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    MIAMI (WPBF) — An Amazon cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport, crossed a main road and struck two vehicles, killing five people and injuring five others, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The NTSB confirmed that the five fatalities were individuals in vehicles hit by the plane, not passengers aboard the aircraft.

Victims identified Authorities with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office have identified the victims as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

Black smoke everywhere

Grace Mercado, a witness to the crash, described the terrifying scene as she and her fiancé were driving near the airport Sunday afternoon.

“The black smoke everywhere, looking at it, it’s crazy, honestly,” Mercado said.

She recounted the moment her fiance noticed the plane.

“He says, ‘Is that a plane crashing?’ I’m like, ‘What?’ I look up, and we just see a plane. It’s up in smoke. There’s black smoke everywhere,” she said.

Mercado filmed the aftermath and said the impact was so intense that her car shook.

“The windows and everything, that’s why we were disoriented and everything, and then he goes, ‘Is that a plane crashing?'” she said.

What led to the crash? NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy shared details about the crash during a press conference.

“You can see on the paved surface tire marks that continue on the grass,” Homendy said.

She explained the plane’s flight path leading up to the crash.

“[It] went from Cincinnati to Miami, Miami to San Juan, and San Juan back to Miami,” Homendy said.

The plane “overran runway three-zero on landing, struck navigational aids and equipment, then impacted a 2012 white Ford Econoline van,” she added.

The NTSB reported that seven people were inside the plane at the time of the crash. The aircraft also struck a Toyota driving along Northwest 67th Avenue.

Terrifying moment Mercado reflected on how close she came to being involved in the crash, crediting a red traffic light for saving her life.

“It’s crazy how things align. If it wasn’t for that delay, because it was a small delay, that could have been us; that could have been me,” she said.

The NTSB says it will release more information as the investigation continues.

Pilots treated and released Two pilots were treated and released, while three others remain hospitalized. One is in critical condition, and another is stable.

Officials remain on the scene to assist with traffic control as the investigation into the incident continues.

Chaplains are present and available to support families impacted by the tragedy.

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By Burt Levine

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    September 8, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Labor Day has long served two purposes in America: a salute to working people and, in politics, the unofficial starting gun for the fall campaign sprint. The holiday grew from the labor movement of the late 1800s and became federal law in 1894. More than a century later, its timing still carries civic symbolism: summer is ending, campaigns are accelerating and voters are being asked to decide who will hold power.

For Texas in 2026, the finish line is Tuesday, November 3.

That leaves less than two months for Texans to move from political conversation to civic action. The voter-registration deadline is Monday, October 5. In-person Early Voting begins Monday, October 19 and continues through Friday, October 30. Those dates matter because this year’s ballot reaches from Washington to Austin to courthouses across Harris and Fort Bend counties.

The marquee statewide federal contest is Texas’ U.S. Senate race. Democratic state Rep. James Talarico faces Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff in May. The history is hard to miss: Lloyd Bentsen, reelected in 1988, was the last Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas. The 2026 contest has drawn national money, national attention and competitive polling, but Election Day — not a poll release — determines the winner.

The governor’s race carries its own historical weight. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, an attorney and former Austin ISD trustee. Texas Democrats have not won a statewide election since 1994. Hinojosa is the daughter of former Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa, who led the party from 2012 to 2025. Abbott enters the fall with the advantages of incumbency and a large campaign organization, while Hinojosa has centered much of her campaign on affordability, schools and household costs.

In the lieutenant governor contest, Democratic state Rep. Vikki Goodwin faces Republican incumbent Dan Patrick, who is also seeking a fourth term. For attorney general, Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson faces Republican state Sen. Mayes Middleton. The office is open because Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate. For comptroller, Democratic state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, a former Travis County judge, faces Republican Don Huffines, whom Gov. Abbott appointed this summer to fill the remainder of the current term.

Then comes Congress — and a Houston-area map that looks considerably different after the Legislature’s 2025 redistricting.

