MASON, Ohio (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams played their first doubles match together since the 2022 U.S. Open and lost a thriller, 2-6, 6-1 (10-8) to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns on Monday night at the Cincinnati Open. The sisters nearly recovered from a 6-0 deficit in the match tiebreaker before a double-fault by Venus Williams ended their first doubles appearance in a non-Grand Slam event since the Italian Open in 2016. “I thought it was fun,” Serena said. “I thought it was special. We kicked off a little rust in the middle of the match and just, you know (were) starting to feel it. I didn’t come out here to win this tournament. Winning is obviously great. But in this position just, you know, having fun. It was really cool to be able to do this again.” Serena had been off the tour since 2022 before returning this summer at age 44. The sisters planned to play together at Wimbledon but had to withdraw after Serena injured her knee while losing her singles match. They entered Cincinnati as a wild card. “Eventually we would find our way to each other,” the 46-year-old Venus said about the decision to play doubles again. “It’s our first time playing together in forever. It was great for us to get out there and do it.” Kostyuk and Stearns, both 24, are playing in their first tournament together. Kostyuk is from Ukraine. Stearns grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, where the tournament is played every year. “I kind of expected it but it stung a little bit that this is my hometown,” Stearns said about the pro-Williams sisters crowd. “I won’t hold it against anyone. The crowd was going for them but we used it to our advantage and flipped the script.” After dropping the first set, the Williams sisters rolled in the second to force a match tiebreak. Kostyuk and Stearns went ahead 6-0, but consecutive double-faults by Kostyuk helped the Williamses get within 8-7. It was 9-8 after Serena powerfully put away an overhead before Venus double-faulted. “The crowd got the show,” Kostyuk said. “They probably couldn’t ask for anything better. At the end a tiebreak is a lottery. You never know which way it’s going to go.” Venus and Serena have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles and 22 total. Serena won one with Alexandra Stevenson in 2002 at Leipzig. All of Venus’ doubles titles have been with her sister. They also have won three Olympic gold medals together. Serena has won 23 singles Grand Slam titles. Venus has won seven. Swiatek rallies for 3-set win and other results In other results Monday, defending Cincinnati champion Iga Swiatek rallied from a set down to win her eighth consecutive match, beating Maria Sakkari, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina beat Magdalena Frech, 6-4, 7-6. Third-ranked Jessica Pegula beat fellow American Emma Navarro, 7-5, 6-2. World No. 3 and top seed Alexander Zverev won his ATP-tour leading 46th match this season, outlasting Terence Atmane, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6). ___ See AP’s full tennis coverage here Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The post Serena and Venus Williams return to doubles and lose close match in Cincinnati appeared first on WHEC.com.

An NBC News report raises some serious First Amendment concerns for potentially prosecuting someone for having dishonest motives in running for office: The federal investigation related to the dueling Republican Senate candidates in Alaska with the same name has entered… Continue reading The post DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoenas in “Dan J. Sullivan” Case, Raising Serious First Amendment Issues in Potentially Prosecuting Someone for Impure Political Motives appeared first on Election Law Blog.

"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear."

