Mexico's Sheinbaum pledges to send humanitarian aid to Cuba

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's PresidentClaudia Sheinbaumannounced Sunday she plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba this week, including food and other humanitarian aid.

Sheinbaum's comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked the Mexican leader to suspend oil shipments to theCaribbean island.

Sheinbaum said at a public event in the northern state of Sonora that she did not discuss Cuban affairs in a phone conversation with Trump on Thursday. She added that her government seeks to "diplomatically solveeverything related to the oil shipments (to Cuba) for humanitarian reasons."

Earlier, Trump told reporters that he told the Mexican president not to send oil to Cuba.

Following the U.S. military operation carried out in early January to remove Venezuela's PresidentNicolás Maduro, the South American nation suspended oil shipments to Cuba, which had been declining in recent years.

Mexico then became the main supplier of crude oil and refined products to Havana.

Mexican oil has long acted as akey lifeline for Cuba. In its most recent report, Pemex said it shipped nearly 20,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba from January through Sept. 30, 2025.

In September,U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Mexico City. Afterward, Jorge Piñon, an expert at the University of Texas Energy Institute who tracks shipments using satellite technology, said the figure had fallen to about 7,000 barrels.

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Misconduct complaint dismissed against judge who handled El Salvador prison deportation case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with PresidentDonald Trump's administration overdeportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The complaint against U.S. District JudgeJames E. Boasbergwas dismissed on Dec. 19 by Jeffrey S. Sutton, chief judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but the order only came to light this weekend.

The complaint stemmed from remarks that Boasberg, the chief judge in the district court in the nation's capital, allegedly made in March 2025 to Chief Justice John Roberts and other federal judges at a judicial conference saying the administration would trigger a constitutional crisis by disregarding federal court rulings. The meeting took place days before Boasberg issued an order blocking deportation flights that Trump was carrying outby invoking wartime authoritiesfrom an 18th century law.

In the dismissal order, Sutton said the Justice Department never provided a listed attachment to provide proof of what Boasberg said or the context of the alleged statement at the closed-door conference.

"A recycling of unadorned allegations with no reference to a source does not corroborate them. And a repetition of uncorroborated statements rarely supplies a basis for a valid misconduct complaint," said Sutton, who was appointed by President George W. Bush to the appeals court circuit that covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Spokespeople for the Justice Department and for Boasberg's court did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Even if Boasberg had made the comments, Sutton said it would not be "so far afield" from topics discussed at the gathering and would not violate ethics rules. Sutton noted that Roberts' 2024 year-end report raised general concerns about threats to judicial independence, security concerns for judges and respect for court orders throughout the nation's history.

The misconduct complaint was filed with Judge Sri Srinivasan, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but Srinivasan asked Roberts to transfer it to another appeals court circuit because it was still considering appeals related to the deportation case, according to the dismissal order. Roberts transferred it to the 6th Circuit, it said.

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Teenagers charged in Louisiana parade shootings that injured child, 4 others

CLINTON, La. (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said Sunday they have arrested two teenagers in the shootings of a 6-year-old child and four others wounded during a small town's weekend parade.

The suspects, ages 19 and 15, are charged with attempted murder, obstructing justice and reckless discharge of a firearm, the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office said in a statement posted on social media.

Gunfire sent people scrambling for cover Saturday during the Mardi Gras in the Country Parade in Clinton, located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baton Rouge.

All five victims were expected to survive, sheriff's Chief Criminal Deputy Bill Cox toldThe Advocateon Saturday. The department said Sunday it was unaware of any changes in the victims' conditions.

The sheriff's office said Sunday the two teenagers charged were among three people detained Saturday after they were found with guns near the parade.

The third person, a 26-year-old man, has been charged with illegally possessing a firearm, according to the sheriff's office, but investigators do not believe he was involved in the shootings.

Authorities have not given a suspected motive for the shootings. More arrests are expected, the sheriff's office statement said.

Investigators have asked for anyone with photos or video of the shooting or nearby areas to share those with authorities.

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“SNL” Original Player Garrett Morris Says He's Turning 89 Today with One Major Regret (Exclusive)

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NEED TO KNOW

• Garrett Morris celebrates his 89th birthday on Feb. 1

• An original member of the Saturday Night Live cast, he appeared on the show from 1975 to 1980

• His later credits include regular and recurring roles on the sitcoms The Jeffersons, Martin and 2 Broke Girls

Garrett Morrisis just weeks away from his 89th birthday when he picks up the phone and begins his PEOPLE interview with just one request.

"Ask me what I'll be doing on my birthday," he says in anticipation of the big day on Feb. 1.

His answer: "Regretting the passage of time."

Of course, Morris is only joking — something he's made a living doing for most of his career, from his pioneering run asSNL's first Black cast member (1975-1980) to his time as a TV regular on sitcoms includingThe Jeffersons,Martinand2 Broke Girls. He's also cemented himself in film history, too, thanks to his work in movies such asCooley HighandCar Wash, the latter of which celebrates it's own 50th birthday in October .

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And he's still going. "I just felt if you enjoy your work, why not do it to the best you can in whatever way you are asked to do it until you transform," Morris says, explaining his take on retirement.

"I mean, let's be realistic, there are less roles for an 80-year-old who's got arthritis — but there are roles out there."

For Morris, who just a year ago returned to Studio 8H as part ofSNL50: The Anniversary Special, time doesn't feel like it's passed since then. Or at least he "acts" like it hasn't. "I just act like time has not passed. I just act like there's got to be a role for somebody who's as old as I am," he says.

"And usually I'm right," he adds. "Because every other movie has an old person in it and they'll get a young actor to do it and put on makeup. Why not get old motherf---ers like me to play the role? We don't have to stretch."

Morris' latest television roles have included stints onThe NeighborhoodandHow I Met Your Father, but a big focus for him as of late has been putting together his forthcoming memoir,Ain't That a B*tch.

The autobiography, which Morris says he's penning alongside co-author Chloé Hilliard, is a long time coming. He hopes (jokingly, of course) that "certain people who work for the judicial community do not read it because if they do, I may have to leave the country and become an expat."

"I submitted my own proposal and they said, 'What the f--- is this, Garrett?' So I got with Chloé and she's a brilliant Black woman that I'm happy to say I'm lucky to have her as my partner," he says.

As for why he decided now is the right time to put his story out there, Morris jokes, "I'm a capitalist. I'm looking at making a lot of money."

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