All 38 Texas U.S. House seats are on the ballot. In District 7, Democratic incumbent Lizzie Fletcher faces Republican Alexander Hale and Green Party candidate Espoir Ngabo. Fletcher first won the seat in 2018, ending Republican John Culberson’s long tenure.

District 9 has been transformed geographically and politically. The newly drawn east Harris County district includes Houston’s East End and stretches through Pasadena, Deer Park and Baytown. Democrat Leticia Gutierrez faces Republican Alex Mealer, who won the GOP runoff over state Rep. Briscoe Cain.

District 18 also changed substantially. Democratic Rep. Christian Menefee, who won the special election to complete the late Sylvester Turner’s term and then defeated longtime Rep. Al Green in the Democratic runoff, faces Republican Ronald Whitfield in November.

In District 22, Democrat Marquette Greene-Scott again seeks the seat, this time against Republican Trever Nehls, twin brother of retiring Rep. Troy Nehls. In District 29, Democratic incumbent Sylvia Garcia faces Republican Martha Fierro. In District 38, Democrat Melissa McDonough faces Republican Jon Bonck for the open seat left after Wesley Hunt sought the Republican U.S. Senate nomination.

Closer to home, Harris and Fort Bend counties remain central to Texas’ changing electorate. Both backed the Democratic presidential ticket in 2024, but by smaller margins than in 2020. That shift ensures countywide races will again test turnout and organization across some of the nation’s most diverse communities.

Campaigns can spend millions. Consultants can slice voters into demographic categories. Pollsters can measure opinion to the decimal point. But democracy eventually becomes wonderfully low-tech: a citizen, a ballot and a choice.

Houston Style Magazine encourages every eligible voter — Democrat, Republican, independent or otherwise — to verify registration, study a sample ballot, know the voting rules and make a plan before October 19 or November 3.

Labor Day may start the sprint. The voters decide how it ends.

REGISTER TO VOTE IN TEXAS Register or update your Texas voter registration by Monday, October 5, 2026, to be eligible for the November 3 General Election. votetexas.gov/register-to-vote CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS Confirm your registration, name and address before the October 5, 2026 registration deadline. votetexas.gov

FIND YOUR POLLING LOCATION Locate where to vote during Early Voting, October 19–30, 2026, or on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. votetexas.gov/voting/where HARRIS COUNTY — VOTER SEARCH & SAMPLE BALLOT Harris County voters can review voter information and prepare for Early Voting beginning October 19 and Election Day November 3, 2026. app.harrisvotes.com/PollLocations/VoterSearch?lang=en-US

APPLY TO VOTE BY MAIL — IF ELIGIBLE Texas voters must have their Apps for Ballot by Mail received by Friday, October 23, 2026. votetexas.gov/voting-by-mail/application-for-ballot-by-mail.html

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    FREDERICK, Md. (WBAL) — A protest in a Frederick neighborhood turned violent Friday night as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers clashed with demonstrators, leaving some injured and prompting calls for an investigation.

Protesters gathered near Stoneybrook Court after ICE vehicles were spotted in the area on Thursday. By Friday, more than 100 community members had joined the demonstration, chanting and linking arms in opposition to the federal immigration enforcement activity.

“We were attacked. Our community was physically attacked by federal law enforcement officers,” Frederick City Council President Cesar Diaz said. “In the past, we’ve seen them come in, they do something, they kidnap someone and then they leave. This time, they stuck around.”

Witnesses said ICE officers appeared to be targeting a specific house and began driving SUVs onto sidewalks, ordering protesters to move.

“He started to really come at me and so I moved off. There was another woman there with me, and then, there was another protester sort of in front, like caddy-corner to me. He actually plowed into that person and started pushing them with his car,” said Soolah Kemp, a protester.

Kemp also described how a group of protesters later linked arms in front of the home.

