Sunday brought a shooting at a homecoming weekend in Florida, a homecoming for Venezuela’s opposition leader, and the final campaign weekend before the November 3 midterms. Here is what happened today.
BREAKING / ÚLTIMA HORA
Shooting near Florida A&M homecoming leaves 12 hurt, including six children
Gunfire broke out just before 8 p.m. Saturday near Perry and Manatee streets, behind Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, after Florida A&M University’s homecoming game. Tallahassee police said 11 people suffered gunshot wounds and a 12th person, the grandmother of one of the victims, was hurt while fleeing. Six of the victims were children. The youngest was 11 years old. One victim was a Florida A&M student.
By Sunday morning, five victims had been released from the hospital and six remained, one in critical condition. Police said the shooting grew out of a physical fight between two or three people. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning, and police had not named a suspect. The university said the campus itself remained safe.
INTERNATIONAL / INTERNACIONAL
Brazil votes in tense presidential runoff
Brazilians voted Sunday in a runoff for president between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Polls closed Sunday evening and results were still coming in. In the first round on October 4, Bolsonaro finished first with 47.03 percent of valid votes and Lula took 45.16 percent, a gap of about 2.2 million votes, according to Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court. Neither reached the 50 percent needed to win outright.
Lula, 80, is seeking a fourth term. Bolsonaro, 45, is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a prison sentence for trying to overturn his 2022 defeat by Lula. Polls before the runoff showed the race effectively tied, and about 21 percent of Brazil’s 158 million registered voters did not vote in the first round.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returns home after 10 months in exile
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announced Sunday that she had returned to Venezuela after about 10 months abroad. “Estoy aquí. Con ustedes,” she wrote on X — “I’m here. With you.”
Within hours, videos showed her at the Church of Santa Rosa in Barquisimeto, in the western state of Lara, where her party said she went to give thanks to the Divina Pastora. Crowds pressed around her, chanting her name. Opposition figure Edmundo González Urrutia, who ran in her place in the disputed 2024 election, confirmed her return and said he would join her soon.
Her return poses a challenge to interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who took over after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro in January. President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday he hoped Machado stays safe, calling her “a very nice woman.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said her return was “the direct result of the U.S. supported reconciliation talks,” which he said have freed hundreds of political prisoners. Machado has called for elections soon. Washington says Venezuela must stabilize first.
POLITICS / POLÍTICA
Final campaign weekend before the midterms: Obama and Trump rally, 1,000 federal election monitors planned
Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday, including a Detroit rally for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. President Donald Trump campaigned in Michigan on Sunday with a rally in Port Huron, and in Georgia on Saturday. The midterm elections are November 3 and will decide control of Congress.
The Justice Department plans to send about 1,000 election monitors to polling places nationwide, which Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has called the biggest DOJ election observer effort in history. That is more than the 714 monitors deployed in 2024 and the 289 in the 2022 midterms. Oregon’s Secretary of State said federal observers must follow state rules. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the monitors will not be armed, calling that claim “completely false.” The monitoring program itself is long-running. Critics, including the Campaign Legal Center, say the scale and the use of prosecutors raise questions about intimidation. The department says monitors observe and document compliance with federal voting-rights law and do not intervene in voting.
IMMIGRATION / INMIGRACIÓN
Woodland police dispute federal account of ICE vehicle striking a man filming an operation
Woodland, California, police say video shows an SUV driven by an ICE agent struck 37-year-old Antonio Moreida on October 20 as he filmed an immigration enforcement operation. The collision happened around 9:38 a.m. near Locust and Clover streets. Moreida was evaluated at the scene and taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The Department of Homeland Security first said Moreida jumped onto the hood and slid off. Woodland Police Chief Ryan Kinnan said investigators reviewed video and concluded Moreida was struck by the vehicle and did not jump onto the hood, and that the driver braked before the collision. ICE later said its officers tried to drive around Moreida while braking and urged people not to stand in active roadways. Woodland police said their findings will go to the Yolo County District Attorney for review. The department said it did not take part in the federal operation.
Man charged after Molotov cocktail thrown at Atlanta ICE building
Federal authorities charged Inique Hinton, 31, of Douglasville, Georgia, after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the ICE building at 180 Ted Turner Drive in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday evening. Prosecutors say security cameras caught Hinton near the building just before 8:15 p.m. He allegedly ignited an object and threw it toward the facility. It struck the exterior fence and flames spread. Investigators recovered burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter.
Hinton was arrested at a home in Cobb County and faces charges of attempted arson of a federal building and depredation of government property. U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg called the attack “an act of terrorism” and “an act of political violence.” The FBI had offered a $20,000 reward for information before the arrest. The arson charge carries up to 20 years in prison. These are charges, not convictions, and Hinton’s guilt has not been established in court.
