Michigan woman missing after husband says she fell off boat in Bahamas

Police say they're searching for an American woman who disappeared Saturday in the Bahamas. The woman's husband told authorities that his wife went missing after falling from their boat and being swept out to sea.

The missing woman was identified Monday as Lynette Hooker from Michigan, according to Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Her husband, Brian Hooker, reported that he and his wife, who are both U.S. nationals, left Hope Town for Elbow Cay on the Bahamian island of Abaco at around 7:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to theRoyal Bahamas Police Force. They had set sail aboard an 8-foot hard-bottom dinghy, police said.

"She apparently bounced out of the boat," Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue chief Troy Pritchard told CBS News on Monday.

Brian Hooker told police that his wife fell overboard with the keys to the boat, causing its engine to turn off. He said that strong currents carried her out to sea, and he lost sight of her, according to police. Brian Hooker paddled the dinghy to shore, arriving hours later at the Marsh Harbor Boat Yard at 4 a.m. Sunday morning.

Lynette Hooker was wearing a black bathing suit at the time, officials said. The search and rescue efforts continued Monday.

"They've been out again today," Pritchard told CBS News. "We still haven't found anything."

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Police said Brian Hooker told someone his wife was missing once he made it to the boat yard, and that person informed authorities. Officers proceeded to search the surrounding area, with help from members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Hope Town fire officials.

"U.S. counterparts, volunteers, the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force are assisting with this," the Royal Bahamas Police Force told CBS News in a statement. The U.S. Coast Guard Miami Sector also provided air support to Bahamian authorities in their search Sunday.

Police have asked people in the community who may have information relevant to the probe to report what they know to law enforcement, or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.

The U.S. State Department warned of potentially deadly boating issues in the Bahamas in atravel advisoryissued in March 2025, which said "boating is not well regulated" on the islands, and "injuries and deaths have occurred." The advisory also warned that watercraft, like jet skis, may come from unlicensed operators who "sometimes ignore weather forecasts." It encouraged travelers to "always follow local weather and marine alerts."

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war

VATICAN CITY (AP) —Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff Saturday night,urging that Easterwould bring harmony and peace to a world torn by wars.

Vatican Pope Easter Vigil

Easter for Christians commemorates Christ’s triumph over death with his resurrection following his crucifixion. Lighting the candle before he entered the basilica, the pope intoned: “The light of Christ who rises in glory."

Candle bearers stopped to light candles of the congregants as they walked down the central aisle, spreading flickers of light through the dark basilica before the lights went up as the pope arrived at the baroque main altar, followed by cardinals dressed in white.

In his homily, Leo called sin “a heavy barrier that closes us off and separates us from God, seeking to kill his words of hope within us,’’ and likened it to the stone that had covered Jesus’ tomb — but which was found overturned, revealing Jesus’ resurrection.

Leo said that there are stones representing sins to be overturned today, some “so heavy and so closely guarded that they seem to be immovable.”

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“Some weigh heavily on the human heart, such as mistrust, fear, selfishness and resentment; others stemming from these inner struggles, sever the bonds between us through war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations.

“Let us not allow ourselves to be paralyzed by them!” the pope said, calling on the faithful to make a commitment “so that the Easter gifts of harmony and peace may grow and flourish everywhere and always throughout the world.’’

With theU.S.-Israeli waron Iran in its second month and Russia’s ongoingcampaign in Ukraine, Leo has repeatedly called for a halt in hostilities. On Palm Sunday,he said that Goddoesn’t listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify their violence,

As is tradition, Leo baptized 10 adults from all over the world during the Mass.

During Leo's first Holy Week, which is notoriously demanding, thepontiff carried the crossfor the entire 14 stations during the Way of the Cross on Good Friday, the first time a pope has done so for decades. On Holy Thursday, he washed thefeet of 12 priestsin the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a traditionhis predecessorPope Francis had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians.

On Sunday morning, Leo will celebrate an open-air Mass in St. Peter’s Square before delivering his Easter message and offer the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” message “to the city (of Rome) and the world," which acts as a summary of the world's woes.

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Duke's Cameron Boozer wins men's Naismith Player of the Year award

Cameron Boozer’s fantastic freshman season has earned him the Naismith Award for college basketball’s men’s player of the year.

The Duke forward was given the award on Sunday after he averaged 22.5 points and 10.2 rebounds a game in 2025-26. Duke narrowly missed out on advancing to the Final Fourafter UConn stunned the Blue Devils 73-72 in the Elite Eight.

“I’m incredibly honored to receive the Naismith Player of the Year Award,” Boozer said in a statement. “When you think about the history of this award and all the great players who’ve been recognized before, it really puts things in perspective. It’s something I don’t take lightly. This game has given me so much, and I’ve been lucky to be surrounded by amazing teammates, coaches, and a family that’s supported me every step of the way. They’ve challenged me, believed in me, and helped me grow not just as a player, but as a person. I know I still have a long way to go, and this recognition just motivates me to keep working and do everything I can to keep improving every day.”

Boozer’s strong season powered Duke to the ACC regular season and tournament titles along with the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. He scored at least 30 points on four different occasions and shot nearly 56% from the field.

In Duke’s season-ending loss to the Huskies, Boozer scored 27 points and had 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Though he hasn’t officially made his NBA Draft decision, Boozer is considered a likely top-five pick in what should be a stellar draft class. Boozer was the No. 3 recruit in the high school class of 2025 behind BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and Kansas’ Darryn Peterson.

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He chose Duke along with his twin brother Cayden, a four-star prospect. The two picked Duke, where their father, Carlos, starred for three seasons from 1999 through 2002 before he was a second-round pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2002 NBA Draft.

Cameron Boozer shot over 50% from the field in 27 of Duke’s 38 games in 2025-26. Thanks to early-season wins over Kansas, Arkansas, Florida and Michigan State, Boozer immediately established himself as the best player in college basketball to take a lot of the drama out of the player of the year discussion.

Boozer scored 35 points on 13-of-18 shooting in a November win over Arkansas before following that up with 18 points and 15 rebounds in a 66-60 win at Michigan State on Dec. 6.

He was just as good in ACC play. Boozer scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds in Duke’s only conference loss of the season at North Carolina. When the Tar Heels came to Duke to end the regular season, Boozer was 10-of-17 from the field for 26 points and had 15 rebounds in what could have been his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Along with Boozer, Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd was named the Naismith coach of the year and Florida’s Rueben Chinyelu was named the defensive player of the year. Lloyd’s award comes a day after his Wildcats were blown out in the Final Four by Michigan as the Wolverines advanced to play UConn in the national championship game on Monday night.

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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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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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April 06, 2026

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 precisio...

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