“They were just standing there. It wasn’t like they were fighting. They weren’t. They just linked arms,” Kemp said.

Video from the scene captured the moment officers physically engaged with protesters.

“(They were) beating people with batons, kicking them, punching them, throwing people on the ground, just to attempt to get into the front door of this home,” said Tatiana Santos, who is with Indivisible Frederick Forward.

Protesters suffered cuts and bruises, with some requiring hospitalization. Frederick police eventually arrived to deescalate the situation. Witnesses said ICE officers broke into the home and later spoke with the family inside.

“We were asked to be quiet so that they could have a conversation with ICE and then ICE left,” Santos said.

Witnesses said it did not appear that ICE made any arrests during the incident.

Diaz expressed concern about the implications of the encounter.

“This is the first time that’s happened in Frederick. I think that level of action is the first time that’s happened anywhere in Maryland, and now, people are concerned. Is this the new normal? Is this an escalation?” Diaz said.

Diaz also noted that he had not seen a warrant for ICE’s activity. Community members are now calling on the Maryland attorney general to investigate the incident.

Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos, D-District 14, said some of the protesters came from Baltimore. She criticized the officers’ actions, writing: “Shame on ICE for their violent, unconstitutional behavior.”

A Department of Homeland Security representative sent a statement Tuesday to WBAL-TV 11 News, saying:

“For operation security and the safety of our personnel, we will not disclose or discuss information related to potential investigations. “Under President (Donald) Trump and Secretary (Markwayne) Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S. We will find you, we will arrest you and we will deport you.” Requests for comment from the governor’s office and Frederick police have not yet been answered.

U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-District 6, who represents Frederick, released a statement Monday night, saying:

“What we have seen in Frederick over the past several days is deeply concerning. No family should be afraid to leave their home or feel unsafe in their own neighborhood. The safety and well-being of our residents must come first. “My office has been closely monitoring the situation, and I have been in direct contact with local elected officials and community leaders to hear about what occurred and the concerns residents have raised. also been in communication with Frederick’s mayor and public safety officials to discuss the situation and determine what additional steps are needed. “I am especially disturbed by reports that ICE agents used force against Frederick residents. These allegations demand immediate answers and a full, transparent investigation. “Federal law enforcement has a responsibility to carry out its duties lawfully and safely — and the Frederick community deserves transparency and answers. “I will continue working proactively with local leaders, law enforcement, and community organizations to get those answers and ensure the safety of Frederick residents remains our top priority.

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    September 8, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — This month my parents are beginning their seventh decade of marriage despite a law that tried to stop them.

Sixty years ago, they were married in a church in Washington, D.C. They had to leave Maryland to do it. My mother is Black. My father is White. In Maryland their marriage was a crime.

They met in West Baltimore. Her city. Two student teachers at Harlem Park Junior High, the same classroom, one semester after the other.

They wrote each other every week that spring. Their students. Life back on campus. What they believed. When my mother came home to Baltimore for the summer, they were both seeing other people. They went on a date anyway.

That date was at the recently desegregated movie theater. They slipped in like racial fugitives. They found two empty seats. He walked down one aisle. She walked down the other. They sat side by side but didn’t want their entrance or exit to cause a stir. They knew the looks wouldn’t all come from White people. It was the summer of Black Power, after all.

My father proposed three times in two weeks. She turned him down twice. She was not being coy. What he asked was against the law. The third time she said yes.

My father’s uncle told him he believed the love was real. Then he explained that if my father wanted to stay in the family, and in his grandfather’s will, he would need to fall in love with someone else instead. Others said, “Think about what it will be like for the children.”

They married two months later. They arrived at the church separately, the way a bride and groom do. This time it was tradition.

Afterward the caravan drove back to Baltimore with its headlights on. Cars on the highway pulled aside to let it pass. In the city people stopped walking to turn and stare and then pray for them. Men took off their hats. Everyone thought it was a funeral. The lights were only so nobody would get lost on the way to my grandparents’ house in West Baltimore, where the reception was.

