- USA TODAY Sports
Simone Biles brings back (and lands) big twisting skills, a greater victory than any title
Simone Biles withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics team competition with a case of "the twisties." At U.S. Classic, her big twisting skills were back.
- Associated Press
As killings surge, Haitians struggle to bury loved ones and find closure in violent capital
Finding closure for loved ones killed by gangs on a relentless rampage through Haiti’s capital and beyond is growing harder day by day in a country where burial rituals are sacred and the dead venerated. Victims of gang violence are increasingly left to decay on the street, prey to pigs and dogs, because a growing number of areas are too dangerous for people to go out and retrieve the bodies.
- Associated Press
Dominicans to vote in general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti
Voters in the Dominican Republic will take to the polls Sunday in general elections likely to reinforce the government's crackdown on its shared border with Haiti and the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the violence-stricken nation. Leading the presidential race is President Luis Abinader, who is seeking reelection as one of the most popular leaders in the Americas. Abinader's anti-corruption agenda and push to grow the Dominican Republic's economy has resonated with many of the 8 million voters in the Caribbean nation.
