés ganó dos copas nacionales con el club, incluso una final ante el Manchester City, pero siempre será más recordado por su pelea con Cristiano Ronaldo que por su rendimiento. Tras 128 partidos, también fue cesado del cargo.

Los Diablos Rojos apostaron todo por Ruben Amorim, otro entrenador que llegó desde afuera de la Premier League. Los diez meses que lleva en el club han estado caracterizados por la falta de títulos, un humillante 15° puesto en la Premier League, la derrota en la final de la Europa League ante el Tottenham y, más recientemente, la eliminación a manos del Grimsby Town.

Los traspiés del Manchester United quizás serían menos evidentes si su rival de la ciudad no ganara casi todo lo que juega.

Desde la salida de Ferguson, el Manchester United ha ganado una Europa League, dos FA Cups, dos Copas de la Liga y una Community Shield.

El Manchester City, el rival de la ciudad, lleva en ese tiempo una Champions League, una Supercopa de Europa, un Mundial de Clubes, siete Premier Leagues, dos FA Cups, seis Copas de la Liga y tres Community Shield.

Cada trofeo que se agrega a las vitrinas de los Citizens duele más en la parte roja de Manchester. Eso se suma a que, desde la llegada de Guardiola, los celestes han sido reconocidos también por su estilo de juego, en contrapartida con el United, que lejos ha estado de convencer.

Si el Manchester United ha acumulado fracasos en estos 12 años, no será porque ha gastado poco.

Por los Diablos Rojos pasaron jugadores como Paul Pogba, Casemiro, Ángel Di María, Romelu Lukaku, Bruno Fernandes, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Radamel Falcao, Alexis Sánchez y Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Hasta se dio el regreso de Cristiano Ronaldo, que tampoco torció la historia.

Solo en el último mercado de fichajes gastó US$ 310 millones, y no le alcanzó para vencer a un rival de cuarta división.

Símbolo de los últimos tiempos del Manchester United. Ese gigante inglés que alguna vez metió miedo, y que por estas horas es víctima de los memes del fútbol británico.

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Burned in the Florida sun: Boise State routed by USF in season opener

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:17:20 +0000

South Florida wide receiver Keshaun Singleton (11) gets past Boise State defensive back Franklyn Johnson Jr. (16) to score during Thursday’s game in Tampa, Fla. | Chris O’Meara, Associated Press.

TAMPA, FLORIDA (Idaho Statesman) — What a difference a year makes.

Boise State scored 56 points and had 651 yards of offense in its season-opening win over Georgia Southern in 2024. This year’s trip to the Southeast to start what the Broncos hope will be another stellar year was nothing short of a disaster against South Florida on Thursday evening.

Boise State lost two big fumbles, committed eight penalties, gave up a touchdown on a fake punt, got burned by big plays and had eight straight drives end without any points. It all added up to a 34-7 loss to USF that put the Broncos (0-1) behind the 8-ball very early in the chase for another College Football Playoff berth.

Boise State played an uneven first half in Tampa, fumbling twice and committing a huge penalty that gave life to a South Florida touchdown drive. The result, however, was only a 10-7 deficit.

In the second half, things fell apart. USF scored touchdowns on three straight possessions, starting with a 45-yard fake punt for a TD, with third-string QB Locklan Hewlett connecting with wide receiver Keshaun Singleton.

Starting quarterback Byrum Brown had a 15-yard rushing touchdown, his second of the game, to cap a 77-yard drive, and Cartevious Norton ran 8 yards for a score to make it 31-7 early in the fourth quarter.

The three game-tilting scoring drives coincided with Boise State turning the ball over on downs three straight times. For good measure, they turned the ball over on downs their next drive as well.

So a year after amassing those 651 yards — granted, with Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty rushing for 267 — the Broncos had 378 total yards against the Bulls (1-0).

Quarterback Maddux Madsen completed 25-of-46 passes for 225 yards, including a 6-yard scoring strike to Chris Marshall, and BSU rushed for 122 yards on 38 carries — barely 3 yards per carry.

Boise State wide receiver Chris Marshall had two catches for 19 yards in Thursday’s loss, including a 6-yard touchdown grab.

Running backs Malik Sherrod (27 yards on 11 carries) and Sire Gaines (44 yards on 9 carries) each lost a fumble to end promising drives in the first half.

Sherrod’s came after he caught a pass at the USF 39-yard line on the opening drive of the game, and Gaines’ came on a running play at the USF 16 late in the second quarter.

On three USF drives in the first half, Boise State’s defense dominated, holding the Bulls’ fast-paced offense to minus-3 yards on 10 plays. The other two drives ended with a 52-yard Nico Gramatica field goal and a 23-yard TD run by dual-threat QB Brown, who scrambled for the score after the pocket collapsed on a third-and-10 play.

That touchdown run capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive that should have been a three-and-out.

On third down Brown was sacked, but Boise State’s Davon Banks got flagged for a roughing-the-passer penalty that gave the Bulls life.

Brown completed 16-of-24 passes for 210 yards and rushed 14 times for 43 yards.

He burned the Broncos’ secondary with completions of 24 yards, 55 yards and 37 yards — twice.

The Bulls had 245 yards of offense in the second half, after being held to 127 in the first.

Boise State played without junior running back Jambres “Breezy” Dubar, who missed much of 2024 with a lower-body injury and suffered a soft tissue injury during fall camp. He was practicing with the team last week and had a goal of playing the opener.

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Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:14:55 +0000

By Brad Lendon, CNN

(CNN) — Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.

Since the start of 2025, Hanoi has been dredging and adding surface area to eight features it controls in the island chain in the southeastern quarter of the South China Sea, said the AMTI report, based on satellite imagery from MAXAR and Planet Labs.

The Spratly Island chain consists of more than 100 small islands or reefs and is claimed in full by China, Vietnam and Taiwan with partial claims by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, according to the CIA World Factbook.

China’s claims have drawn headlines for more than a decade, as Beijing has reclaimed land at several features, building runways and military installations to solidify its positions. Its building of fortifications came despite leader Xi Jinping in telling then-US President Barack Obama in 2015 that it had no plans of doing so.

Beijing claims almost all of the 1.2 million-square-mile South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in global trade passes annually, as its sovereign territory. It bases that claim on its so-called Nine Dash Line, which the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has previously ruled has no legal basis.

Vietnam’s claims have not been as outspoken as China’s and its previous reclamation efforts less ambitious.

Some of the reefs where island-building is now going full tilt have long been held by just small pillboxes, including Alison Reef, Collins Reef, East Reef, Landsdowne Reef and Petley Reef, according to the AMTI, which is a project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). New land is also being constructed at three features that were built up in earlier rounds of reclamation – Amboyna Cay, Grierson Reef and West Reef – the AMTI report said.

“All 21 Vietnamese-occupied rocks and low-tide elevations in the Spratly Islands have now been expanded to include artificial land,” AMTI said.

“As of March 2025, Vietnam had created about 70 percent as much artificial land in the Spratlys as China had. Reclamation at these eight new features all but ensures that Vietnam will match—and likely surpass—the scale of Beijing’s island-building,” the report said.

Those 21 features under Hanoi’s control compare to just seven under Beijing’s, according to AMTI.

Meanwhile, on seven other Vietnamese-controlled islands where reclamation work has largely been completed, military-related structures, including munitions depots, have been or are being built, according to the report.

Tensions, clashes

The new report comes amid a spike in tensions between China and the Philippines over South China Sea territory.

Competing claims by Beijing and Manila have become increasingly contentious in the past few years, including violent clashes between their coast guards with water cannons and, in one case, bladed weapons. That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.

Last month, north of the Spratlys near Scarborough Shoal, a Chinese navy destroyer collided with a China Coast Guard ship as the two harassed a Philippine Coast Guard vessel in contested waters. Images showed heavy damage to the bow of the China Coast Guard ship.

The China-Philippines flare-ups may have provided Vietnam with excellent cover for its move to build up the islands it controls, analysts said.

“For now much of China’s bandwidth of attention is directed at the Philippines, and it would rather maintain a stable front with each of the other Southeast Asian rivals in the South China Sea,” said Collin Koh, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore.

Ray Powell, director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project at Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, echoed Koh’s comments.

“It seems that Beijing has calculated that keeping the Philippines isolated from the other South China Sea claimants is worth more right now than preventing Vietnam from making substantial territorial gains,” Powell said.

“Hanoi may owe Manila a debt of gratitude, since it’s hard to see how this could have happened if Beijing hadn’t been so preoccupied with the problem to the east,” Powell said, adding that, “China has been remarkably muted about Vietnam’s island-building campaign.”

That was reflected in Beijing’s official reaction to the AMTI report.

“The Spratly Islands are China’s inherent territory. China firmly opposes relevant countries’ construction activities on illegally occupied islands and reefs. China will take necessary measures to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing Monday.

Vietnam and the Philippines did not comment on the AMTI report when asked by CNN.

Past disagreements between China and Vietnam over South China Sea territory have resulted in bloodshed, including in 1974 when a South Vietnamese naval vessel was sunk and 53 South Vietnamese troops killed in a battle with Chinese forces over the Paracel Island chain in the northwestern part of the South China Sea.