At the reception my father danced with my mother. He is red-headed and freckled and looks as English and Irish as he is. One woman watching them decided the groom had to be Black. Apparently, she could not imagine a White boy dancing like that. My father was delighted.

Somewhere in there my father made her an offer. Jealous is a strange name to carry. He told her he would take hers instead. He would become Fred Todd.

She said no. She took the name Jealous.

Telling that used to make me chuckle. Who turns down any name for such a notorious adjective? I hear it a little differently now.

His grandfather had already disowned him and cut him out of the will. His own father had died years earlier, of his third heart attack. My father was the eldest grandson of an industrialist. He had a great deal to lose and he lost all of it. His mother and his brothers stood by him. Much of the rest of the family did not. His name was the last thing that was his to give, and he offered to give that up too. She would not let him.

The following June the Supreme Court decided Loving v. Virginia. When my parents stood in that church, nobody knew it was coming. They married anyway.

They went west. With Loving grinding through the courts, they apparently decided the nation didn’t need Jealous v. Maryland too.

San Diego first, then the Monterey Peninsula. There my father taught soldiers home from Vietnam, many of whom could not read. Later he founded a community where men learn to listen to one another, and to be listened to, most of them for the first time. My mother spent her career as a therapist. They raised us in California, far from her mother and her church and her city.

Every summer they sent me back east. Baltimore for her people. Maine for his. The move had cut them off from all of it. They handed it to me.

A decade ago they returned to St. James Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square and renewed their vows for the 50th anniversary of Loving. My mother was baptized in that church. So was I. So was my son.

My mother wore the dress. Her grandmother sewed it for her in 1966, when my mother was 25. She sewed it for that church, where she worshipped. Then the law sent the wedding to Washington, and the dress never went down that aisle.

A half century later it did. My mother was crying. I told her to stop bragging. She looked at me, confused, tears still on her face. I told her she just wanted everybody to know it still fit.

Sixty years. My father is still the man who offered to give up his name. My mother is still the woman who would not let him.

They were never a test case. They were a marriage. They still are.

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad. Thank you for being so courageous in love. My sister and I literally would never have existed but for it.

Ben Jealous is a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania and former president and CEO of the NAACP.

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    EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — Family members and advocates gathered Monday night in East Harlem to mourn Lovay Williams, a 27-year-old mother found dead in her Washington Heights apartment Sunday afternoon in what police are investigating as a domestic violence killing.

Green balloons were released in her honor as relatives described Williams as a devoted mother whose 7-year-old daughter is now left without her.

“She should be here to take care of her own child,” said her mother, Monica Manners.

Her father, Nuquan Williams, said, “She loved music, she loved people, most importantly she loved her daughter.”

Williams’ parents said the 7-year-old girl witnessed the killing at the hands of a man their daughter had been dating.

“She witnessed the whole murder, yes,” Williams’ father said. “He tried to clean her up, he tried to put her in the bathtub. After he put her in the bathtub tried to clean the house down. Put her back into the bed. Put the covers over her trying to think about, you know, his getaway plan. And my granddaughter just laid next to my daughter as my daughter was asleep because she don’t know her mother is dead.”

Police said Williams was found unconscious and unresponsive inside her apartment on 156th Street. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Loved ones described the violence as senseless.

“He’s the devil,” the victim’s father said. “Anytime you’d kill a young female in front of her- anytime you put your hands on a woman – you a piece of garbage.”

Domestic violence activists joined the vigil, urging greater awareness.

“It’s a silent killer that is killing women on the regular and it’s the signs we need to understand,” said Stephanie Mcgraw, founder of WARM.

Relatives remembered Williams as a caring single mother.

“Very attentive to her child. Best mom in the world,” her brother said. “It’s just sad and unfortunate that this happened to my sister.”

