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A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia at 7:34 a.m. local time, centered near San José del Palmar in the Chocó department. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported the tremor originated at a depth of 107 kilometers, yet its intense horizontal shaking triggered extensive destruction across the country’s western valleys and primary coffee-growing region.

At least 111 people are confirmed dead, more than 600 others are injured, and thousands remain unaccounted for. The highest casualties are concentrated in the Risaralda province and the city of Cali, where over 2,000 residents have already been logged on digital missing-persons databases.

More than 60 multi-story buildings have completely collapsed, and over 1,600 structures report severe damage. Notable impacts include the disintegration of the passenger terminal ceiling at the Pereira Airport and the collapse of a prominent historic spire at the Manizales Cathedral.

President Abelardo de la Espriella has declared a national state of emergency to bypass bureaucratic delays, fast-track emergency disaster funds, and deploy full military and civil defense assets. Local residents and emergency crews are currently working side-by-side, forming massive human chains to clear heavy concrete debris by hand.

The civil aviation authority, Aeronautica Civil, has completely suspended commercial operations at six major regional airports, including Cali, Pereira, and Buenaventura. Runways are strictly limited to incoming military supply planes, search-and-rescue canine units, and emergency medical evacuation flights.

Edmundo Sosa drove in three runs and top pitching prospect Andrew Painter carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Monday night at Busch Stadium. Facing a heavily depleted and exhausted bullpen, the Phillies leaned on their young right-hander to deliver a deep outing. Painter rose to the challenge, keeping the Cardinals hitless through the first 5.1 innings.

The Phillies offense backed their starter early. In the second inning, Brandon Marsh singled and scored on a throwing error by Cardinals starter Hunter Dobbins. Edmundo Sosa quickly capitalized, slapping an RBI single to give Philadelphia a 2-0 cushion. Kyle Schwarber, who reached base four times on the night, extended the lead by scoring in the fifth after a walk and later driving home Garrett Stubbs with an RBI double in the seventh.

Painter (2-8) commanded the mound with six strikeouts but finally ran out of steam in the bottom of the sixth after throwing 93 pitches. Iván Herrera broke up the no-hit bid with a one-out double. Alec Burleson followed with a two-run single that chased Painter from the game, cutting the Phillies’ lead to 3-2. Reliever Alan Rangel stepped up to record the final two outs of the inning, safely preserving the slim lead.

Sosa provided crucial insurance in the top of the eighth, crushing a two-run double to push the score to 6-2. The three-RBI performance marked Sosa’s most productive night at the plate since late June.

The insurance proved necessary as the Cardinals launched a furious late-inning comeback against Rangel in the bottom of the eighth. An RBI double by Burleson, followed by run-scoring hits from Masyn Winn and José Fermín, quickly dragged St. Louis within one run. Rangel managed to escape further damage by stranding runners on second and third.

With the primary high-leverage arms unavailable, manager Don Mattingly turned to Jonathan Bowlan in the ninth. Bowlan slammed the door to secure his first save in four opportunities, closing out the nail-biting 6-5 victory. The win marks Philadelphia’s second straight victory and their seventh in the last ten games.

A wave of intense summer thunderstorms ripped through northern Illinois, triggering massive flight disruptions and forcing federal aviation officials to halt all air traffic at Chicago’s two major airports.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued mandatory ground stops for both O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport as severe weather brought heavy downpours, high winds, and frequent lightning to the metropolitan area. Under the FAA order, all planes bound for Chicago were forced to remain parked at their departure cities, creating an immediate, nationwide ripple effect that left thousands of travelers stranded at terminal gates across the country.

The weather gridlock caused O’Hare to briefly rank number one globally for the worst flight delays, with average wait times on the tarmac stretching over 100 minutes even after the weather cleared and the ground stops were officially lifted. Major carriers operating out of Chicago, including United Airlines and American Airlines, bore the brunt of the storm’s impact, reporting hundreds of delayed arrivals and widespread cancellations. To assist impacted passengers, airlines have issued travel alerts and flexible fee waivers to allow travelers to rebook their flights without penalties.