Beijing has maintained a big edge in the South China Sea since, and Koh said it may not find Hanoi’s latest moves to be overly threatening.

“China commands a yawning gap in mobile military and coast guard assets – hence this probably explains why Beijing is not deemed to be alarmed enough to do anything to stop Hanoi,” he said.

But he cautioned Beijing must not overestimate that advantage, noting that Vietnam and the Philippines enjoy improving relations.

“There’s been effort between Vietnam and the Philippines to come closer on maritime security cooperation, as evidenced by the recent bilateral coast guard exchanges and joint exercise. That should serve as a timely reminder to Beijing that Hanoi owns the Manila card of leverage,” Koh said.

CNN’s Yong Xiong contributed to this report.

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Dejan en libertad a los 33 militares que habían sido secuestrados en el sur de Colombia

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:14:44 +0000

Por EFE

Las comunidades de una aldea del departamento colombiano de Guaviare (sur) dejaron este jueves en libertad a los 33 militares que habían secuestrado al inicio de la semana durante una operación contra las disidencias de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), confirmaron las autoridades.

“En este momento se retiran los soldados de la vereda Nueva York del municipio El Retorno, en Guaviare”, expresó la defensora del pueblo, Iris Marín, en un mensaje publicado en la red social X.

La funcionaria agradeció a la Defensoría del Pueblo, a la Misión de Apoyo al Proceso de Paz de la Organización de Estados Americanos (MAPP/OEA) y “a todos quienes colaboraron” en la liberación.

“Llamamos a no estigmatizar a la comunidad, que ha sufrido en una zona de conflicto armado en la que se desarrollaron operativos militares en los últimos días”, añadió Marín.

La liberación ocurrió luego de que una comisión del Gobierno y de organismos internacionales de derechos humanos se desplazara a la vereda Nueva York para dialogar directamente con las comunidades y garantizar la liberación pacífica de los soldados e infantes de marina.

El Ministerio de Defensa, por su parte, informó que ya interpuso denuncia penal por secuestro, obstrucción a la función pública y asonada, al tiempo que reiteró el llamado a organismos como la Defensoría del Pueblo y Naciones Unidas para que acompañaran el proceso.

El secuestro se produjo en la misma zona rural donde el pasado domingo fue abatido Willinton Vanegas Leyva, alias Dumar o Chito, uno de los principales jefes del Estado Mayor Central (EMC), la mayor disidencia de las FARC, como parte de una operación contra esa guerrilla liderada por Néstor Vera Fernández, alias Iván Mordisco.

Según el ministro de Defensa, Pedro Sánchez, Mordisco era responsable de consolidar corredores estratégicos del narcotráfico en los departamentos de Meta y Guaviare para fortalecer ese grupo guerrillero.

Tras su muerte, se produjeron nuevos combates que dejaron otros diez disidentes muertos y, posteriormente, la comunidad impidió la movilidad de la tropa, reteniendo a los 33 uniformados.

El Ministerio de Defensa recordó que desde 2021 se han registrado más de un centenar de asonadas contra tropas militares en distintas regiones, lo que ha obstaculizado operaciones de seguridad y debilitado la presencia estatal en zonas afectadas por el narcotráfico y la violencia armada.

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New CCTV believed to show fugitive father who has spent years with his three children in the wilderness

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:05:47 +0000

By Laura Sharman, CNN

(CNN) — New Zealand Police have released CCTV footage believed to show a fugitive father who has been on the run with his three children in the remote wilderness for nearly four years.

Thomas Callam Phillips has been hiding his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember, in the dense New Zealand bush after taking them from their home in Marokopa on the North Island in December 2021.

The possible sighting comes after Phillips’ relatives last week urged the father to come home.

On Friday police released the clip showing two masked individuals loading groceries into containers on a quadbike outside a retail store 35 miles away in the small town of Piopio. The incident took place at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, shortly before the store was burgled.

The shop owner, who did not want to be named, told CNN affiliate RNZ milk was the only thing that was taken despite vegetables and butter also being on display.

He said two people used an angle grinder to cut the padlock on his store’s outdoor chiller, triggering the alarm, and the pair grabbed some milk before fleeing on a quad bike.

”They turned down the opportunity to take butter, cheese and vegetables also stored in the chiller,” he added.

Officers are investigating the CCTV for any connection to Phillips and the store is one he’s believed to have targeted, unsuccessfully, in November 2023, Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Saunders said.

“We believe the pair in this footage are Tom and one of his children,” Saunders said.

“They were in the area for 13 minutes, having traveled in and out on a quadbike,” he added.

Police believe Phillips and his children are living off-grid, with the father using his survival skills to feed, shelter and clothe his children. They also believe supporters are helping him to remain at large.

Speaking to local media on Friday morning, Saunders said the break-in could be a sign Phillips was no longer getting the help he had been.

“Does it mean he’s potentially had a falling out with who’s helping him? Or is he just that brazen and confident that he’s quite happy to come out at night and commit a burglary?” he said, as reported by RNZ.

Last June police offered a reward of 80,000 New Zealand dollars ($52,000) for information leading to their location and safe return.

Phillips’ series of alleged crimes includes the armed robbery of a bank in May 2023, when two people were seen on closed circuit television escaping on a motorbike with cash.

Phillips already faces a range of charges including aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

In her first interview since Phillips disappeared, his sister Rozzi Phillips told New Zealand journalist Paddy Gower how much the family misses him and wants him to return.

“I miss you, and I miss being part of your life,” she said, her voice breaking. “You’re very special to me… I really want to see you again.”

Rozzi Phillips, who told Gower that she had had no contact with her brother since he disappeared, also read out a handwritten letter from their mother to her missing son.

“It hurts every time I see photos of the children and of you and see some of your stuff that is still here, thinking what could have been if you had not gone away,” the letter said, according to New Zealand news site Stuff.

“Jayda, Maverick, Ember, I love you so much and really miss being part of your lives every day I wake up, and hope that today will be the day that you will come,” it continued.

In November 2023, Phillips and an unnamed child are also alleged to have smashed the window of a shop at 2 a.m., before fleeing on a stolen quad bike. Phillips has also been seen on CCTV, with his face covered, buying supplies in a hardware store.

Last year, the children’s mother, who identified herself as Cat, made an emotional appeal to anyone with information on her children’s whereabouts to call the police.

“I’m standing here before you today, begging you for your help to bring my babies home,” she said in a video posted to Facebook. “They are just innocent children.”

Of Jayda, she said, “She will be a young woman now, and she needs her mother.”

“Ember is asthmatic, as am I, and she needs medical care that cannot be provided from the land. And I can only imagine how Maverick is coping,” she added.

“What Thomas is doing is not okay,” she said. “None of this is okay. My babies deserve better.”

In his statement on Friday, Detective Senior Sergeant Saunders added: “At the heart of this are three children who have been away from their home for four years. Their wellbeing is our main focus.”

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Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits 4 homers in game against Braves

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:03:04 +0000

Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber watches after hitting a two-run home run against Atlanta Braves pitcher Austin Cox during Thursday’s game in Philadelphia. | Matt Slocum, Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber hit four home runs Thursday night against Atlanta to become the fourth Phillies player and 21st major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

Schwarber was 4 for 6 with a Phillies-record nine RBIs in the 19-4 victory. He took the outright National League homer lead with 49 and moved within one of Seattle’s Cal Raleigh for the major league lead. Schwarber leads the majors with 119 RBIs.

Mike Schmidt was the last Philadelphia player to hit four homers in a games, doing at the Chicago Cubs in April 1976. Schwarber had the third four-homer game of the season, following Eugenio Suárez and Nick Kurtz.

The Philadelphia star started the power surge with a solo shot in the first off Cal Quantrill, sending a 2-1, curveball into the seats in right field. Scharber hit a flyout to center in the second.

After Quantrill was lifted with one out and two runners on base in the fourth, Schwarber greeted lefty Austin Cox by sending a 3-2 curveball over the wall in right for his fourth multi-homer game of the season.

With “M-V-P! M-V-P!” chants ringing down from Phillies fans in the fifth, Schwarber launched a three-run, opposite-field drive off Cox to put Philadelphia ahead 15-3. In the eighth, Schwarber hit a three-run shot to right off Wander Suero to make it 18-4.

Schwarber popped out in the eighth.

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‘Spiritual delusion’: Officials share details after drowning deaths of father, son

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:54:30 +0000

Officials are calling it a “spiritual delusion” following the drowning deaths of a father and his 4-year-old son in northeast Ohio. | WLWT via CNN Newsource

USCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — Officials are calling it a “spiritual delusion” following the drowning deaths of a father and his 4-year-old son in northeast Ohio.

It all happened over the weekend at a lake in Tuscarawas County, south of Akron.

According to the sheriff, the incident was “intentional” and they expect the mother to be charged with aggravated murder in the death of her child.

“I think this was a husband very devoted to his wife, I think they were also devoted to the Bible and that just manifested itself incorrectly,” Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell said.

Campbell said the family is part of the Homes County Amish Community and was visiting Atwood Lake when it all took place.

