Straining to stave off threatened U.S. tariffs, Mexican and American officials claimed progress in White House talks late Wednesday, but President Donald Trump declared it was “not nearly enough” to halt the import taxes he is holding out as a way to force Mexico to stanch the flow of illegal migrants at America’s southern border. Talks were to resume Thursday. Underscoring the scope of the border problem, the Department of Homeland Security announced separately that U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions of migrants illegally crossing the border hit the highest level in more than a decade in May: 132,887 apprehensions, including a record 84,542 adults and children together, 36,838 single adults and 11,507 children traveling alone.
A 13-year-old boy was badly hurt after a shark attack in Neptune Beach, Florida, according to police.
Neptune Beach police said a shark between 5 and 6 feet long bit the boy on his right leg. Other swimmers pulled the teen from the water around 3 p.m. Sunday.
"I saw blood coming from right here," 10-year-old Carter Barksdale told NBC affiliate WTLV, motioning toward his lower leg. "I saw two slits but I was panicking."
A lifeguard tower called in the incident, and the boy was rushed to the hospital with a gash on his calf and shin.
"We took our belts off and wrapped it around his leg to try to stop the bleeding. The poor boy was screaming frantically," beachgoer Chris Barkdale told WTLV.
The teen suffered non-life threatening injuries and was reported to be in stable condition around 5:30 p.m., police said.
Police said it was the first shark attack of the season at the beach.
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Another shark attack was reported Sunday on the opposite coast, where a Southern California beach was shuttered after a woman suffered bites to her shoulder and torso.