While airport operations have since resumed and crews are working to clear the backlog, aviation experts warn that scheduling delays will likely spill over into the coming days. Passengers traveling through or connecting in Chicago are strongly urged to check their flight status online before heading to the terminal.

Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream picked up a 107-95 win against the Toronto Tempo on Monday.

The Atlanta Dream firmly established their regular season supremacy on Monday night, subduing the Toronto Tempo 107-95 to complete a flawless 4-0 seasonal sweep. The high-octane victory at Gateway Center Arena was propelled by individual historical milestones from newly named Team USA World Cup teammates Rhyne Howard and Angel Reese.

Reese put together a solid game, posting 20 points, 14 rebounds, a steal and a block on 7-of-14 from the field and 1-of-3 from deep. Reese also notched a bit of history; her final defensive board secured her 22nd double-double of the year.This officially snapped the previous franchise benchmark for the most double-doubles in a single Atlanta Dream season. Furthermore, Reese sits just seven double-doubles away from breaking the all-time WNBA single-season record (28) with 12 games remaining.

Howard also made history in the win as she finished with 22 points and seven assists.

Jordin Canada put together a nice game with 20 points, nine assists and six boards, and Allisha Gray added 15.

Tempo star Marina Mabrey led the way for Toronto with a game-high 36 points, but that wasn’t enough on a night where only one other starter was in double figures.

With the win on Monday, Atlanta improved to 20-12, which moves the Dream to fifth place in the WNBA standings. They’re also now tied with the fourth-placed Indiana Fever.

The Dream have won seven of their last nine as they head into a road matchup against the Connecticut Sun on Thursday.

The Tempo, meanwhile, simply could not keep up with the Dream’s elite velocity and dropped to 10-22 as they continue to struggle in their first season as a WNBA franchise.

The House has approved the bill, but a ticking clock in the Senate stands between Americans and endless evening sunshine.

The long-standing legislative debate over U.S. time zones has reached a critical juncture. President Donald Trump has publicly aligned with lawmakers pushing to make daylight saving time permanent, calling on the Senate to finalize the Sunshine Protection Act. The issue has uniquely unified elements of both parties, culminating in a swift 308–117 approval in the House of Representatives. Trump noted that the disruption of switching time configurations twice a year costs millions of dollars in logistical adjustments for various cities and states.

Supporters of the legislation point to a wide array of societal benefits, ranging from public safety to health. The administration highlights that extended evening daylight reduces pedestrian accidents, deters crime, and provides families with more time to spend outdoors together. Tourism and recreation industries also heavily favor the change due to the economic boost provided by longer evening operational hours.

While many experts support ending the clock changes, they don’t necessarily agree with Trump’s preferred approach.

Sleep and health researchers say moving clocks twice a year disrupts the body’s circadian rhythm, which regulates sleep and other biological functions. The spring time change, when clocks move forward an hour, has been linked to sleep disruption, traffic crashes and increased health risks.

But many specialists argue permanent standard time, not permanent daylight saving time, would be the healthier option.

Erik Herzog, a biology and neuroscience professor at Washington University in St. Louis and former president of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, previously told USA TODAY that permanent standard time would better align with the body’s natural clock.

Public opinion polls suggest many Americans have grown tired of the twice-yearly ritual.

A 2023 YouGov survey found 62% favored eliminating clock changes. A January 2025 Gallup poll found 54% wanted to end the practice, though Americans were divided over whether the nation should adopt permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time.

For now, the annual fall clock change remains on the schedule. Unless Congress acts quickly after returning from recess, Americans should still expect to turn their clocks back on Nov. 1.

Despite the executive push, the bill faces immediate legislative roadblocks. The Senate is on recess until September 14, leaving a narrow window to pass the measure before the upcoming November 1 deadline. Furthermore, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other key members from agricultural states have expressed hesitation, citing the risks that later winter sunrises pose to farmers and school children walking in the dark. Whether the Senate will align with the White House or let the bill expire remains the central question on Capitol Hill.

“There was substantial damage to the Reflecting Pool, also but unfortunately, there is no video or proof, other than the damage, itself,” he wrote on Truth Social. “We are working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly. As with many jobs, there was also some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening, but it was a very small area of this massive Pool, and was relatively inconsequential.”

