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采访对象供图穿过办案区的走廊，转入尽头的审讯室。“阿姐，你来了。”门推开，她把手上一沓证据材料往桌上一撂，闷闷的一声响。顺手拽过一把椅子，坐在审讯椅前。就这一下，原本还有些游离的嫌疑人目光，瞬间收敛了几分。“能找到你，就别抱有侥幸。”她点了点案卷，终于开口。在闵行公安分局刑侦支队，同事们习惯用“阿姐”来特指姜峻。从警31年，至今仍冲锋在抓捕一线的刑侦女民警已是“少数派”。而在“阿姐”身上，时间似乎只改变了她的年龄，从未改变她作为一名刑警的底色。女刑警的“笔记本”“年龄上是要服老了，但工作上绝不。”这是她常挂在嘴边的话。办案时，她总带着一个黑色笔记本，几十年的惊心动魄，仿佛都浓缩成这些本子里密密麻麻的字迹。研判时，本子是数据库，记录着案件过程和细节；在审讯时，还能充当“醒木”，拍在桌上能让嫌疑人心里一颤，姜峻打趣地介绍。“盗窃案大多是由案及人”姜峻说，“一开始嫌疑人的‘画像’往往是空白的，只能依靠侦查一点点往回填。”填的办法，先是耐着性子看视频。逐帧回放，记下每一个可疑的身影、每一个模糊的时间点。可视频总有看不清的地方，也有覆盖不全的死角。每到这时候，她就合上本子，往外走。在灌木丛生的野外劈开一条路，在泥泞的河边深一脚浅一脚......再代入嫌疑人视角，心里盘算着嫌疑人得手后往哪跑？赃物会藏在哪里？姜峻坚信，“待在办公室里是破不了案的。”即便现在技术先进了，她最信的还是那双沾过泥、蹚过水的“铁脚板”。本子上记的，是线索；脚下走的，才是真相。采访对象供图审讯室里的“心灵捕手”进了审讯室，她基本就能把嫌疑人看个七八分。碰上那些眼神闪躲、浑身紧绷，但不愿承认犯罪行为的“初犯”。她更愿意坐到对方身边唠唠家常，从“家住哪里”聊到“孩子多大”，从“日子过得怎么样”聊到“为何走到这一步”，慢慢地心理防线的口子就松了，这一招她称之为“逛公园”。几年前，辖区内发生一起保姆盗窃雇主黄金的案件。姜峻带队上门抓捕时，看见一家老小正围坐吃饭。她轻轻压下了同事的手，示意暂停行动，又假借邻居身份谎称“漏水”，将嫌疑人单独叫出，为她在家人面前保留了体面。审讯室里，她没再疾言厉色。几个小时下来，嫌疑人最后说：“我带你们去拿黄金。”有人问姜峻，干刑警这么多年，抓了多少人？她说，不在乎抓了多少人，更在乎“救”了多少人。曾有个嫌疑人在入狱前表示家庭困难，姜峻自掏腰包往他狱中的账户里充了几百元。钱不多，却让身在高墙内的人看到了希望。最让姜峻难忘还是送嫌疑人的孩子回家路上，孩子趴在她腿上睡着了。醒来后，他认真地对姜峻说：“阿姨，我长大以后也想做警察。”那一刻，姜峻的鼻子一酸，她觉得刑警不光是打击犯罪，也是在法律条文下，给人的心底埋点光。做最“纯粹”的刑警做刑警这些年，她就认准了破案一件事。现在五十多岁了，一门心思从来没变过。可那天，案子破了，她却发了一通火。那是一次守候伏击。年轻民警经验不足，在行动中惊动了嫌疑人，对方夺路狂奔，不仅逃脱了控制，还将作为关键证据的手机丢入河中。虽然嫌疑人最终被抓获，但因剧烈反抗，导致增援民警受了伤。向来对同事好脾气的姜峻，那天脸色铁青。她不是气愤案子没办好，而是深知，这次负伤已是万幸。事后，她又把年轻人们叫来复盘，站位对不对？眼神往哪儿看？什么时候该动，什么时候该等？她把自己的经验，掰开揉碎往年轻人脑子里灌。不厌其烦，一遍又一遍。采访快结束的时候，窗外万家灯火。姜峻翻出手机里的老照片，笑着递过来：“你要用我年轻时的照片啊，好看。”照片上的人，一头青丝，眼神清亮。她说，趁着还没退休，想用自己这点经验，再为上海刑侦带出一批“拿得出、叫得响”的年轻人。而在走访的路上，在抓捕的现场，在那间审讯室的灯光下，她始终是那个让嫌疑人心服口服、让群众心安、让同事们喊一声“阿姐”的人。