Authorities were called to the area around 10:30 a.m. Saturday for a report of a woman driving a golf cart, flipping it into the water with her three teenage children on board.

“She drove around the lake erratically, praying a couple places, it’s our understanding that she then heard the voice again, telling her to drive into the lake,” Campbell said.

In the moments before the crash, Campbell said witnesses told police they say the woman and teens huddled close together.

“Heads touching, praying very intently next to the water by the kayak launch, so much so that it actually scared some witnesses,” Campbell said.

Campbell said responding deputies realized the woman’s husband and child were missing.

It was then revealed the woman and her husband jumped into the water earlier that morning.

“Because God was speaking to them and telling them to do things, things to prove their worthiness to God, to show their faith as complete,” Campbell said.

Campbell said the husband “felt he failed” and went back into the water alone. Two hours after that, the mother went back and threw her four year old son into the lake, “as an offering to God.”

The son’s body was found around 6 p.m., about 10 feet from the dock. The husband’s body was found around 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

“The manner of these two deaths is pending until completion of the autopsies,” Campbell said.

The teens are okay, and staying with relatives.

The Old Order Amish Church and the family involved released a statement, saying in part, “As a church of Christian faith, we believe that we are saved by grace, through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9), and the events of this past weekend do not reflect our teachings or beliefs but are instead a result of a mental illness.”

Ruth Miller, 40, is charged with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of domestic violence, and one count of endangering children.

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Two parents said their 7-month-old son was kidnapped. They’re now charged with his murder

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:44:42 +0000

Rebecca Haro is seen being arrested at her home on August 22 in Cabazon, California. | San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department via CNN Newsource

RIVERSIDE, California (CNN) — The call came to police on the night of August 14 and described every parent’s worst nightmare.

Rebecca Haro told police she was changing her 7-month-old baby Emmanuel’s diaper at her vehicle outside a sporting goods store in Yucaipa, California, when she was suddenly assaulted and knocked unconscious by an unknown man. When she woke up, her baby was gone, she told police, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

The reported kidnapping in Yucaipa, about 20 miles east of San Bernardino, spurred law enforcement to dedicate “all available resources” to try to find the infant. Media reporting on the story led to an outpouring of concern from the public, who gathered with parents Rebecca and Jake Haro in the following days to join the search.

“Please don’t hurt him,” Rebecca Haro said to CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS through tears, holding up a “Missing Kid” flyer showing a photo of Emmanuel, along with the parents’ names and phone numbers. “Protect him and just bring him back to his parents that love him.”

But police say inconsistencies in the couple’s story arose within 24 hours.

And just over a week later, Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, were arrested at their home in Cabazon and later charged with murder and making a false police report.

According to a criminal complaint, Emmanuel was killed sometime between August 5 and August 14, a nine-day period leading up to their call to police reporting his disappearance.

The Riverside County Public Defender’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An arraignment for the pair is set for September 4.

Officials spoke Wednesday to offer further details on the case and correct the record of the reported kidnapping.

“It’s appropriate to have a press conference because it was the defendants in this case who had a press conference first, and they did so in order to tell the public, the media, and ultimately law enforcement that their child had been kidnapped, when in fact that’s not what occurred,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said.

As for baby Emmanuel, the child’s remains have not yet been found, but investigators “have a pretty strong indication” of the location, Hestrin told CNN during the press conference.

“The filing in this case reflects our belief that baby Emmanuel was abused, victim of child abuse, over time, and because of that abuse he succumbed to those injuries,” he said.

Parents had pleaded for child’s return

After reporting the kidnapping to police, the Haro parents spoke to CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS pleading for the baby’s return and explaining their version of what happened.

“I took him out of the car seat and I laid him on the chair, and I had his diapers right here, and someone said ‘Hola,’ and I couldn’t even turn and that was just – I don’t remember nothing,” Rebecca Haro, sporting a black eye, said through heavy breaths.

“He was a healthy baby, he was crawling, he was kicking, he was playing with his toys,” Jake Haro told CNN affiliate KABC. “Whoever took our son, please give him back.”

Behind the scenes, officials became skeptical, and notably for a missing child case, authorities did not send out an Amber Alert. In law enforcement interviews, Rebecca Haro was “confronted with inconsistencies in her initial statement and declined to continue with the interview,” the sheriff’s department said.

Investigators also served several search warrants at their home, used K-9s in the search and obtained surveillance video, the department said. Authorities said they could not rule out foul play.

Days after the initial kidnapping report, the investigation reached another conclusion.

“Based on the evidence, investigators determined a kidnapping in Yucaipa did not occur,” the sheriff’s department said. “It is believed Emmanuel is deceased and the search to recover his remains is ongoing,”

The parents were arrested last Friday, August 22, and were booked into separate Riverside County jails, officials said. There are no other suspects. Each is being held on $1 million bail.

Video posted by the sheriff’s department shows armed deputies escorting the couple, hands cuffed behind their backs and wearing casual clothes, into police vehicles.

“The circumstances surrounding this investigation are tragic and we will continue to search for Emmanuel,” San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Shannon Dicus said in a statement. “I trust our justice system will hold the parents accountable.”

There is “some level of cooperation” with the suspects, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Wednesday. “Our job is to follow every lead.”

On Sunday, two days after the arrest, investigators – accompanied by Jake Haro and cadaver dogs – searched for baby Emmanuel off the freeway near Gilman Springs Road in Moreno Valley, the department said. The infant was not located.

Father had previous child abuse conviction

Jake Haro had previously pleaded guilty to a child abuse charge but avoided a prison term, said Hestrin, who has served as Riverside County district attorney since 2015.

In 2021, Jake Haro was charged with child abuse in Riverside County. That charge stemmed from a 2018 incident when his infant daughter was taken to the hospital and found to have broken bones, healing fractures, a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage, according to an arrest report.

Jake Haro pleaded guilty to the charge in 2023. Rather than sentencing Haro to serve time in prison, the judge suspended his sentence, meaning he was placed on probation and would serve a prison term only if he violated that probation, explained Hestrin. The child victim in that case is permanently bedridden and has cerebral palsy as a result of long-term child abuse, he said.

The judge’s light sentence was an “outrageous error in judgement,” Hestrin said Wednesday.

“Jake Haro should have been in prison at the time this crime happened, and if that judge had done his job as he should have done, Emmanuel would be alive today, and that’s a shame and it’s an outrage,” he said.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco similarly said the killing of baby Emmanuel was “preventable.”

“There is absolutely nothing worse than harming a baby – broken bones, injuries, life-altering trauma,” he said to CNN. “Had that case been handled as it should have been, Emmanuel would still be with us today.”

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Patrulla Fronteriza detiene a dos bomberos por estar ilegalmente en EE.UU. mientras combatían el mayor incendio en Washington

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:38:20 +0000

Por Celina Tebor, CNN

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza arrestaron el miércoles a dos bomberos —a quienes señalan de estar en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal— mientras trabajaban para contener el mayor incendio forestal del estado de Washington.

La Oficina de Administración de Tierras (BLM, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Servicio Forestal de Estados Unidos solicitaron apoyo a una estación local de la Patrulla Fronteriza luego de que ambas instituciones rescindieran contratos con dos empresas en la península Olímpica, según un comunicado de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés). Sin dar detalles, la agencia indicó que los contratos se terminaron tras concluir una investigación criminal por parte del BLM.

El incendio Bear Gulch en la península ya ha consumido casi 3.642,1 hectáreas (9.000 acres) en el Bosque Nacional Olímpico.

El BLM pidió a la Patrulla Fronteriza verificar la identidad de todo el personal presente “debido a la ubicación remota del sitio de trabajo”, señala el comunicado.

“Se detectaron varias discrepancias y se determinó que dos personas estaban en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal, una de ellas con una orden previa de deportación”, informó el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.

La CBP indicó que ambas personas fueron arrestadas y trasladadas a la estación de Bellingham, cerca de la frontera con Canadá.

Las autoridades a cargo del incendio Bear Gulch en el noroeste de Washington dijeron en un breve comunicado este jueves que “están al tanto de la operación de la Patrulla Fronteriza en la zona”.

“La operación de la Patrulla Fronteriza no interfiere con las labores de extinción y los bomberos de Bear Gulch continúan avanzando en el control del incendio”, agregaron.

The Seattle Times fue el primer medio en reportar los arrestos.

La oficina de la representante estatal Emily Randall confirmó los arrestos en un correo electrónico a CNN.

La operación de la Patrulla Fronteriza ocurre mientras el presidente Donald Trump ha endurecido la política migratoria en todo el país. En los primeros siete meses de su segundo mandato, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) ha deportado a casi 200.000 personas, según reportó CNN anteriormente, lo que pone a la agencia federal en camino a su mayor ritmo de deportaciones en al menos una década, aunque aún por debajo de la meta de un millón de deportaciones anuales establecida por el Gobierno.

“Este esfuerzo conjunto resalta la coordinación entre organismos federales para garantizar la integridad de las operaciones gubernamentales y mantener la confianza pública en asuntos fiduciarios”, dijo en un comunicado Rosario P. Vasquez, jefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza del sector Blaine. “La Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. hace cumplir firmemente las leyes del país y aborda sin titubeos las violaciones a la ley migratoria dondequiera que se presenten”.