Construction is progressing on Phases II and III of Glasshouse at O-Town West, a 591-unit expansion at 11780 Glass House Lane in southwest Orlando. Developed by Unicorp National Developments, the two five-story buildings will complete the multifamily development with more than 900 residences across three buildings. Roger B. Kennedy Construction is serving as general contractor.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children. Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, sounding at times emotional, described her daughter as a dedicated and loving mother whose mental health began declining in October 2022 — about three months before Clancy strangled the children and attempted to kill herself. “Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong,” Clancy wrote in a text message displayed to the jury. “I had horrible insomnia all night, and I just don’t know how I am going to get through the day. … It’s just really scary, and I don’t want to be alone.” ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. ___ Musgrove also recalled a more alarming disclosure in December, when she was standing in the kitchen with Clancy and her then-husband, Patrick Clancy. Musgrove said her daughter appeared nervous and told them she needed to tell them something. “She told us she had thoughts of harming the children,” Musgrove said. Musgrove, who lived in Connecticut, often stayed with her daughter in Massachusetts from October into December 2022. She said Clancy was scared of sleeping alone, became increasingly paranoid and believed the medications she was taking “were destroying her mind.” Clancy’s sister described a similar decline. Allison Ozga testified that at the end of December Clancy told her she had experienced suicidal thoughts every day for a month. The testimony came in the fourth week of Clancy’s murder trial, soon after the prosecution rested their case. Prosecutors argue that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, planned the Jan. 24, 2023, killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to get takeout and to the pharmacy. Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington does not dispute that she killed the children. But he says she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible because she had postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth. He said she also had bipolar disorder and that antidepressants prescribed worsened her condition. ‘How could a mother hurt her children?’ A former co-worker testified Monday about Clancy’s years as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, describing Clancy as a “really good” nurse who loved her job and was “compassionate, kind and a patient advocate.” “She was the type of nurse that you wanted taking care of you or your loved one when you walked onto our unit,” said Margaret Hamp. Hamp said she and Clancy worked night shifts together and that Clancy regularly sought parenting advice from her co-workers, asking about everything from children’s sleeping habits and choosing a daycare provider to monogrammed lunch boxes. Hamp also recalled a conversation from Clancy’s first year on the unit after a pregnant patient arrived with plans to harm herself. Hamp said she spoke with Clancy about mental health during pregnancy and postpartum and asked whether she had heard of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her five children in 2001. “I explained that to her, and she cried,” Hamp testified. “She said, ‘How could a mother hurt her children?’” A disputed picture of her mental health Earlier in the trial, the jury heard that Clancy had sought treatment for severe mental health problems, including admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital. But witnesses also noted Clancy wouldn’t always take the medications prescribed to help with her insomnia, anxiety and depression, and that she expressed fears she was addicted to some of them. The defense has argued that Clancy was overmedicated and that her care was disjointed, with doctors not speaking to one another or sharing notes. The defense also showed she was discharged from one facility after a day and denied a higher level of care at another when she couldn’t show that she had a suicide plan. Prosecutors have questioned the seriousness of Clancy’s suicide attempt and showed through texts and photos that she performed many normal activities the day of the killings, including taking her children to the doctor and playing with them in the snow. Her doctors have testified they never saw Clancy exhibit signs of mania or psychosis, though she did repeatedly talk of feeling suicidal. Clancy hasn’t testified and isn’t required to do so, but jurors have seen her break down in sobs at several points, including when prosecutors showed the jury autopsy photos of the children. At the start of the trial, Patrick Clancy described the horror of returning home to find his dead children. During his testimony, prosecutors played a harrowing seven-minute 911 call, which was not released to the public. Clancy can be heard checking on Lindsay Clancy in the backyard, before heading down to his basement and finding his children. He screams and howls before telling a dispatcher, “She killed the kids!” Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The post Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy’s declining mental state before she killed her children appeared first on WHEC.com.

