It was a sunny, warm day as thousands turned out to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in St. Paul on Saturday.

In addition to a parade on Saturday, the Cinco de Mayo Festival on Cesar Chavez Street in the West Side neighborhood included live music, dancing, a car show and more fun that began on Friday.

The 39th annual event is hosted by the West Side Boosters in collaboration with the West Side Fiestas Committee.

The event, as in past years, celebrates the community’s Mexican heritage as well as Mexico’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it.

Her remarks to supporters in eastern Mexico came in response to a Wall Street Journal article published the day before, describing a tense phone call last month in which Trump reportedly pressured her to accept a bigger role for the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Mexico.

“He said, ‘How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the United States military come in and help you.’ And you know what I said to him? ‘No, President Trump.’”

She added: “Sovereignty is not for sale. Sovereignty is loved and defended.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sheinbaum’s remarks.

The U.S. military presence has increased steadily along its southern border with Mexico in recent months, following Trump’s order in January to increase the army’s role in stemming the flow of migrants.

The U.S. Northern Command has surged troops and equipment to the border, increased manned surveillance flights to monitor fentanyl trafficking along the border and sought expanded authority for U.S. Special Forces to work closely with Mexican forces conducting operations against cartels.

Trump designated many of the gangs and cartels smuggling drugs into the U.S. as foreign terrorist organizations on Feb. 19, restricting their movements and lending law enforcement more resources to act against them.

But Sheinbaum’s hardline stance Saturday signaled that U.S. pressure for unilateral military intervention would put her and Trump on a collision course after months of cooperation on immigration and trade.

“We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours,” Sheinbaum said.

To a burst of applause, she added: “We will never accept the presence of the United States military in our territory.”

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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony is joining NBC Sports as a studio analyst when NBC and Peacock begin their NBA coverage in October.

The announcement was made on Saturday afternoon during NBC’s coverage of the Kentucky Derby.

Anthony will be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in September. He was a 10-time NBA all-star and is currently 10th on the NBA all-time scoring list with 28,289 points. He also was part of the U.S. team in four Olympics, including three gold-medal winning squads.

NBC Sports said in a release that Anthony is expected to be in the studio one or more nights per week through the playoffs. After leading Syracuse to an NCAA title in 2003, Anthony played 19 seasons in the NBA, mostly with Denver and the New York Knicks. He retired after the 2022-23 season.

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Staring down the end of their season, the Minnesota Frost took control of their own destiny on Saturday.

Britta Curl-Salemme and Sophie Jaques each scored a pair of goals, and Nicole Hensley stopped 29 of 30 shots on goal as Minnesota beat the Boston Fleet, 8-1, at Tsongas Center to secure the PWHL’s last playoff spot.

Jaques added an assist for a game-high three points, and her second goal gave the Frost a 7-0 lead 15 minutes, 9 seconds into the third period. The Fleet needed just one point to earn their second straight playoff berth, but Minnesota took a 3-0 first period lead on goals by Curl-Salemme, Lee Stecklein and Kendall Coyne Schofield and never looked back.

Minnesota Frost needed victories in their last two regular-season games — both on the road — to return to the postseason and defend their Walter Cup, won in the PWHL’s inaugural season last year. They won at Ottawa, 2-0, on Thursday.

Jessica Digirolamo scored to put the Fleet on the board at 15:33, and Minnesota’s Klara Hymlarova found the net with 46 seconds remaining to account for the final score.

The Frost are the fourth seed in the four-team championship tournament. First-place Montreal gets to choose whether it wants to face the Frost or third seed Ottawa in the first round.

Toronto will host either Ottawa or Minnesota on Tuesday, Montreal on Wednesday. Both games will start at 6 p.m. CDT.