El incendio forestal, provocado por el ser humano, arde en la península Olímpica de Washington desde el 6 de julio y hasta este jueves solo estaba contenido en un 13 %. Hay una alerta de bandera roja vigente hasta las 9 p.m., hora local, de este jueves, y se prevé que tormentas eléctricas y vientos fuertes compliquen las labores de extinción.

Los bomberos combaten las llamas tras intensas olas de calor en el oeste de Washington, que han elevado las temperaturas hasta 20 grados por encima de lo normal y se han prolongado durante días al menos en dos ocasiones en agosto.

El gobernador de Washington, Bob Ferguson, dijo estar “profundamente preocupado” por los arrestos.

“He pedido a mi equipo que contacte a los organismos federales para obtener más información, determinar dónde están estas dos personas y cuestionar por qué las políticas migratorias del Gobierno de Trump ahora alcanzan a quienes combaten incendios forestales”, dijo Ferguson en un comunicado a CNN.

La senadora Patty Murray exigió respuestas al Gobierno federal sobre las circunstancias del incidente en un comunicado este jueves.

“Trump ha menoscabado nuestra capacidad de combatir incendios forestales de varias maneras: desde diezmar el Servicio Forestal y expulsar a miles de empleados clave, hasta ahora aparentemente detener a bomberos en pleno trabajo”, dijo. “La política migratoria de este Gobierno es fundamentalmente cruel. Trump ha detenido injustamente a residentes legales y ciudadanos estadounidenses; nadie debe asumir que esto era necesario o apropiado”.

Bajo el Gobierno de Biden, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional indicó que no realizaría operativos migratorios “en lugares donde se brinde respuesta y ayuda ante desastres y emergencias”, como rutas de evacuación o áreas de distribución de suministros.

Durante el primer mandato de Donald Trump, cuando incendios arrasaron el norte de California y quemaron 121.405,6 hectáreas (más de 300.000 acres) en 2018, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional dijo que “suspendería las operaciones migratorias rutinarias en las zonas afectadas por los incendios”, salvo que un criminal grave representara una amenaza a la seguridad pública. También señaló que no realizaría operativos en sitios de evacuación o centros de ayuda. No está claro si esa postura ha cambiado en el segundo mandato de Trump.

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Greater Idaho Falls Police Foundation sponsors ISP trooper safety training

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:30:31 +0000

The following is a news release from Idaho State Police.

IDAHO FALLS — The Greater Idaho Falls Police Foundation is once again stepping up to support local law enforcement. Their latest contribution to the Idaho State Police District 6 will allow troopers to receive specialized training at Soma Jiu-Jitsu in Idaho Falls, advancing officer safety, health, and wellness.

Through the Foundation’s sponsorship, four troopers will train weekly at Soma Jiu Jitsu, in addition to the defensive tactics instruction provided by ISP. This opportunity enhances the skills troopers use in high-risk encounters, focusing on control and restraint techniques that reduce the need for strikes while improving officer safety and public perception.

“Every day, troopers face unpredictable and sometimes dangerous encounters,” said ISP District 6 Captain Chris Weadick. “This training builds confidence and equips our troopers with proven techniques to safely resolve situations while protecting themselves and the communities they serve. We are grateful to the Foundation and the donors who make this possible.”

Training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has become a leading best practice in law enforcement across the nation. The program emphasizes control and restraint, providing officers with tools to resolve confrontations with reduced risk to themselves and the public.

“This is more than just defensive tactics,” Captain Weadick added. “It’s an investment in officer fitness, wellness, and the trust we build with the community. The Foundation’s support helps us raise the standard of training and continue serving Idaho with professionalism and confidence.”

The Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded by community donors and grant opportunities. Its mission is to strengthen law enforcement agencies by providing resources that might otherwise be unavailable. They also partner with the Idaho Falls Police Department and the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, ensuring officers across agencies have access to lifesaving equipment and training.

The Foundation has supported ISP District 6 with several recent donations, including:

A wrestling mat used for annual training.
A radar unit for a patrol vehicle.
Cold-weather search gloves for all D6 troopers.
Cooling vests for all D6 troopers.
Sponsorship of weekly training at Soma Jiu-Jitsu.

For more information on the Greater Idaho Falls Police Foundation, visit ifpolicefoundation.org.

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TURBULENCE IN TAMPA: Boise State routed by South Florida in season-opening loss

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:18:00 +0000

TAMPA, Fla. — This was probably about as far away as possible from what Boise State expected in its season opener.

New prosecutors file murder charge in fatal Utah shed fire once ruled a ‘tragic accident’

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:17:16 +0000

Morgan Kay Harris and her dog, Huck, were found dead inside a locked storage unit in Murray in 2023 that had caught fire. No charges were filed in 2024, but a murder charge was filed on Thursday. | Family photo via KSL.com

MURRAY, Utah (KSL.com) — A fire that killed a woman who was locked in a Murray storage shed was ruled to be a “tragic accident” last year after a yearlong investigation by the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office.

But now, the Utah Attorney General’s Office says the death of 27-year-old Morgan Kay Harris was no accident, or at the very least was the result of reckless actions.

On Thursday, the office filed a charge of murder, a first-degree felony, or in the alternative manslaughter, a second-degree felony, in 3rd District Court against Alexander Paul Wardell, 33, who was Harris’ boyfriend at the time of her death.

Wardell, who is currently incarcerated at the Utah State Prison, also faces charges of kidnapping, a second-degree felony, and aggravated animal cruelty, a class B misdemeanor, or, in the alternative, just the animal cruelty charge. The charges also come with penalty enhancements if he is convicted of domestic violence and being a habitual offender.

On Feb. 18, 2023, a fire was reported inside a small storage unit at 4608 S. 900 East. A padlock on the door prevented fire crews from immediately entering. Once inside, they discovered the bodies of Harris and her dog. Wardell — who was believed to be living with Harris in the shed — was arrested for investigation of negligent homicide and kidnapping. Police say Wardell admitted to putting Harris in the storage unit, putting a lock on the door and then leaving..

However, after an extensive investigation that involved the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and District Attorney Sim Gill sending two of his chief deputies to Maryland where several days of burn tests were conducted on a replica storage unit, Gill announced in 2024 that investigators reached the conclusion it was “not likely” that Wardell intentionally set the fire and that no charges would be filed against him.

As for the reason for putting a lock on the door — one that could only be opened from the outside — Gill said last year that the investigation showed it was simply how Harris and Wardell kept their door closed. He said there was no indication she was being held in the storage unit against her will, which is why he also declined to file a charge of kidnapping.

“How do I prove she did not consent to that? With what evidence do I do that? Who do I put on the stand?” he asked. “We found no evidence going through her phone, his phone, all the material that we could gather, that led us to get to any of that point … we looked. We scoured, we looked if there was any humanly possible way to articulate to meet those elements for the purpose of filing charges. We could not get there.”

“The Utah state medical examiner reported the immediate cause of death as smoke inhalation and thermal injuries and the manner of death as ‘undetermined,'” according to charging documents filed Thursday.

As part of the attorney general’s review of the case, a search warrant was served on a duffel bag initially collected as evidence by Murray police.

“In it, investigators found an extra-large blue button-down long-sleeve shirt wadded up in the center of other extra-large clothing. Blood stains and burn marks appeared to be on the shirt. A rapid DNA test revealed the tested red brown stains to be blood and the DNA in the blood matched (Harris’) DNA,” the charges state.

Fire investigators determined that the fire started “underneath and to left of (Harris) inside the back corner of the storage unit. (She) was unconscious and sitting in a folding plastic webbed lawn chair with metal supports. While (Harris) sat unconscious, her buttocks area and left side caught on fire. A person who was conscious while this was occurring would have sought to evade the pain of fire, which (Harris) did not immediately do,” according to charging documents.

Gill’s final report last year of the fire stated that his office consulted with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which concluded “while other causes could be eliminated from causing the fire that killed Ms. Harris, the following were all possible and could not be eliminated as possible causes: an accidental smoldering fire caused by discarded smoking materials from cigarettes; an accidental fire caused by the use of candles; or while ‘not likely’ an intentional fire set by Mr. Wardell.”

Charging documents Thursday note that “a burnt cardboard box was located near where (Harris’) chair had been. Inside the box was an intact candle stick. A lighter was found on (Harris’) body.”

Prosecutors say Harris and Wardell had been arguing prior to her death. Less than an hour before being locked in the shed, surveillance video from the storage unit showed Harris and their dog, “Huck,” walking several feet behind Wardell.

“The body posture of (Wardell and Harris) supports that (they) were arguing,” according to the charges. Wardell allegedly confirmed to police that Harris was “super” mad at him that afternoon, “and both of them were ‘uncomfortable coming off’ of drugs.”

Investigators uncovered additional evidence of the fighting between the two in the days leading up to Harris’ death.