Calcinosis cutis is a condition where calcium deposits occur in a person’s skin and/or soft tissues. In a Q&A, Yale physician-scientist Monique Hinchcliff discusses the condition, a recently developed tool to better quantify the volume of these deposits in patients, and why she hopes this study will help spur clinical trials to find better treatments.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets on Tuesday, opening a legal route for token sales to US investors and a formal exit from securities treatment. The exit question sat at the center of the SEC’s long court fight with Ripple over XRP. Tuesday’s proposal would replace years of litigation with written conditions. What the New SEC Crypto Rules Offer Token Issuers The proposal creates two exemptions from Securities Act registration: A one-time option covers raises of up to $5 million across four years. A second track allows up to $75 million every 12 months. Both routes require plain narrative disclosures for investors. Projects using the larger exemption must also publish financial statements and file ongoing reports. Federal rules would override state registration requirements for these offerings and certain secondary trades. The structure loosely recalls the initial coin offering (ICO) era, when projects raised billions from the public before enforcement closed that channel. This time, dollar caps and disclosure duties frame the activity from day one. The package builds on the joint token taxonomy the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued on March 17. That interpretation explained how a non-security crypto asset can enter and leave an investment contract, the legal wrapper that pulls a token sale under securities law. Public comments stay open for 60 days after Federal Register publication. 🚨 TODAY: The SEC proposed new rules, “Regulation Crypto Assets,” that would create a clear and fit-for-purpose framework for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. pic.twitter.com/SAA2sErMXF— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) August 18, 2026 Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens The Question XRP Made Famous Gets a Written Answer The SEC sued Ripple in 2020, arguing its XRP sales amounted to unregistered securities offerings. Judge Analisa Torres ruled in 2023 that XRP itself was not a security, though certain institutional sales crossed the line. The case closed in August 2025. That outcome left a puzzle every project since has faced. A token could escape securities status in court, yet no rule told issuers how to get there without a judge. The proposed safe harbor supplies the missing mechanism. Once a team completes or permanently ends the managerial work it promised buyers, the asset would no longer sit under an investment contract. “In line with the Commission’s earlier interpretative guidance, this proposal would also allow for a safe harbor once an issuer has completed or permanently ceased all essential managerial efforts that it represented or promised it would take under an investment contract,” SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins said in the release. Markets showed little immediate reaction. XRP trades near $1, little changed over the past day, with a $62.7 billion market cap that ranks sixth overall. The token still sits well below its July 2025 record of $3.65. XRP Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto Attention now turns to the comment window and to Congress, where the CLARITY Act, a bill setting market structure rules for digital assets, still awaits a Senate vote. The safe harbor’s final conditions will determine whether issuers that built offshore actually bring token sales back to the US. The post New SEC Crypto Rules Revive the Question XRP Made Famous appeared first on BeInCrypto.

Coral Gables-based Aconcagua Developers is moving forward with the third and final phase of its Casa Princeton project in Homestead. Upon its completion, the community will host a total of 374 units.

BRIGHTON, N.Y. — Brighton football is coming off back-to-back Section Five Class A championships, but the Bruins aren’t dwelling on past success as they prepare for the 2026 season. EXTENDED STORY: Brighton football boasts strong returning class one season after finishing as state runner-ups Last year, the Brighton Bruins took their year as far as any high school football season can go. “You can prepare all you want, but playing in the dome is different,” head coach Stephen Lian said. Brighton played Rye in the NYSPHSAA, Class A title game with two fewer days of rest and injuries for the Bruins piled up throughout the game, ultimately falling 28-14. “I think that we can take away the discipline it took to get there,” said senior running back and linebacker Zack Rossignol. “The process to get there, and I think we can try and implement that back into this season and build off of what we had last year.” Brighton then lost a solid class of seniors, including stars in Amari Snowden and Matthew Heininger, who’ll both be playing linebacker at Division I Buffalo this year. “Those two in particular are legendary players, guys that will go down in history at this school, in this program,” Lian said. “So we’re definitely not going to just plug and play with those guys. But we think we have a lot of guys returning and we have a lot of guys around them that can do some great things.” Rossignol and fellow senior Justin Medina are among those key returners who’ll continue to play major roles for the Lian’s Bruins, but how do you fill the shoes of guys like Snowden and Heininger? “To be honest, you have to learn from them and just look at things that they did and just apply it to your game,” Medina answered. “But we set a new standard. And the best way to achieve a new standard is to make a better standard this year than did last year.” Rossignol and Medina will continue to be the main ballcarriers on offense too, while junior quarterback Ethan Bialaszewski is expected to take another step forward as the team’s signal caller. “The growth he made throughout the playoff run was really awesome,” Lian said. “You go back and put on the film against Rye. He was on another level.” Lian noted that the junior grew about three inches and added 15-to-20 pounds. “Started throwing and started working,” Bialaszewski said. “And that really helped our offense push through during that late games.” The list of returners is topped by Florida commit Zahmar Tookes on the line. So it’s clear the cupboards are far from bear, something Lian has known about for a long time. “When I moved to Brighton with my family back in 2019, these were the kids that were on the team and I started coaching them in youth when they were in fourth and fifth grade,” Lian said. “So I’ve been with this group of kids for a really long time together, and getting to see them grow up in football. So for me, if you’re ever talking about measuring success, it’s like getting to extend my time with them and getting to see them finish this run in as positive a way as possible, whatever that means. Just really treasuring every second I have with them.” Senior wide receiver and defensive back Leo Hopkins said playing with teammates he’s grown up with makes the experience special. “It’s really fun,” Hopkins said. “You’re playing the game you love with all the kids. You’ve grown up with your brothers. You know, I mean these coaches, they care for you like no other. So it’s just the most fun experience you could ask for.” Before this group of seniors arrived, Brighton had never won a Section Five championship. Now, they’re focused on maintaining the same standard that got them to the state championship game. “This year, we’re just working on discipline and hard work and just becoming better each week,” Bialaszewski said. “Have the same standard and stay where your feet are, where your feet are,” Hopkins said. “Take it day by day.” So what’s a successful year? “I think a successful end of the season is us showing the way to all the younger guys and setting a new standard to what they have to live up to and what they have to carry over to next year,” Rossignol said. Brighton will open its season on the road against Spencerport on Friday, Sept. 4. The post Brighton football boasts strong returning class one season after finishing as state runner-ups appeared first on WHEC.com.