CORPORATE WATCH / EMPRESAS BAJO LA LUPA
American Express cuts about 3,500 jobs while raising its profit forecast
American Express announced Friday it will cut about 5 percent of its global workforce, roughly 3,500 of about 78,000 jobs, and take a $336 million restructuring charge. The announcement came on the same earnings call where the company reported third-quarter revenue of $20.1 billion, up 9 percent, net income of $3.7 billion, up 28 percent, and raised its full-year earnings guidance to $18.30 to $18.60 a share.
Chief Financial Officer Christophe Le Caillec said the goal is to make the company “leaner, more agile, and also to prepare for AI.” CEO Stephen Squeri said the plan reduces management layers so the company can automate and take advantage of AI in coming quarters and years. The company has not said which roles, teams or countries the cuts will hit. American Express shares fell more than 3 percent Friday.
It was a week of layoff announcements. Barclays said it will cut about 5,000 jobs. eBay said it will cut about 9 percent of its staff, roughly 1,000 workers. Volvo said it will cut another 2,500 jobs.
MARKETS / LA BOLSA
Stocks fall Friday as oil jumps past $100
Wall Street closed lower Friday, October 23. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 652.82 points, or 1.23 percent, to 52,215.16. The S&P 500 fell 0.52 percent to 7,623.68. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.21 percent to 25,955.34. Technology shares steadied after Thursday’s selloff, but selling spread to consumer staples, financials and health care.
Oil drove the day. Brent crude settled at $116.72 a barrel, up 3.14 percent, its highest settlement since April 29. U.S. West Texas Intermediate closed at $103.27, up 3.8 percent. Reports tied the jump to fears of further Middle East supply disruptions after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia, and to reports that the U.S. and Israel may be preparing another strike on Iran. The S&P 500 energy sector rose about 2.5 percent to a record high. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed to about 5.00 percent.
For the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent and the Nasdaq fell 0.7 percent, while the Dow gained about 0.4 percent.
OTHER STATES / OTROS ESTADOS
Four Corners flooding: near-record river crest in Colorado, hundreds rescued in New Mexico
Hundreds of homes remained evacuated Saturday in the Four Corners region after days of heavy rain pushed rivers to near-record levels. In Pagosa Springs, Colorado, the San Juan River reached 15.02 feet early Friday, the highest since 1911, when it peaked at 17.80 feet. Last October’s flooding crested at 12.82 feet. About 100 people evacuated in Archuleta County, schools closed Friday, and Governor Jared Polis expanded a disaster emergency to a dozen counties.
In Farmington, New Mexico, flooding affected about 2,000 people. Officials urged about 600 homes to evacuate, about 1,500 people lost power, and at least a couple hundred people needed rescue, including 11 helicopter hoist operations by the New Mexico National Guard. Police Chief Steve Hebbe called it a “once in a generation” event. Officials warned more rain was coming and evacuations stayed in place through the weekend.
Audi plans its first U.S. plant near Macon, Georgia, with about 4,500 jobs
Audi will build its first U.S. factory near Macon, Georgia, President Donald Trump announced Saturday at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia. Trump put the investment at $4.2 billion. Audi and Georgia officials put it at about $4 billion. The plant would build up to 200,000 of Audi’s biggest and most premium SUVs a year, the Q7, Q8 and Q9, and create about 4,500 jobs.
The timeline is not settled. Trump said construction could begin as soon as next month. Audi’s own timeline puts site grading in 2027, construction in 2028 and full production in 2031. The project still needs approval from Volkswagen Group’s supervisory board. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner joined Trump onstage and said, “This is a long-term investment because we believe in the American market.”
ALSO TODAY / TAMBIÉN HOY
New York Archdiocese reaches $800 million settlement with about 1,300 abuse survivors
About 1,300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed to an $800 million settlement with the Archdiocese of New York, lawyers announced Saturday. It is the second-largest settlement by a U.S. archdiocese, after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to $880 million in 2024. The deal ends more than seven years of lawsuits filed under New York’s Child Victims Act.
The settlement is not final yet. Archbishop Ronald Hicks said the parties are scheduled to sign it the week of November 6. The archdiocese also agreed to release documents about credibly accused clergy, and survivors can still pursue the church’s insurers for additional payouts. The deal avoids a bankruptcy filing by the archdiocese.
Sources / Fuentes
Sources / Fuentes: USA Today, NBC News and the Tallahassee Police Department (FAMU shooting); CNN and The Times (Brazil runoff); Reuters, NPR and USA Today (Machado return); NPR, CNN, the Times Herald and the Campaign Legal Center (midterm campaign and election monitors); CNN, USA Today and KION (Woodland); Fox News, Fox 5 Atlanta, the New York Post and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta ICE case); CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal (American Express and layoffs); Reuters and the Associated Press (Friday market close); Colorado Public Radio and the Associated Press (Four Corners flooding); the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and Reuters (Audi Georgia); Reuters, CNN and USA Today (New York Archdiocese settlement). No story in this edition is single-sourced.
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