On Feb. 8, 2023, Harris sent Wardell a Facebook message stating, “Guess I’m gonna apply to live by myself at an apartment you won’t know about so you can’t (expletive) abuse or kill me,” the charges state.

Harris had bailed Wardell out of jail on Feb. 16, 2023 — the second time she had done so — after he was arrested for violating the conditions of his probation on a domestic violence-related condition, according to the charges.

The day before Harris’ death, Wardell was text messaging another man about money Wardell owed, and Wardell is angry, claiming Harris spent the money he was to pay, according to charging documents.

“Prior to (Harris’) death, (Wardell) performed Google searches for ‘how to obtain a passport.’ The charged death is supported by substantial evidence, which includes evidence provided by multiple witnesses,” prosecutors wrote in their charges. “Currently, (Wardell) is serving time at the Utah State Prison. (He) has been convicted of two third-degree aggravated assault domestic violence convictions against another girlfriend. He strangled the victim in (one case) and hit her with a golf club in (the other case).”

Gill on Thursday said he stands by his team’s decision to not file charges based on the evidence they had at that time. If his office missed something or if the attorney general’s office feels it can get a conviction based on information they’ve collected, he says he supports that.

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Families of Bryan Kohberger’s murder victims ask an Idaho judge to block graphic crime scene photos

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:06:43 +0000

The family of Ethan Chapin, including mother Stacy Chapin, right, and father Jim Chapin, walk to the Ada County Courthouse for Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal hearing, on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. | AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File

BOISE (AP) — Relatives of two of the four University of Idaho students murdered in 2022 have asked a judge to prevent the release of graphic crime scene photos and videos, saying that the images are traumatizing and making them public would violate their privacy.

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life without parole last month for the stabbing murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at their off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho.

Even if crime scene images are somehow redacted, it’s still traumatizing for the families, Ethan’s mother, Stacy Chapin, wrote in a court document.

“They are heartbreaking and continue to reopen a wound that has yet to heal,” she wrote.

The criminal case drew worldwide attention, and the Moscow Police Department received hundreds of requests to release investigatory records. Idaho law generally allows for the sealing of investigation records to be lifted once a criminal investigation is complete.

After Kohberger’s sentencing, the city of Moscow responded to one such request for public records by releasing photos and videos taken by law enforcement at the crime scene, blurring out the bodies of the slain students as well as the faces of other victims and witnesses who talked to police outside the home.

The images still showed blood on the floors and walls of the home, however, and the videos included the sounds of sobbing friends and roommates.
Leander James, an attorney representing family members of Mogen and Chapin, told 2nd District Judge Megan Marshall that the blurring was ineffective, that the blood should also have been hidden from public view, and that the sounds of distress should have been muted.

“Blurring is not redacting,” James said during a Thursday morning hearing. He asked the judge to carefully consider Stacy Chapin’s statement, describing “how incredibly harmful and emotionally damaging it is for her to see images of her son and the other victims. They’re in there, they’re just blurred — they’re harder to see.”

The commodification of the killings by a whole industry of people obsessed with crimes makes it even more important to consider how the families have been victimized again by the release of such gory images, James told the judge.

“Images like this are disseminated within an instant, worldwide,” James said, criticizing “this ‘true crime’ sort of industry that uses this stuff for economic gain, and misuses it.”

Andrew Pluskal, an attorney representing the city of Moscow, said the city is required by law to release the images under the Idaho Public Records Act, and carefully weighed what to redact using the “balancing test” spelled out in the law, weighing the victims’ right to privacy against the public’s right to know.

“If there were options allowed in statute that allowed these records to be fired into the sun,” the city would do it, Pluskal told the judge. He called the images “harrowing.”

But he said the city could have been sued if it refused their release, and redacting or blurring the images was its best attempt to follow the law.

“The city is in the middle here — the city is going to get it from either side,” Pluskal told the judge.

Marshall said she would consider both sides and issue a ruling at a later date.

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If you could go back and restart your business, would you do anything differently the second time around?

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:00:47 +0000

Envato Elements

Dave,

I started my own small business a couple of years ago. Thanks to your advice, and a lot of hard work, we’re starting to see growth. I’m just curious, if you could go back and restart your business, would you do anything differently the second time around?

Gerald

Gerald,

This is a great question! I suppose if there was one thing I could change, it would be taking more time during the hiring process. I didn’t spend nearly enough time and energy during interviews back then. Another thing has to do with retained earnings. We didn’t begin taking a percentage of our net profits and setting it aside for retained earnings until we got too tight on cash. Starting over, I’d do that from day one. I’d run a profit and loss statement for the month, close the books for the month and take a percentage of the net profit—after paying myself a decent wage—and automatically put it aside as savings for the business.

People problems and money problems are two huge small-business killers. We fought so hard and were so passionate about everything. Sometimes, I wonder how many mistakes I made as a result of over-the-top intensity. Don’t misunderstand; you’ve got to be intense and enthusiastic to make things work. But there were probably a few times when I could have handled things with a little more understanding and class.

I’m a little more relaxed now, and I know a couple of things for sure. Better hiring decisions, and having a little bit of money saved, changes your whole attitude and outlook on things.

Dave

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¿Cuánto sabes de las noticias de la semana? Haz el quiz de 5 Cosas

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:00:05 +0000

Por Jhasua Razo, CNN en Español

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Spirit of Boise pilot provides look into craft of hot air ballooning

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:00:00 +0000

BOISE — Though heavy rains grounded the first day of the 34th annual Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic, sunny skies Thursday allowed dozens of pilots to lift off in the morning hours as the annual event gets in full swing.

Estas son las víctimas del tiroteo en una escuela católica de Minneapolis

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:56:56 +0000

Por Alisha Ebrahimji, Caroll Alvarado y Jillian Sykes, CNN

Antes de que Endre Gunter fuera llevado a cirugía de emergencia para tratar una herida de bala en el estómago, el niño de 13 años le pidió a un cirujano que se detuviera un momento.

“¿Puede rezar conmigo?”, dijo, según su tía, Natalie Davis, quien escribió sobre la conversación en una página de GoFundMe para ayudar con las facturas médicas del niño.

“El cirujano nos dijo más tarde que Endre no solo sobrevivió a la cirugía, sino que luchó a través de un evento aterrador con una valentía que inspiró a todo el equipo médico”, afirmó. “Ese momento de oración y la resiliencia de Endre permanecerán con nuestra familia para siempre”.

El menor es una de las 18 personas, la mayoría de ellas niños, que resultaron heridas el miércoles después de que una persona abriera fuego a través de las ventanas de una iglesia de Minneapolis, donde estudiantes como Endre y personal docente de la Escuela Católica Anunciación celebraban la primera semana de clases.

Dos niños, de 8 y 10 años, murieron. Horas después del tiroteo del miércoles fueron recordados en varias vigilias en Minneapolis por miembros de la comunidad que llevaban velas en sus manos.

“Lo que es particularmente atroz y cobarde de esto es que estos niños fueron masacrados por un atacante armado que no podía verlos”, dijo el jefe de policía de Minneapolis, Brian O’Hara, durante una rueda de prensa el jueves.

La persona “estaba parada afuera del edificio disparando a través de ventanas de iglesia muy estrechas al nivel donde se alinearían con los bancos”, añadió O’Hara.

Mientras varios de los heridos permanecen hospitalizados, incluido uno en estado crítico, esto es lo que sabemos sobre las víctimas.

De pie frente a la iglesia donde su hijo fue asesinado el día anterior, el padre de Fletcher Merkel, de 8 años, reflexionó sobre los momentos que la familia nunca podrá compartir con su hijo.

“Ayer, un cobarde decidió arrebatarnos a nuestro hijo de ocho años, Fletcher”, dijo el padre del niño, Jesse Merkel. “Nunca se nos permitirá abrazarlo, hablar con él, jugar con él y verlo crecer hasta convertirse en el maravilloso joven en el que se estaba convirtiendo”.

“A Fletcher le encantaba su familia, sus amigos, la pesca, la cocina y cualquier deporte que se le permitiera practicar”, añadió Merkel. “Espero que, con el tiempo, nuestra familia pueda encontrar sanación”.

El padre pidió a la comunidad que “recordara a Fletcher por la persona que fue, y no por el acto que puso fin a su vida”.

Cerca de allí, un memorial de flores, animales de peluche y letreros se encontraba fuera de la iglesia.

Un homenaje personalizado en honor a Merkel presenta dibujos coloreados a mano, globos, animales de peluche y libros infantiles. También incluye un letrero con su nombre y una nota firmada “mamá” que dice “Te amo por siempre y para siempre”.

La niña asesinada en el tiroteo del miércoles ha sido identificada como Harper Moyski, de 10 años, según un comunicado compartido el jueves en nombre de sus padres.

“Harper era una niña de 10 años brillante, alegre y profundamente amada, cuya risa, amabilidad y espíritu conmovieron a todos los que la conocieron”, dice el comunicado de Michael Moyski y Jackie Flavin.

“Nuestros corazones están rotos no solo como padres, sino también por la hermana de Harper, quien adoraba a su hermana mayor y lamenta una pérdida inimaginable”, decía el comunicado. “Como familia, estamos destrozados y las palabras no pueden capturar la profundidad de nuestro dolor”.