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Meta is once again on trial over dangers its platforms may pose to children. It is once again arguing that it works tirelessly to keep them safe. A pivotal trial for the parent company of Instagram and Facebook kicked off in a California federal court Tuesday, with four states seeking billions of dollars in damages as well as fundamental changes to how Meta runs its platforms. A jury will decide whether the states’ attorneys general have made their case that the tech giant designed its apps to “hook the users, hold them for as long as they can, harvest their data and hide the truth from the public,” as Megan O’Neill, a deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice, put it in her opening statement. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were among the 29 states that sued the tech giant in 2023 over child safety and privacy — the other 25 will go to trial later. The company also faces lawsuits in state courts, including one underway in Tennessee. The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hides these harms from the public. It also argues that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law. The company has defended its safety record and said it has a strong case. States argue Meta exploited research on child development O’Neill laid out the states’ case for the eight jurors during opening statements in federal court in Oakland, California. “You’re going to hear that Meta knew a lot about kids’ brains,” O’Neill said. This includes how they are constantly seeking rewards, how they are sensitive to social feedback and “how they are still developing their ability to control impulses the way adults do.” Meta, she said, researched these vulnerabilities and talked about how it could change Instagram to respond to them. “ ‘The young ones are the best ones’ is a title of a Meta study we are going to show you,” she said, telling jurors that for Meta, “kids are the product.” Meta, O’Neill said, also knew that kids under 13 were using its products even though they were banned from it, and “failed to take the simplest most obvious steps to keep them off.” For instance, she said, when Meta found that someone on Facebook was under 13, it would disable the person’s Facebook account but not their connected account on Instagram. The states called as their first witness former Meta executive Arturo Béjar, who worked as an engineering director at Facebook from 2009 to 2015, attracting wide attention for his work to combat cyberbullying. He returned from 2019 to 2021 as a contractor to work on safety issues. Béjar said that, contrary to Meta’s statements, the company’s research on safety issues was not being used to improve products. For example, regarding eating disorder content, Meta’s engineers “had very good ideas on how to make it better” so that users, especially young ones, would not be exposed to it. “But once it was reviewed, it got whittled down to a little pebble that didn’t make a difference,” he said. Meta attorney highlights company work on safety Meta lawyer Paul Schmidt laid out his case beginning with what is not disputed in the trial — that even though kids under 13 are not supposed to be on its apps, some lie about their ages; that some teens struggle to manage their time; and that some people post “negative content” on Facebook and Instagram. But he said he will focus on the work Meta does to make its platforms safer and share information with the public. “Much of this lawsuit is about the government attorneys and their witnesses saying in trying to improve, we’d do it a little differently,” Schmidt said. “In talking about how to improve, we disagree with how you talk about it. It’s meaningful, and the evidence will be meaningful, these efforts Meta has taken to improve.” U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland is overseeing the proceedings, which are expected to last six weeks with testimony from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives and former employees. Gonzalez Rogers, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2011, has overseen a bevy of complex, high-profile cases involving Big Tech. These include Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders as well as Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple over its app store. If Meta loses the trial, the court would have wide discretion over the size of any financial penalty. Meta has said if it loses, the case could leave it liable for damages amounting to $1.4 trillion, but legal experts say anything close to that amount would be unlikely. Meta faces thousands of lawsuits, angry parents The trial is the latest in an avalanche of lawsuits against Meta Platforms and other social media companies including Google’s YouTube, TikTok and Snap, over arguments that their platforms harm young people, illegally collect their data and are deliberately designed to addict them. As the trial began, child safety advocates and parents who trace their children’s deaths to social media harms gathered outside of the courthouse Tuesday. Many parents held photos of their late children as they spoke to reporters outside, at times speaking through tears. Several parents held a banner with the names and ages of children who died from social media-related harms. It was several feet long. Mary Rodee, whose son Riley Basford died by suicide at age 15 after being sextorted on Facebook Messenger, was among the parents and said she had helped write the names. They have had to add 39 new ones to the banner since March, she said. “It’s not just a banner,” Rodee said. “Every name that I wrote on there is a promise that these children will never be forgotten and that their stories will force accountability where silence once reigned.” ___ Huamani reported from Los Angeles. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The post Trial for Meta begins with states arguing its platforms preyed on vulnerability of young brains appeared first on WHEC.com.