Trump claimed that a National Park Service “career employee, a highly credible witness,” saw Olympian David Hearn “in broad daylight vandalize the Reflecting Pool by ‘violently’ ripping and tugging at the Pool’s somewhat delicate coating.” He added that this employee’s testimony was provided to U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.

The president concluded his post by saying that security cameras “have been, and are being, installed.”

The remarks went up on Truth Social the day after Trump posted photos of alleged vandalism amid a push for Pirro to revisit the decision to drop the charges against multiple people also accused of vandalizing the pool.

This other post on Truth Social included two photos of what appeared to be graffiti and some peeling of the coating of the pool. Both photos were labeled with the word “Vandalism.”

Trump is pushing for the Justice Department to backtrack on its move to drop criminal charges against people accused of damaging the site. On Friday, the president pressed for Pirro to revisit “her hastily made decision.”

D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman formally dropped the charges against Hearn and will later decide whether prosecutors can try to charge Hearn in the future.

The president last week accused Pirro of having “choked” in response to the decision.

Pieces of “American flag blue” paint floated to the Reflecting Pool’s surface following renovations to the pool leading up to the country’s 250th anniversary. Trump claimed this, and green algae blooms that appeared in the pool’s waters, were perpetuated by vandals.

Pirro’s office blamed the contractor for overspraying and delamination after the charges against Hearn were dropped.

“The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed,” prosecutors wrote.

The failure of the border project, characterized by broken infrastructure and contractor errors, resulted from rushing a complex engineering task to meet political deadlines rather than sabotage. Consequently, the site remains a testament to the fact that political maneuvering cannot overcome physical constraints.

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (PIX11) — North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fighter jets had to intercept multiple aircraft near Bedminster on Sunday due to President Donald Trump’s presence at a LIV Golf tournament.

Video obtained by PIX11 News from a Jefferson Township resident shows the moment one of these small planes was chased down by an F-16 in restricted airspace.

Trump was seen by attendees riding in a cart with legendary golfer Gary Player.

Video obtained by PIX11 News from a Jefferson Township resident shows the moment one of these small planes was chased down by an F-16 in restricted airspace. (Credit: Joe Afflerbach – Jefferson Township)

NORAD confirmed multiple pilots violated a temporary flight restriction over Bedminster due to Trump’s attendance at the LIV Golf New York event at Trump National Golf Club.

NORAD said all aircraft were “safely escorted out of the area” and asked pilots to be aware of FAA temporary flight restrictions.

Don Nelson passed away on Sunday at the age of 86., the second-winningest coach in NBA history, a five-time NBA champion as a player and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

“On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family,” Nelson’s family said in a statement. “Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories.”

In 31 seasons as an NBA head coach with the Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors (twice), New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks, Nelson finished with a regular-season record of 1,335-1,063. He retired with the most coaching wins ever, a mark that was broken by the San Antonio Spurs‘ Gregg Popovich in March 2022.

Nelson made 18 playoff appearances as a coach, finishing with a 75-91 postseason record.

As a player, Nelson won five NBA titles in 11 seasons with the Boston Celtics, who retired his No. 19 jersey in 1978. He played 14 seasons in the NBA.

“The Celtics extend our deep condolences to Nelson’s family, loved ones, and everyone he touched through his rich and impactful life in basketball and beyond,” the Celtics said in a statement.

Immediately following his playing career, Nelson joined the Milwaukee Bucks as an assistant coach for the 1976-77 season. Only 15 games into that season, he was promoted to head coach after Larry Costello was fired.

“Don Nelson was a true innovator whose influence on the game of basketball is still felt today,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said in a statement Sunday. “He consistently challenged conventional thinking, experimented with different lineups and styles of play and saw possibilities in the game that others often did not. So much of what is now commonplace in the modern NBA can be traced back to the way Nellie approached the game.”

From there, Nelson, who added general manager to his title the following season with Milwaukee, used an unorthodox coaching style that became known as “Nellie Ball” to put together a Hall of Fame résumé during his 31 seasons. Nellie Ball proved to be ahead of its time, utilizing smaller, more athletic players to fuel a fast-paced offense that prioritized creating mismatches through speed. It was a philosophy that was adopted across the league long after he retired.