La familia de Harper expresó gratitud por la efusión de apoyo y pidió un cambio.

“Ninguna familia debería tener que soportar este tipo de dolor. Instamos a nuestros líderes y comunidades a tomar medidas significativas para abordar la violencia armada y la crisis de salud mental en este país”, añadió la familia. “El cambio es posible y es necesario, para que la historia de Harper no se convierta en otra más en una larga lista de tragedias”.

Cuando recibió dos disparos el miércoles por la mañana, Endre estaba orando junto a sus compañeros de clase en los bancos de la Iglesia de la Anunciación, donde asistían a misa para celebrar el nuevo año escolar.

A pesar de sus heridas, “frente a un miedo y un dolor inimaginables, Endre mostró una fuerza y una fe que superan su edad”, dijo su tía.

Cuando los socorristas llegaron al lugar, un agente de policía “realmente ayudó” a Endre prestándole ayuda, abrazándolo, tranquilizándolo, e incluso oró con él antes de que el niño subiera a la ambulancia, compartió su madre, Danielle Gunter, en un comunicado en línea.

“Sentimos el dolor, la ira, la confusión y la cruda realidad de que nuestras vidas nunca volverán a ser las mismas”, escribió. “Sin embargo, todavía tenemos a nuestro hijo. A diferencia de otros, tenemos la bendición de aferrarnos a él. Le ayudaremos a reconstruir su vida, su confianza y su seguridad”.

Endre se recupera de la cirugía, rodeado de sus seres queridos, quienes se dedican a ayudarlo a sanar emocional y físicamente, dijo Davis.

La familia de Sophia Forchas se vio afectada por la tragedia de más de una manera.

Sophia, de 12 años, y su hermano menor asistían a la Escuela Católica de la Anunciación cuando ocurrió el tiroteo, según una campaña de GoFundMe organizada para la familia.

Y su madre, una enfermera de cuidados intensivos pediátricos, llegó a su turno en el Centro Médico del Condado de Hennepin, donde fueron trasladados varios de los heridos, antes incluso de saber que la escuela de sus hijos estaba involucrada en el incidente.

Sophia se encontraba en estado crítico tras ser sometida a una cirugía de emergencia el miércoles, escribieron los organizadores de la recaudación de fondos. Su hermano menor también estaba en la escuela, pero resultó ileso, según la página.

“Aunque resultó ileso físicamente, el trauma de presenciar un evento tan aterrador —y saber que su hermana resultó gravemente herida— es algo que ningún niño debería experimentar jamás”, dijo la campaña de GoFundMe.

El padre Timothy Sas, un sacerdote de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Griega de Santa María en Minneapolis, escribió en la página de Facebook de la parroquia que “pasó una buena parte del día con la familia de Sophia” en el Centro Médico del Condado de Hennepin.

Los miembros de la familia de la niña han sido feligreses de su iglesia durante generaciones, escribió el sacerdote. Algunos otros niños de su parroquia también asisten a la Escuela Católica de la Anunciación, añadió.

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Survival not supplemental, Nampa School District requests $33.6 million levy

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Nampa School District Board of Trustees has decided to rerun a two-year levy in the upcoming election, replacing their expiring one.

Petro refuerza presencia militar en parte de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela para reducir “al máximo” a los criminales

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:59:16 +0000

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español

El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ordenó este jueves reforzar la presencia militar en una parte de la frontera de su país con Venezuela como una medida para “reducir al máximo las fuerzas de la mafia”.

La orden implica que el Ejército de Colombia aumente el número de soldados para combatir a los criminales en la región del Catatumbo, donde actualmente hay 25.000 soldados, dijo Petro en su cuenta de X.

El Catatumbo se ubica en el noreste del departamento colombiano de Norte de Santander y a principios de este año fue escenario de hechos de violencia que dejaron decenas de muertos y miles de desplazados. El Gobierno de Petro atribuyó entonces la situación a enfrentamientos entre la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) con otros grupos armados.

La orden del mandatario de reforzar la presencia militar en la región se produce tres días después de que el ministro del Interior de Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, anunciara el envío de 15.000 elementos de seguridad a los estados Táchira y Zulia, colindantes con el Catatumbo.

Cabello dijo entonces que el despliegue incluiría diferentes tipos de vehículos y drones para enfrentar a los criminales, y llamó a que Colombia “haga lo propio para asegurar la paz y evitar el desarrollo de delitos en la zona fronteriza”, según declaraciones recogidas por la estatal Agencia Venezolana de Noticias.

En su mensaje de este jueves en X, Petro señaló: “No es la tierra la que le gana a la mafia, es la coordinación entre los dos estados quien lo logra”.

CNN contactó a la Cancillería de Venezuela para pedir comentarios sobre la orden anunciada por Petro y espera respuesta.

Colombia y Venezuela comparten una frontera de más de 2.200 kilómetros.

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El Gobierno de Trump planea un gran operativo de control migratorio en Chicago la próxima semana

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:53:31 +0000

Por Priscilla Alvarez, Alayna Treene, Hannah Rabinowitz y Haley Britzky, CNN

El Gobierno de Trump se está preparando para llevar a cabo una importante operación de control migratorio en Chicago la próxima semana, según varias fuentes familiarizadas con los planes, lo que marca la última escalada entre el presidente y una ciudad gobernada por demócratas.

El presidente Donald Trump y sus asesores han criticado repetidamente a Chicago por las políticas que limitan la cooperación entre las autoridades locales y las autoridades federales de inmigración. Chicago vivió una afluencia de migrantes durante el Gobierno de Biden, tras los aumentos repentinos de pasos en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos y la decisión del gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, de transportar migrantes a ciudades lideradas por los demócratas.

Chicago fue una de las primeras ciudades en ser blanco de los operativos de control migratorio cuando Trump asumió el cargo en enero. El Gobierno también demandó a la ciudad por sus llamadas políticas de santuario, aunque el caso fue desestimado cuando un juez dictaminó que el Gobierno federal no tenía legitimidad legal para presentar la demanda, y amenazó con retener fondos federales, lo que también fue bloqueado por un juez.

Ahora, se espera que las operaciones previstas en Chicago sean de mayor escala, utilizando personal del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP), y posiblemente otras agencias. Las autoridades están preparando a la Guardia Nacional para ayudar si se necesita una presencia de mantenimiento de la paz, similar a lo que ocurrió en Los Ángeles tras las protestas, dijeron las fuentes.

Los preparativos para Chicago ya están en marcha, incluyendo el envío de vehículos blindados a la ciudad en los próximos días y el aumento de agentes federales para el próximo viernes 5 de septiembre, fecha en la que, según dos fuentes, se espera que comience la operación. Sin embargo, las discusiones aún continúan y la planificación está en proceso.

Funcionarios de la Casa Blanca han dejado claro que estos planes son distintos de la idea que el presidente ha sugerido durante la última semana de utilizar fuerzas del orden federales y tropas de la Guardia Nacional para llevar a cabo una ofensiva más amplia contra el crimen en Chicago, similar a la actual en Washington.

Esas conversaciones, que se centran en “limpiar el crimen doméstico de Chicago”, como lo expresó uno de los funcionarios, continúan y no forman parte de esta operación centrada en la inmigración (aunque la iniciativa en Washington ha generado un gran aumento en arrestos relacionados con inmigración).

En cambio, el modelo para la operación de Chicago se ha establecido en Los Ángeles.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ha promocionado las operaciones de seguridad allí, utilizando redes sociales para presumir de los arrestos y adoptando tácticas agresivas. Esta semana, el departamento anunció que realizó 5.000 arrestos en Los Ángeles desde junio.

El zar de la frontera de la Casa Blanca, Tom Homan, dijo el jueves que la planificación para Chicago seguía en marcha. Agregó que hay conversaciones en curso para usar una base naval al norte de Chicago como centro para el personal federal. La Marina se negó a comentar sobre los planes potenciales y remitió las preguntas al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.

Homan se negó a decir cuántas personas serían desplegadas, pero sostuvo que “será un contingente grande”.

“Se puede ver un aumento gradual de las operaciones en Chicago, sin duda”, afirmó.

Gregory Bovino, quien ostenta el título de jefe de patrulla del sector El Centro, ha estado a cargo de las operaciones en Los Ángeles y se espera que también lidere las operaciones en Chicago, según dos fuentes.

“En todo el país, los funcionarios de seguridad nacional están arrestando y expulsando a lo peor de lo peor, incluyendo pandilleros, asesinos, pedófilos y violadores que han aterrorizado a las comunidades estadounidenses”, dijo un alto funcionario de Seguridad Nacional en un comunicado a CNN al ser consultado sobre las próximas operaciones en Chicago. “Bajo la secretaria Noem, ICE y CBP están trabajando arduamente para cumplir con el mandato del pueblo estadounidense de arrestar y deportar a inmigrantes criminales ilegales y hacer que Estados Unidos sea seguro de nuevo”.

El papel de la Guardia Nacional en Chicago sería similar al que tuvo en Los Ángeles, donde las tropas estaban bajo órdenes del Título 10, lo que significa que habían sido federalizadas y la Ley Posse Comitatus les prohibía participar en actividades de aplicación de la ley.