Police sources said investigators are treating the case as domestic in nature and know who they are seeking.

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    CREEDMOOR, N.C. (WTVD) — The body of a 16-year-old boy who went missing at Falls Lake was recovered after an hours-long search.

Wake County deputies responded around 2:20 p.m. to the 14600 block of Creedmoor Road. That’s at the Sandling Beach recreation area.

A person who identified themselves as a family friend told ABC11 that they were out on the water when the teen disappeared into the lake.

Authorities did not immediately say whether the teen was wearing a life vest or what led the boy to go under. ABC11 later saw a park ranger hanging up a life vest on the beach while the search was underway.

Wake County EMS, the Northern Wake Fire Department, and the Wake Forest Fire Department assisted with the search.

The Wake County Mobile Command Unit and drones were deployed as rescue boats scoured the water late Monday afternoon.

People visiting the lake told ABC11 that park rangers called for adult volunteers to help before first responders arrived. Many people at Sandling Beach jumped in to help.

One of those volunteers said the effort took an emotional toll.

“What if it was, like, my sibling?” Jose Hernandez said. “I saw another girl there, … I think I seen her crying. You know, it just makes you want to cry, and yeah, just felt like helping.”

As the search continued, more people gathered along the beach and surrounding areas.

Alex Grabmiller was also at Falls Lake with his family sitting near the picnic tables.

“More and more people slowly gathered, and there was clearly something going on. And eventually they, they asked for a line of adult volunteers to hold hands and search through the water. Did that for 5 or 10 minutes. Then more, more cars started showing up,” Grabmiller said.

“What if it was, like, my sibling?” Jose Hernandez said. “I saw another girl there, … I think I seen her crying. You know, it just makes you want to cry, and yeah, just felt like helping.”

As the search continued, more people gathered along the beach and surrounding areas.

Alex Grabmiller was also at Falls Lake with his family sitting near the picnic tables.

“More and more people slowly gathered, and there was clearly something going on. And eventually they, they asked for a line of adult volunteers to hold hands and search through the water. Did that for 5 or 10 minutes. Then more, more cars started showing up,” Grabmiller said.

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    MILLVILLE, Utah (KSTU) — Life can throw some pretty mean curveballs.

“I think we were all a little confused as to why he wasn’t walking like other kids or saying his first words,” said 13-year-old Trexton Lee’s sister, Summer.

At just six weeks old, Trexton was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, so life’s been a little different.

“I think that was kind of a hard adjustment. But I was just excited to have a little brother,” Summer said.

However, that doesn’t mean there is no joy.

“If you’re having a bad day and he starts to smile, or you can get him to grin, he’ll brighten your day,” said his father, Jason Lee.

Through strokes, countless surgeries, and losing the ability to walk and talk, he’s had a whole army behind him.

“He’s what gives our life meaning,” said his brother Jaxon. “He is what’s taught me the most important thing of this life is to be selfless, always to serve others.”

But as Trexton grew, tasks like getting him in and out of the car with just a car seat were becoming more challenging, and they needed a wheelchair accessible van. One popped up in their area, but the cost was daunting.

“I just said, we’ll get a loan. We’ll just get a loan, and we’ll just do it. We’ll just work extra, whatever we got to do,” Jason said.

What Jason didn’t realize was that his family organized a GoFundMe and reached out to Fox 13 News to help get the word out. The community delivered, and the family was able to purchase the van.

“I don’t even know how to say thank you enough,” Jason said through tears. “I know people that donated that didn’t have the money to give, and they gave anyway. It almost breaks my heart.”

It’s a moment that will remind them of the community that showed up.

“People who have someone like Trexton in their life, it shows them that it is OK to ask for help and get the help because it is like a hard burden to bear,” said Trexton’s other sister, Londyn.

From the outside, it looks like just an average van, but Trexton’s family calls it a spaceship, taking Trexton on adventures despite any turbulence he faces along the way.

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