Buying “Support our troops” T-shirts is swell, but our soldiers and sailors need real relief.

What does future hold for First Federal’s iconic topper? ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The First Federal building downtown has a new owner with big plans, and they want to hear from you about what to do with the iconic 21st floor. Excelsior Communities is converting the building into a mixed-use destination with plans for retail, office and residential space. The company paid $2.8 million for the building. The top floor of the First Federal Plaza on East Main Street resembles a spaceship and is one of the most recognizable features of the Rochester skyline. News10NBC asked people what should happen to that space. “I don’t know, you all could put houses in there, hotel, something like that. Something for the community,” Pauly said. The top floor started out as a restaurant. “The Changing Scene” opened in 1977 to great fanfare — a restaurant that revolved with 360-degree views as you dined. But after 11 years and multiple changes in management, the restaurant closed for good. The rotating mechanism was abandoned and the 21st floor was converted to office space. Most of the people we spoke with said they’d like to see a return to the past. Barbara Ann Crawford said she wants another restaurant so she can finally experience the space. “I’ve never been up there, I’m from Long Island. I’ve been up here for about 5 years and I’ve never been up there. I want another restaurant so I can go up there and eat,” Crawford said. “Just a restaurant, honestly. I mean, what else would you put there. If it was a restaurant before, you might as well keep it like that,” DeMauri Walker said. Linda Ferraro remembers when the restaurant was a special destination. “I think Rochester could use something like that. It’s attractive. It would be exciting again. I mean, it was spinning around. I remember my husband wanted to take me up there and propose to me,” Ferraro said. If not a restaurant, maybe a nightclub, a museum, a hotel or a penthouse suite would be a good fit. At 7,000 square feet, the possibilities are endless. The new owners say they are taking their time and evaluating several directions. “Used to work in the second floor of the building for a number of years and got the opportunity to go up there a couple times to see it. It’s an amazing view, so I hope whatever they do, it would be something that can be accessible to everyone,” Mike Croce said. A spokesperson for Excelsior Communities says they are getting started with design plans right away and hope to start construction in the next 12 to 18 months. If you have an idea for “The Changing Scene” space, you can email them at info@excelsiorcomm.com. The post First Federal Plaza in Rochester: New owners open to ideas for iconic 21st floor space appeared first on WHEC.com.