La situación es diferente en Washington, donde las tropas están bajo órdenes del Título 32. Eso normalmente significa que reportan al gobernador — en el caso único de Washington, esa autoridad recae en el presidente y normalmente se delega en el titular del Ejército— y no están sujetas a la Ley Posse Comitatus.
Habría inquietudes legales más amplias si la administración Trump intentara algo similar en Illinois.

Rachel VanLandingham, exasesora legal de la Fuerza Aérea y actual profesora de derecho en la Facultad de Derecho Southwestern, dijo previamente a CNN que sería “un mundo completamente nuevo para ellos intentar una maniobra similar a la de Washington en Chicago o cualquier otro lugar que no sea Washington, porque ahí es legalmente diferente a cualquier otra área”.

Sin embargo, el actual impulso contra la inmigración ilegal está firmemente dentro de la autoridad ejecutiva del presidente, según funcionarios de la administración.

El gobernador de Illinois, J. B. Pritzker, arremetió el lunes contra Trump por sugerir que podría desplegar un contingente mayor de fuerzas federales en Chicago, acusando a la administración de “buscar formas de sentar las bases para eludir nuestra democracia, militarizar nuestras ciudades y acabar con las elecciones”.

Pritzker también afirmó que el Gobierno no se había comunicado con su oficina ni con el alcalde antes del supuesto despliegue y criticó duramente la falta de coordinación.

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Wildfire smoke returns; a few thunderstorms with a warming trend

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:39:29 +0000

Drier air is filtering into the region with partly cloudy skies. However, we’re still looking for a few thunderstorms developing over the region for Thursday night and again for Friday. We’ll see more wildfire smoke rolling in from the west over the next couple of days.

Overnight lows will drop down to the lower 50’s. Light winds around 5-10 mph from the southwest. A low risk of late-night thunderstorms continues.

For Friday, we’ll see patchy wildfire smoke. Otherwise, Sunny skies and a high in the mid 70’s. There is a low risk of thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening.

Saturday will be sunny, with a high temperature in the upper 70’s.

Sunday will be sunny and warmer, with a high near 80°.

“Powering the future” New exhibit at heritage park brings hydropower to life for community

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:38:13 +0000

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — A new interactive exhibit is teaching the local community about hydropower.

Heritage Park in Idaho Falls welcomed its first historical exhibit with a ribbon-cutting on Thursday afternoon, August 28th, 2025. The park is dedicated to celebrating the city's cultural heritage.

Idaho Falls Power and INL together unveiled an interactive hydropower exhibit in the park.

"Heritage Park demonstrates a lot of heritage for the city and our community and Hydro's been part of Idaho Falls city for 125 years. So this is a great place to demonstrate that and showcase that," said Stephen Boorman, Interim General Manager for Idaho Falls Power.

As part of their joint partnership to promote STEM education in the community, the project invited BYU students to help them with the design.

"The BYU, Idaho team collaborated on how to really design and implement the inner workings of the exhibit so that it would communicate and demonstrate how a hydropower plant actually looks and feels," said Thomas Moshir, Lead of hydropower research and Manager of Decision Sciences for INL.

Heritage Park offers visitors a view of the real deal hydroelectric dam, and just a few steps away, and with a push of the button, they can see a miniature version of how it all works.

"The original founders of the city, what a vision they had in order to create a power plant here to power our city. And it has continued for over 100 years," said Lisa Burtenshaw, Idaho Falls City Council president.

Burtenshaw says there will be more heritage stops in the park as it continues to grow. She says the next project is a statue of Rebecca Mitchell, one of the founders of the first school in Idaho Falls.

Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido inician el proceso para reimponer sanciones de la ONU a Irán por su programa nuclear

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:21:35 +0000

Por Jennifer Hansler y Lauren Kent, CNN

Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido comenzaron el proceso para reimponer sanciones de la ONU a Irán por su programa nuclear.

El desencadenamiento de las llamadas sanciones de “restablecimiento automático” (snapback), una medida que EE.UU. celebró el jueves, se produce mientras los esfuerzos diplomáticos para frenar el creciente programa nuclear de Irán han fracasado. Teherán condenó la medida y advirtió que podría haber consecuencias por la reimplementación de las sanciones.

Los países del “E3” notificaron el jueves al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que activarán el mecanismo de restablecimiento automático, que reimpondría todas las sanciones de la ONU que se habían levantado previamente en el acuerdo nuclear con Irán de 2015. El mecanismo se incluyó como parte de ese acuerdo, denominado formalmente Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPoA).

Irán incumplió cada vez más el acuerdo nuclear después de que el presidente Donald Trump retirara a EE.UU. del acuerdo en 2018.

“Hoy, el incumplimiento de Irán con el JCPoA es claro y deliberado, y los sitios de gran preocupación por la proliferación en Irán están fuera del monitoreo del OIEA (Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica)”, dijeron los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido en una declaración conjunta el jueves. “Irán no tiene justificación civil para sus reservas de uranio altamente enriquecido”.

“Por lo tanto, su programa nuclear sigue siendo una clara amenaza para la paz y la seguridad internacionales”, añadió el comunicado.

El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán condenó la medida el jueves, calificándola de “escalada provocadora e innecesaria” que se enfrentaría a “respuestas apropiadas”. El ministerio dijo en un comunicado que la decisión del E3 “socavará gravemente el proceso en curso de las interacciones y la cooperación de Irán” con el OIEA.

Irán ha pasado décadas desarrollando su programa nuclear, que sostiene que es únicamente para fines energéticos pacíficos. El país ha dicho que planea construir centrales nucleares adicionales para satisfacer las necesidades energéticas internas y liberar más petróleo para la exportación.

Las centrales nucleares requieren uranio, y según el organismo de vigilancia nuclear de la ONU, ningún otro país tiene el tipo de uranio que Irán tiene actualmente sin tener también un programa de armas nucleares.

En virtud del acuerdo de 2015, Irán acordó restricciones a sus centrifugadoras, reducir drásticamente sus reservas de uranio y mantener sus niveles de enriquecimiento de uranio en no más del 3,67 %, por debajo de casi el 20 %. También acordó más inspecciones internacionales de sus instalaciones nucleares. A cambio, Teherán recibió miles de millones de dólares en alivio de sanciones.

Pero Irán ha intensificado significativamente su programa de enriquecimiento de uranio desde que la administración de Trump se retiró del acuerdo nuclear en 2018.
Teherán comenzó con unos 150 kg de uranio enriquecido al 3,6 % —lo cual es suficiente para reactores nucleares y un programa nuclear pacífico— y ahora tiene 50 veces su nivel de 2018.

El proceso de restablecimiento automático dura 30 días, lo que le da a Teherán una ventana para tomar medidas para detener la reimposición de las sanciones. La capacidad de activar las sanciones de restablecimiento automático expira en octubre de 2025, lo que impulsó al E3 a hacerlo ahora.

“No es una decisión que se haya tomado a la ligera”, dijo el jueves un funcionario británico. El funcionario dijo que el E3 tomó la decisión debido al “incumplimiento significativo” de Irán con el acuerdo de 2015, sus reservas de uranio altamente enriquecido y lo que describieron como una falta de “respuesta suficiente por parte iraní” para llegar a un acuerdo diplomático.

“No creemos que sea el fin de la diplomacia, y seguimos comprometidos con una solución negociada”, dijo el funcionario.

En una carta al presidente del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU el jueves, los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de los países del E3 escribieron que “seguirán esforzándose por resolver la cuestión del incumplimiento significativo de Irán, y afirman que si esta cuestión se resuelve antes del final del período de 30 días… el E3 informará al Consejo de Seguridad en consecuencia”.

“Por lo tanto, instamos a Irán a entablar una diplomacia constructiva para resolver las preocupaciones asociadas con su programa nuclear”, escribieron en la carta, una copia de la cual fue obtenida por CNN.

En la declaración conjunta de los países europeos, los ministros de relaciones exteriores enfatizaron que las medidas de sanciones y otras medidas restrictivas “no son nuevas”. Las medidas fueron previamente acordadas por el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y “levantadas a la luz de los compromisos de Irán bajo el JCPOA”, según el comunicado.

“Sin embargo, Irán ha optado por no cumplir con esos compromisos”, añadió la declaración conjunta.

El jefe del OIEA el jueves expresó optimismo por la reanudación de las inspecciones, diciendo: “Creo que habrá elementos positivos sobre la mesa que quizás podrían ayudar a evitar esta posibilidad de sanciones de gran alcance”.

“Ahora hay un período de un mes que creo que deberíamos aprovechar… El OIEA puede establecer un buen mecanismo para regresar a los lugares y especialmente para verificar o comprobar qué pasó con el material, con el uranio altamente enriquecido al 60 %”, Rafael Grossi dijo a Becky Anderson de CNN.

Inspectores nucleares regresaron a Irán esta semana por primera vez desde que Israel y EE.UU.
bombardearan instalaciones nucleares iraníes, pero Grossi confirmó que no se ha llegado a un acuerdo formal para permitir que los inspectores lleven a cabo su trabajo con amplio acceso.