Nelson’s fast-paced offenses were probably best on display during his first stint in Golden State in the early 1990s — the “Run TMC” era featuring future Hall of Famers Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. Nelson said he wanted the trio of guards on the court at the same time, a daring idea at the time.

“Nellie was ahead of his time and there was nobody else like him,” Hardaway said. “He had an incredible impact on my career and on the game of basketball. I’m going to miss him, and my thoughts and prayers are with Joy, Donnie and the entire Nelson family.”

Richmond and Mullin also shared heartfelt gratitude toward Nelson in statements released Sunday, a sentiment shared by several of the longtime coach’s former players.

With Milwaukee, Nelson missed the playoffs only twice in his 11 seasons, winning seven straight Central Division titles. But he never reached the NBA Finals as he couldn’t overcome Eastern Conference powerhouses Boston or Philadelphia, and he resigned after the 1986-87 season.

Nelson was a three-time winner of the NBA Coach of the Year award (1983, ’85, ’92) but never won an NBA championship as a coach.

After one season of TV analyst work, he returned to the bench with Golden State, where he spent seven seasons before he resigned midway through the 1994-95 season. He returned for a second stint with the Warriors before the 2006-07 season and stayed four more seasons in his final NBA stop.

Nelson accepted the coaching job with the Knicks before the 1995-96 season but was fired with a 34-25 record and replaced by assistant Jeff Van Gundy.

The following year, Nelson joined the Mavericks, where he helped turn around the franchise’s fortunes by working draft-day deals to acquire future Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. He coached eight seasons with the Mavericks, and his son Donnie, who served as his assistant, also was the team’s general manager before an acrimonious split in June 2021.

“We hid Dirk for several weeks before the draft,” Nelson told Sports Illustrated about Nowitzki flying under the radar while practicing with Athletes in Action in Dallas before the 1998 draft. “We made a commitment that we were going to draft him. We just wanted to keep him from going anywhere else to work out. He was going to be ours. He was happy with that. So, he hid for a week in Donnie’s basement.”

In a social media post Sunday, Nowitzki thanked Nelson for all his former coach did for him. Nelson is also credited for helping land another franchise-altering superstar in his final years as Warriors head coach. During the 2009 NBA draft, he went against consensus and pushed Golden State to draft Stephen Curry with the No. 7 pick.

“One of the big reasons I was drafted by the Warriors was because of Don Nelson,” Curry said in a statement. “The story is he never liked rookies, but from Day 1 he challenged me and gave me an opportunity to be my best self on the court. He taught me a lot during our one season together and I’ll never forget the night he became the winningest coach in NBA history in Minnesota. We were so happy for him.

“He had an immeasurable impact on the sport and will go down as one of the greatest minds in the history of the game. He’s a true icon and will be missed by the countless number of people he touched, including myself, during a legendary career.”

Nelson twice coached in the NBA All-Star Game, and he led “Dream Team II” to a gold medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championships.

Nelson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2025, he received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Miffed that the Mavericks sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster trade, Nelson wore a pair of Doncic’s signature Jordan Brand sneakers to the awards ceremony. He called the trade a “tremendous mistake.”

Doncic, who shared a close relationship with Donnie Nelson during their time together in Dallas, called Sunday a sad day for basketball in a social media post.

After a standout college career at Iowa, Nelson broke into the NBA as a player with the Chicago Zephyrs, who selected him with the 17th pick in the 1962 draft. The Los Angeles Lakers claimed him off waivers before the 1963-64 season, but Nelson did not play much. Celtics general manager Red Auerbach then came calling before the 1964-65 season, signing him as a free agent. Nelson went on to average 11.4 points and 5.2 rebounds while winning five titles during his 11 seasons in Boston.

His most celebrated moment as a Celtic came in the final minutes of Game 7 of the NBA Finals in 1969 against the Lakers, when Nelson’s foul-line jumper that initially bounced high off the back rim gave Boston a three-point lead.