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中超联赛首轮，申花在主场5比3击败大连英博，巴西外援拉唐为申花梅开二度。本场因为433阵型中的米内罗受伤，申花主帅斯卢茨基改打442阵型，赛后拉唐表示：“申花的打法与我在大阪樱花踢球时相似，我能打两个9号位，也可以在边路的位置，适应申花的战术没有问题。我认可主教练（斯卢茨基）的安排。”

中超首秀，新加盟申花的高中锋盖伊打入2球并奉上1次助攻，助申花在主场5比3擒下大连英博，迎来联赛开门红。赛后盖伊被评为全场最佳。不过他表示，比起最佳射手和全场最佳，自己更在意申花赢球。

今天（3月7日），上海市徐汇区青少年活动中心迎来马年首个开学日。55门课程、211个培训班、57个社团、31项“缤纷汇五育”项目同步与学生相会，为新学期中小学生丰富的校外活动增添春日色彩。这次开学日，刚刚成立的上海市徐汇区青少年STEM教育实践体验中心成为“宝藏新地标”。在实践体验中心，机器人前围满了好奇的学员们——精准抓取、灵活转动，每一次操作都引来阵阵惊叹。机器人搭建、智能物流探究、AI+ART跨界艺术创作、VEX竞赛体验、机甲大师对抗等精彩课堂将轮番上阵，邀请每一个怀抱好奇之心的徐汇学子在真实情境中亲手探秘、尽情尝试。新学期，徐汇区全区小学五年级将正式启动“半日科技体验活动”，五年级的学生有更多的机会走进STEM分中心，参与科技体验，触摸科技的温度，埋下热爱的种子。从三年级“戏剧进校园”、四年级“人人学游泳”、七年级 “交响乐进课堂”，到五年级“科技体验活动”，一系列普惠活动坚持面向人人、全域覆盖，在徐汇学子的成长轨迹上，绘就全面发展的生动图景。当天，徐汇区青少年书画院里墨香氤氲。书法班的学员们端坐案前，在名师指点下细细揣摩碑帖上的一笔一划——起笔、行笔、收笔；国画班的画案旁，学员们屏息凝神，练习线条的刚柔、疏密与疾缓，宣纸上渐渐浮现出墨色的层次。徐汇区青少年活动中心联合上海中国画院，将名家导师团全程请进课堂，为学员量身定制从技法积淀到独立创作的专业进阶路径。书法班从碑帖精临、结字布白到章法布局、临创转化，层层进阶；中国画班从临摹经典起步，融合写生实践与主题创作，让每一笔稚嫩都能在专业土壤里生根发芽。“砰——砰——”高安分中心新修缮的体育馆里，清脆的击球声伴着欢呼声此起彼伏。学员们挥着匹克球拍，奔跑、跳跃、扣杀，场上场下一片欢腾。这个融合网球、羽毛球、乒乓球特点的“三小球混血儿”，易上手、趣味强、对抗温和，从体验课到进阶课，让每一个学生都能在适合自己的节奏里，从好奇尝试走向真正热爱。全新的科技运动项目HADO也将启动。新学期，高安分中心体育馆不仅承载中心课程，更打破校园围墙，向周边学校敞开大门，成为徐汇学子触手可及的“共享赛场”。从中心学员的运动乐园，到辐射周边的活力地标，让更多孩子都能在运动中释放活力，在对抗中学会协作，在胜负之间磨砺心智。线下热热闹闹，线上同步启程。新学期，《五育未来说》第九季携“指尖上的传统文化”如约而至，首期“皮影的光影戏梦”即将上线。3月8日下午17:00，云端直播准时开启。

张伟和徒弟倪思远一起研讨案情。采访对象供图在上海市公安局徐汇分局经侦支队，提到56岁的“阿姐”张伟，无人不晓。她是全支队年纪最大的一线侦查员，也是上海经侦战线上一抹亮眼的巾帼红。从警三十四载，她曾荣获“全国优秀人民警察”等数十项荣誉。岁月改变了她的岗位，却从未磨钝她的锋芒。在铁血阳刚的经侦战场上，她如同一把永不知倦的“尖刀”，总能精准刺破经济犯罪的迷局；亦如一株永不凋零的“玫瑰”，以女性的坚韧、细致与温情，守护着社会的经济秩序和百姓的钱袋子安全。社区砺剑：在“家长里短”中荣获至高荣誉1991年，毕业于上海法律专科学校国际经济法系的张伟，成为了徐汇分局湖南路派出所的一名社区民警。面对从涉外经济法到家长里短的巨大转变，性格外向的她展现出惊人的适应力。“要当好一个社区民警，开口说话、社会经验比一本正经更重要。”她很快融入角色，成了阿姨妈妈们的贴心人。担任社区民警时，张伟向来访人员介绍小区安防建设情况。