EE.UU. dio la bienvenida a la medida del E3 para activar las sanciones de “snapback” mientras decía que estaba listo para una nueva diplomacia.

“Insto a los líderes iraníes a tomar las medidas inmediatas necesarias para asegurar que su nación nunca obtenga un arma nuclear; a seguir el camino de la paz; y, por extensión, a promover la prosperidad para el pueblo iraní”, dijo el secretario de Estado de EE.UU. Marco Rubio.

El embajador de Israel ante la ONU, Danny Danon, también dio la bienvenida al “snapback”, calificándolo como un paso importante para detener el programa nuclear del país y aumentar la presión sobre el régimen iraní.

Eso se produce después de que Israel lanzara fuertes ataques aéreos contra al menos uno de los sitios de enriquecimiento de Irán en junio, y disparara ataques más selectivos contra Teherán para decapitar el liderazgo militar del régimen.

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Heidi Gardner and Michael Longfellow are also leaving ‘SNL’

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:16:08 +0000

By Dan Heching, CNN

(CNN) — More cast changes are coming to “Saturday Night Live.”

On Thursday, CNN confirmed that Heidi Gardner and Michael Longfellow are leaving the sketch show, becoming the third and fourth cast members to depart this week.

Gardner’s departure comes after eight seasons with the show, which saw her create famously neurotic addled characters and fan favorites including Angel, every boxer’s girlfriend from every boxing movie ever.

Longfellow was on “SNL” for three seasons.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Gardner and Longfellow, as well as for “Saturday Night Live,” for comment.

The news comes after a different pair of cast members announced their departures from the show earlier in the week.

On Monday, Devon Walker shared he was leaving the show via an Instagram post, writing in part that the working environment there was at times “toxic as hell.”

Walker, who was with the show three seasons, likened his time on the show to a “little marriage,” saying, “Me and the show did three years together, and sometimes it was really cool.”

Two days later, Emil Wakim also took to Instagram to inform followers he was leaving the show, writing that “it was a gut punch of a call to get but I’m so grateful for my time there.”

Wakim was on the show for one season.

Almost every year, a slew of cast additions and exits are announced prior to the new season of “SNL.”

Last week, “SNL” creator and overseer Lorne Michaels told Puck that some major changes were coming to the cast. Announcements revealing who he’s selected to join the cast as new members are expected soon.

“SNL” Season 51 will premiere on October 4, according to NBC.

CNN’s Lisa Respers France contributed to this report.

Alleged DC sandwich thrower charged with a misdemeanor after grand jury rejects felony indictment

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:05:34 +0000

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN

(CNN) — After a grand jury failed to return a felony indictment against the Washington, DC, man accused of throwing a sub-style sandwich at a law enforcement officer in the first days of Trump’s federal takeover of the city, federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a lesser misdemeanor charge.

Prosecutors filed the charges Thursday, two weeks after the initial complaint was filed against the man, Sean Charles Dunn, a former Justice Department attorney who was fired immediately following his arrest.

Dunn, prosecutors have alleged, threw a sub-style sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer one evening in early August, calling them “fascists” and yelling and cursing at the officers gathered.

His attorney declined to comment on the charge.

The office of US Attorney Jeanine Pirro did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.

Previously, the Justice Department said in court it was charging Dunn with a felony assault charge but, after a grand jury declined to hand up an indictment in the case, have now filed a lesser misdemeanor charge, cutting the maximum sentence from 8 years in jail to 1 year.

Since prosecutors filed the charges by information – instead of by complaint as they previously did – they can skirt around using a grand jury and instead go right to the judge, who would need to decide whether there is probable cause and the case can proceed.

Dunn has not entered a plea, and his case has been passed to a federal judge in DC, who will preside over the case.

Dunn was arrested on August 10, right after he allegedly threw the sandwich. He was then released the next morning, his attorney said in court earlier this month, and attempted to get an attorney to turn himself in when he learned of a warrant for his arrest.

Instead, 20 officers came to Dunn’s apartment and arrested him there, his attorney told the magistrate judge initially in charge of the case.

Her assertions would later be proven when the White House posted a propaganda film of decked-out deputy US Marshals and other law enforcement, including FBI agents, showing up at Dunn’s door with guns drawn and a riot shield deployed to arrest him.

At the time of Dunn’s arrest, Pirro celebrated in a video shared on X, “We’re going to back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else.”

The magistrate judge released Dunn, finding that he did not pose a threat to the community.

¿Tiene Seattle Sounders lo que se necesita para ganarle al Inter Miami en la Leagues Cup?

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:38:54 +0000

Por Pablo Antonio García Escorihuela, CNN en Español

La final de la Leagues Cup estará llena de contrastes. De costa a costa. De uno de los puntos más al sur de Estados Unidos, con el calor de sus playas y el colorido de su gente, a uno de los lugares más al norte, con su cielo encapotado permanentemente y el frío característico cerca de la frontera con Canadá.

Pero más allá de la geografía, el duelo que definirá al campeón de la Leagues Cup en el Lumen Field de Seattle enfrentará a dos de las franquicias más exitosas de los últimos tiempos en el fútbol estadounidense: por un lado el Inter Miami, con Lionel Messi a la cabeza, ante el que será local en la definición por el título, el Seattle Sounders.

Todos saben del poderío del Inter. De lo que puede hacer Messi, del equilibrio que consiguió con la llegada de Rodrigo de Paul, de las capacidades goleadoras de Luis Suárez, Busquets, Alba, del talento joven que encabeza el venezolano Telasco Segovia. ¿Puede realmente Seattle ser una amenaza para la segunda corona de Leagues Cup del equipo rosa?

Tiene todos los argumentos para pensar que sí.

Seattle se precia de tener, con toda razón, una de las aficiones futboleras más fieles de todo Estados Unidos. El primer argumento que esgrimen para poder soñar con ganar la final ante Miami, es la ventaja de ser locales.

Hasta el año 2022, en el que, por cierto, Seattle se coronó campeón de la Concacaf Champions Cup, la asistencia general al estadio era de poco más de 31.000 espectadores, siendo uno de los recintos más ruidosos de toda la MLS por la bulla que genera su afición.

El Sounders levantó su nivel tras su participación en el Mundial de Clubes. Está en la cuarta casilla de la Conferencia Oeste de la MLS, con un plantel lleno de jugadores con experiencia.

El ariete colombiano-estadounidense Jesús Ferreira y el veterano Cristian Roldán lideran la ofensiva de un equipo que, además, cuenta con la juventud del mexicano Obed Vargas y las revelaciones del torneo para ellos: el argentino Pedro de la Vega y el atacante Ozase De Rosario, quienes dieron la cara tras las lesiones de Albert Rusnak y Jordan Morris para elevar el nivel de este equipo en la campaña.

Su entrenador, Brian Schmetzer, es uno de los ganadores probados en la MLS: obtuvo el título de la Concacaf y mantiene al Sounders permanentemente peleando en la zona alta de la Conferencia Oeste.

Seattle pretenderá, con estos argumentos, opacar el brillo del sol de Miami, en una final que será un mano a mano divertido, ofensivo y muy intenso, en la búsqueda de una nueva corona internacional para las dos franquicias.

Fight breaks out in Mexican Senate, following debate on US military intervention

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:33:53 +0000

By José Álvarez, Michael Rios, CNN

(CNN) — A meeting of the Mexican Senate descended into violence Wednesday, after one of its members apparently became enraged at not getting a chance to speak.

The scuffle broke out between two high-ranking senators toward the end of a session that had included a heated debate on the possibility of US military intervention in the country.

As the national anthem was playing, the aggrieved senator, Alejandro Moreno – president of the opposition party PRI – stepped up to the podium and grabbed the arm of Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña, of the ruling Morena party, and a shoving match ensued.

Others nearby then stepped in. A live broadcast of the exchange shows one man in a suit appearing to take a swing at Noroña, while Moreno pushes a different man in a green shirt to the ground.

Noroña later identified the man in the green shirt as a member of his team. The man appeared alongside Noroña at a press conference, wearing a neck brace and bandages around his arm.

Moreno said on social media that he had confronted Noroña because the ruling party had changed the agenda of the session to prevent the opposition from speaking out.

“That cowardice provoked what followed. Let it be clear: the first physical aggression came from Noroña,” he said, claiming the Senate president started the altercation by shoving him.

For his part, Noroña insisted the opposition senators were to blame. “They ganged up on me. They will say that this is freedom of expression,” he said.

He said that during the session they had debated topics including US military intervention, which he had accused opposition parties of supporting.

He also said he intended to file a complaint against Moreno, claiming Moreno had threatened to kill him. He also said he would seek the expulsion of Moreno and other opposition members involved in the altercation.

CNN has reached out to Moreno for comment.

Violence in Mexico’s Congress is rare but not unheard of.

In 2006, a brawl erupted between lawmakers ahead of the inauguration of President Felipe Calderon after a disputed election.

Fight breaks out in Mexican Senate, following debate on US military intervention

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:33:53 +0000

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