Overall, he played 1,053 regular-season games as a small forward and power forward, averaging 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds. In 150 career playoff games, he averaged 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds.

“Don Nelson revolutionized NBA basketball through his fearlessness, ingenuity and deep conviction,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said. “He spent nearly 50 years in the NBA — winning five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics before building one of the most successful and pioneering coaching careers in league history. He brought an unmistakable personality to everything he did, and his impact on our sport will continue to be felt for generations.”

After his coaching career, Nelson retired to a 22-acre farm in Maui, Hawai’i, and became an entrepreneur. He told HBO’s “Real Sports” in 2019 that he grew flowers, coffee and cannabis on the farm.

After the deadly Maui wildfires of 2023, Nelson opened his rental properties to families who had lost their homes.

The Moon crosses in front of the Sun during a total solar eclipse at Lake Monroe on April 08, 2024 in Indiana, United States.Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images

Throughout Europe and parts of the U.S people will be treated to a chance to see a solar eclipse on Wednesday.

 NASA says northern parts of the United States, including from Alaska to North Carolina, will see a partial solar eclipse. People in Iceland, Greenland, northern Russia, Spain, and a part of Portugal will see a total eclipse, according to astronomers. That’s when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, fully blocking the Sun’s face.

The moon passes between the sun and Earth, during a partial solar eclipse, but the celestial bodies are not perfectly aligned. Because only parts of the sun are obscured, the sun appears as a crescent shape.

For those who plan to watch either the total or partial eclipse, special equipment such as eclipse glasses or handheld viewers with special filters will be necessary to protect one’s eyes. Regular sunglasses will not be effective for eye protection, even during a partial eclipse. Looking at the sun, even if for a short time, can cause significant eye damage, including burns and even permanent vision loss, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

The partial eclipse is expected to begin around 1:17 p.m. ET in Washington, D.C. and have 4% coverage, according to NASA. That means up to 4 percent of the sun will be covered by the moon. In Reykjavík, Iceland, the total eclipse will begin at 5:48 p.m. local time , and in León, Spain, totality will begin at 8:28 p.m and last for two minutes. This will be the first solar eclipse visible from Spain’s mainland since 1905, according to the European Space Agency.

While the eclipse will give skywatchers a chance to safely marvel at the rare phenomena, some scientists will use it as an opportunity to better understand the sun. NASA says it will have teams using scientific balloons and a high-altitude jet to study how the sky when darkened for a short period of time impacts the Earth’s atmosphere.

“From our unique perspective on Earth during a total solar eclipse, scientists can study the Sun’s corona in a way we can’t from anywhere else in the solar system,” Kelly Korreck, eclipse program manager for NASA, said in a statement.

The next partial solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the U.S. on Aug. 2, 2027 – with totality visible from Spain, the Middle East and parts of North Africa. A total solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the contiguous U.S. on Aug. 23, 2044.

Small cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m Mega yacht was closer.

Mark Zuckerberg has faced scrutiny over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer.

The Silicon Valley billionaire’s yacht, worth a reported $300m, is said to have “repeatedly” declined to assist when a nearby boat called for help last week.

CEO of Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Zuckerberg was not on board at the time, a spokesperson told Forbes.

When a nearby 21ft skiff ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau, the Alaska Beacon reported operators of a cruise ship that was further away than Zuckerberg’s yacht came to the rescue.

“I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son,” a passenger on the UnCruise Adventures ship Wilderness Legacy posted on Bluesky.

“Our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht – which was closer – and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this).”

But Brian Baker, a spokesperson for Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, told Forbes that the couple were not on board his yacht, named Launchpad. The crew missed the call because they had been operating on a different radio channel, Baker told Forbes. “The assist was already under way” by the time they reviewed the broadcast, he said.

Even if he was not on his ship, the report is unlikely to boost public opinion of Zuckerberg, who has faced criticism over the societal impact of his social media platforms; his new warm relationship with Donald Trump; and his lavish, insular lifestyle.

“I live in Juneau and I’ve been having to look at that excessive eyesore parked up in [Auke Bay] for too long now,” a Reddit user wrote of the yacht in response to the rescue story. “Fuck Zuckerberg.”