One killed, dozens hurt as Peru soccer stadium event goes awry

At least one person was killed and several injured on Friday ahead of a soccer derby match at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in the Peruvian capital, said club Alianza Lima, a day before it faces off against Universitario.

The club offered condolences and solidarity for the casualties, which media said included 60 injured during a “flag‑waving event” at the stadium, popularly known as Matute.

“We are fully and transparently collaborating with the competent authorities,” the club added in its statement, vowing “total transparency” in helping to clarify the facts of an incident whose cause was not immediately clear.

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Alianza Lima ruled out any structural failures at the stadium, as did a fire official.

“Based on what has been assessed, no structure has been affected,” fire official Marco Pajuelo told news channel Canal N, saying an initial inspection showed no one had fallen into a pit. “There hasn’t been any debris.”

Saturday’s match would proceed as planned, the Peruvian Professional Soccer League said.

“We will continue to work closely with the clubs and authorities to promote safe environments both inside and outside the stadiums,” it added in a statement.

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Juan Soto injury update: Mets' $765 million star needs MRI after scare

New York MetsoutfielderJuan Soto was removedfrom the first inning of Friday night's game against theSan Francisco Giantsafter experiencing calf tightness, and is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Saturday.

"There's obviously concern. Every time you send a player for an MRI and those areas, the calf area, could be tricky," managerCarlos Mendoza said. "We just got to wait, but obviously concerned."

Soto appeared to grimace as he was running from first to third and Mendoza said Soto's calf continued to get tight when he was standing on third base. New York's coaching staff noticed something was off when Soto attempted to run home on a ground ball to the pitcher.

Soto was replaced by Tyrone Taylor in left field.

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Soto, in his second season with the Mets after signing a 15-year, $765 million contract – the largest in pro sports history – played in 160 games in 2025. He finished third in NL MVP voting, hitting a career-high 43 home runs with 105 RBIs and an NL-best 38 stolen bases, but the Mets failed to reach the playoffs.

Soto played right field last season but shifted to left for 2026 withtop prospect Carson Bengestepping into an everyday role in right to start the campaign. If Soto were to miss time, the Mets would likely lean on Taylor heavily in a corner outfield spot, perhaps utilizing Brett Baty in the outfield as well, despite his inexperience.

"You never want to lose a guy like that. I don't know how bad it is yet, but I know he works extremely hard and is going to get himself back as soon as possible," second baseman Marcus Semien said.

"The good thing is we have a deep group. The guys on the bench should be starting on this team and somebody else to going to get a chance. We just try and hold it down while he's out."

Here are some of the more interesting foods and beverages available this season at major-league stadiums: The "Take Me Out to the Ballgame Milkshake" at Diamondbacks home games is a salted caramel shake with whipped cream, peanut butter sandwich cookies, Kit Kat bars and Cracker Jack.

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Here are some of the more interesting foods and beverages available this season atmajor-leaguestadiums: The "Take Me Out to the Ballgame Milkshake" at Diamondbacks home games is a salted caramel shake with whipped cream, peanut butter sandwich cookies, Kit Kat bars and Cracker Jack.

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Juan Soto injury update: Mets' $765 million star needs MRI after scare

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Southern California’s Springs Fire Mostly Contained After Exploding To Over 4,100 Acres in Hours

The Springs Fire, which ignited around 11 a.m. Friday in a recreational area near Lake Perris, California, grew to more than 6.4 square miles in a matter of hours by Friday evening in a sparsely populated but active outdoor area east of Moreno Valley, a city of roughly 200,000 residents.

Fire crews were dispatched immediately. With more than 250 personnel, dozens of fire engines and multiple helicopters, they battled the flames and worked to protect structures as the blaze raged toward more populated areas of the city. The wind was the biggest driver, pushing the fire to rapidly grow.

Alex Izaguirre, a spokesperson for Cal Fire Riverside County, said winds were "spreading the smoke," leading to an increase in calls from residents in nearby communities who can see and smell it.

But concerns fell on Sunday.

The National Weather Service's wind advisory for the region has been lifted. Winds are decreasing.

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Evacuation orders and warnings were issued, with Valley View High School designated as a temporary evacuation site. Animal shelters were also opened to help displaced pets and livestock. Even the schools were forced to adapt, as Moreno Valley College closed its main campus due to deteriorating air quality, prompting students and staff to leave immediately.

Thanks to the hard work of crews fighting the fire, the Springs Fire was 95% contained by Saturday evening, and all evacuation orders and warnings were lifted.

The cause of the Springs Fire remains under investigation; no deaths have been reported.

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How a perilous US rescue mission in Iran nearly went off course

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, U.S. commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn on Sunday.

Then everything stopped.

Two MC-130 aircraft that had ferried ‌some of the roughly 100 special operations forces into rugged terrain south of Tehran suffered a mechanical failure and could not take off, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of ‌anonymity.

Suddenly, elite commandos risked being stuck behind enemy lines.

Their commanders made a high-risk decision, ordering additional aircraft to fly into Iran to extract the group in waves — a decision that left the elite commandos waiting for a couple of tense hours.