Cuba will be free one day, but communism’s wreckage should be memorialized.

A security update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, potentially allowing system compromise. Users should update and reboot their systems.

PHILIPPINES — U.S. Marines with Air Command and Control Detachment, Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, tested the mobility of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar during training in the Philippines, Aug. 27, 2026, evaluating how the capability can improve command and control and support fires integration in the archipelagic environment.

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LAMBA LEDA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of people remained displaced on the Indonesian island of Flores on Tuesday, three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people, injured nearly 1,200 others and damaged thousands of homes. The disaster left many children struggling with fear and trauma. More than 40,000 people were sheltering in tents, evacuation centers and makeshift camps after the earthquake struck off Flores, a remote island in East Nusa Tenggara province, early Saturday, damaging at least 11,925 homes, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The quake caused widespread destruction across the island, damaging 172 health facilities, 658 schools, 187 offices and 172 places of worship, the local disaster agency said. At crowded evacuation camps across Flores on Tuesday, children played under tarpaulin shelters while aid workers and volunteers provided psychosocial support alongside food and medical assistance. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and residents fled in panic as tsunami warnings were issued but later lifted. Authorities recorded more than 2,100 aftershocks into Tuesday, though only 70 were felt by residents. Fear and painful memories haunt survivors An aftershock that struck during an interview Tuesday prompted Vincentius Rano and his wife to instinctively duck and cover their heads. Nearby, their daughter began crying, a reminder of the fear that continues to haunt many survivors. Rano is a resident of Lamba Leda, one of the hardest-hit villages in the lush hills of East Manggarai regency, where widespread damage was reported, with at least 50 homes shattered and trees toppled over. He recalled the terrifying moment the earthquake struck Saturday just after he and his wife had woken up. “Suddenly, we felt a tremor that kept getting stronger,” said Rano, the father of a 5-year-old girl. The couple rushed to grab their sleeping daughter, but before they could escape, part of the house came down, causing injuries to his back and shoulder. “We didn’t have time to get outside. Everything happened so fast. The roof collapsed on us, and all I could do was shield my wife and child with my back,” Rano said, gesturing toward his flattened home, a modest house, built of timber rather than concrete. Children in shelters treated for trauma Psychosocial support programs, which combine mental health treatment and social care, are being rolled out across the region hit by the earthquake. Children have been encouraged to read books and join counselors for games, educational activities and group activities designed to help them cope with fear and anxiety. “For many survivors, especially children, the psychological impact has lingered long after the shaking stopped,” said local police chief Yudhi Franata, who organized trauma-healing sessions for children displaced by the disaster in Ende regency. Parents at an evacuation center said many children were afraid to return indoors and woke up frightened whenever aftershocks rattled the island, he said. Mieke Suharni, a police officer who was among 30 personnel deployed to Lamba Leda, said much of their work is focused on helping children cope with the disaster’s emotional aftermath. She said officers have organized trauma-healing activities at several evacuation camps, but emotional distress remained widespread among survivors. Earlier Tuesday, she comforted a woman who was visibly shaken by memories of the quake and used a psychological support method known as Universal Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique, which she learned during a police training. “We are trying to help people manage their fear step by step,” Suharni said. “Some survivors continue to experience anxiety and excessive fear. Our goal is to help calm that trauma so they can begin to recover.” Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Flores experienced one of the country’s deadliest disasters in 1992, when an earthquake and an ensuing tsunami killed about 2,500 people. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The post Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia leaves thousands displaced appeared first on WHEC.com.

BATURAJA COMBAT TRAINING CENTER, Indonesia — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 766th Engineer Construction Company (ECC), 841st Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, transformed impassable jungle roads into a new and improved combat road and helicopter landing zone in just 10 days in support of Exercise Ksatria Warrior 26.