"If there was a 'holy shit' moment, ​that was it," said the official, who credited quick decision-making with saving the day. The official, along with others who spoke to Reuters for this story, was granted anonymity in order to speak candidly about the operation.

The gamble worked. The rescue force was pulled out in stages, and U.S. troops destroyed the disabled MC‑130s and four additional helicopters inside Iran rather than risk leaving sensitive equipment behind.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The successful extraction ended one of the most perilous episodes of the five-week-old conflict, averting what could have been a catastrophic loss of American lives and easing a mounting crisis for President Donald Trump as he weighs whether to escalate ‌a war that has already killed thousands.

DOWNED PILOT HID, MADE CONTACT

The rescued U.S. ⁠weapons specialist was the second of two crew members on an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that Iran said on Friday had been hit by its air defenses. The U.S. official said the plane was flying over Isfahan province when it was brought down and the two airmen ejected separately. The pilot was rescued while the ⁠second airman remained in Iran.

U.S. air crews are trained in Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) techniques if downed behind enemy lines, but few are fluent in Persian and face a challenge in staying undetected while seeking rescue.

A U.S. source familiar with some of the operational details said the American officer, whom Trump said held the rank of colonel, sprained his ankle and hid in a crevice on a hilltop.

The official said the airman later established contact with the U.S. military and ​authenticated ​himself - a critical step to ensure rescue forces were not walking into a trap.

The CIA had run a deception campaign earlier, ​hoping to confuse Tehran by planting information inside Iran that U.S. forces had already ‌located the missing airman and were moving him before the operation took place, a senior Trump administration official said.

But the U.S. military took additional steps, jamming electronics and bombing key roads around the location to prevent people from getting close, the U.S. source familiar with the planning said.

The source told Reuters that the aircraft eventually sent to extract the airman and rescue forces were much smaller turboprop aircraft, capable of landing on small airfields and relatively light.

Throughout the operation, the White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. military's Central Command were uncharacteristically silent. Trump was so relatively quiet that a local reporter went to check if he was at Walter Reed Hospital.

Once the mission was complete, Trump was triumphant.

"Over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History," Trump said in a statement, adding ‌that the airman was injured, but "he will be just fine."

U.S. AIRCRAFT HIT

The initial search effort encountered fierce resistance from Iran ​when it began on Friday, after the F-15 pilot was initially rescued.

Reuters reported on Friday that two Black Hawk helicopters involved in ​the search were hit by Iranian fire but escaped from Iranian airspace.

In a separate incident, a ​pilot ejected from an A-10 Warthog fighter aircraft after it was hit over Kuwait and crashed, the officials said, though the extent of crew injuries was unclear.

The conflict has ‌killed 13 U.S. military service members, with more than 300 wounded, the U.S. Central ​Command says. No U.S. troops have been taken prisoner ​by Iran.

While Trump has repeatedly sought to portray the Iranian military as being in tatters, its ability to repeatedly hit U.S. aircraft is significant, military experts say.

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command said on Saturday the military used a new air defense system on Friday to target a U.S. fighter jet.

Reuters first reported on U.S. intelligence showing that Iran retains large amounts of missile and drone capability.

Until ​just over a week ago, the U.S. could only determine with certainty that ‌it had destroyed about one-third of Iran's missile arsenal.

The status of about another third was less clear, but bombings probably damaged, destroyed or buried those missiles in underground tunnels and ​bunkers, Reuters sources said.

Appearing unburdened after the successful rescue, Trump used harsh language on Sunday to threaten Tehran if it did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil flows vital ​to the world economy.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Don Durfee and Howard Goller)

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Toddler injured after sticking hand into wolf habitat at ZooAmerica

A child was injured after crawling under a fence and sticking his hand into a wolf enclosure at the ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park in Pennsylvania, the zoo said.

The incident occurred on Saturday, April 4, a spokesperson for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company confirmed to USA TODAY. The unsupervised 18-month-old crawled under an exterior perimeter fence and headed to the primary metal enclosure of the wolf habitat, where the child put his hand through the fence, according to the spokesperson.

"A wolf approached and made contact with the child's hand," the zoo added. "This type of response is consistent with natural animal behavior, and was not a sign of aggression."

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Following a review by the zoo, the spokesperson said that at no point during the incident was the child inside the wolf's enclosure. No other details on the incident were provided, and ZooAmerica did not identify the child or their family, but described the child's injuries as minor.

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ZooAmerica said the safety of its visitors and the well-being of their animals are "always our highest priorities," but noted that visitors are expected to "remain within designated areas and closely supervise children at all times."

"Our habitats are designed with multiple layers of protection, and clear signage and barriers are in place to help ensure safe viewing," according to the statement.

ZooAmerica is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about 95 miles west of Philadelphia. The zoo is part of Hersheypark, an about 121-acre family amusement park that features over 70 rides and attractions, and a water park.

The zoo covers about 11 acres and is home to more than 200 animals native to North America, including three gray wolves, according to the zoo's website. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

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Toddler injured after sticking hand into wolf habitat at ZooAmerica

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