采访对象供图上世纪九十年代的上海正推进“三大防范”工程，需要落实铁门、路灯和电子门锁的安装，但安福路上的老旧小区没有物业，经费成了难题。张伟没有“等、靠、要”，她动脑筋会同居民成立了“弄管会”自治组织，由各楼组长担任职务，主动找地区单位赞助落实经费，还改造或新建了小区门卫室。她的努力，得到了居民和领导的一致肯定，也正是在这个平凡的社区民警岗位上，她因出色的群防群治工作被授予了“全国优秀人民警察”的殊荣。然而，这份沉甸甸的荣誉，也曾让她心生忐忑。“我自认为我还配不上这份殊荣，当时觉得主要是机遇好。”这份谦逊，甚至是一丝“不配得感”，并未让她裹足不前，反而成了她不断前行的内在驱动力。“不过这些年，我用努力工作、为民破案来逐步填满和平衡我的这种不配得感。”于是，当2004年调至经侦支队的机遇来临时，她毫不犹豫地再次归零，以惊人的毅力一头扎进全新领域，用新的战绩来续写她对这份荣誉的理解。刚柔并济：“尖刀”锐利与“玫瑰”芬芳在领导和同事眼中，转型后的张伟至今仍是令犯罪分子无处遁形的“尖刀”。经侦支队政委田润锴评价她：“被她锁定的猎物就没有能逃掉的！”她的看家本领是审讯，这更像是一场她精心布局的心理战。她的第一位徒弟、现任探长虞仁杰对此感受极深：“但凡遇到重大团伙案件，阿姐一般审的都是主犯。她比我们更能察觉嫌疑人的情绪波动并充分加以利用。”“研判、预防、搜证、攻心”也是她独有的工作法。张伟审讯犯罪嫌疑人。采访对象供图在2025年侦办的一起生产销售伪劣烟弹案中，面对9名有吸贩毒前科、拒不交代的嫌疑人，专案组想从客观证据入手寻找突破口，但两周过去了仍进展缓慢。张伟再也坐不住了，“难审也要审，不能无所作为地等待。”她提前做足功课，每个嫌疑人的履历背景，最爱什么、最恨什么、最需要什么，她都烂熟于心。销售商王某，前科写了满满半页纸。但他却是这个案件中承上启下的重要角色，面对这个硬骨头，张伟没有厉声呵斥，而是用一句充满惋惜的话叩开了他的心扉：“12年时间，从青年到了中年，如此黄金的年华却徒留在了大墙内。”王某愣了一下，随即激动地辩解起当年的“冤屈”。张伟静静地听着，然后一针见血地指出：“你是不是因此心生怨气，想用放任自己的方式报复社会？但你仔细想想，你报复的其实是你自己啊。”说到这里，原本吊儿郎当的王某突然抬起头，眼中含泪，声音哽咽：“从来没一个警察会和我说这些的……”那一刻，张伟也禁不住眼泪在眼眶中打转。最终，她以王某的坦白交代为突破口，顺藤摸瓜、抽丝剥茧地搜集到了该案的核心证据，又以此成功攻破了另6名嫌疑人的心理防线，大大加快了办案进度。在她看来，警察和嫌疑人的立场可能是对立的，但人格是平等的。“我在办的不仅是案子，也是别人的人生。”张伟能“锐利”破局，但又并非一味从严，更蕴含着法律之外的温度。2018年春节前夕，一个叫熊某的90后小伙，在大雪纷飞中来到支队，将一面写有“向人民警察致敬，争做守法公民”的锦旗双手递给张伟，激动地说：“张警官，谢谢您，是您教育挽救了我。如果当初您把我送进监狱，我的人生必将陷入万劫不复。”原来，熊某曾因经营不善涉嫌非法经营。张伟没有机械办案，而是查明他实为受人蒙骗且有真诚悔改、积极退赔的表现后，依法予以从轻处理，给了他一次重返正途的机会。手捧这面锦旗，张伟感到无比欣慰，她更加坚信：“法治的社会价值并不仅仅是重刑惩恶，如果轻罚能让其跳出自暴自弃的恶性循环，重新做一个对社会有用的人，那也是我所追求的。”坚守传承：在双重角色中书写不凡从警路上，张伟并非钢铁巨人。作为女性，她需要付出的更多。她不仅是侦查员，在生活中还要扮演好母亲、妻子和女儿的角色。她的徒弟虞仁杰回忆道：“我刚到队那会儿，她的儿子就要高考了，作为母亲她不得不为儿子的学业和身心状态操心，有时不得不去忙家里的事情。但就算如此，她也会在忙完家务事后回到单位，加班加点地完成工作。” 在办理A公司特大合同诈骗案时，为了追查线索，还诸多被害人一个公道，她先后8次出差，其间还要抽空前往肺癌晚期的父亲病床前陪夜。“回到家，我疲惫了，我流泪了……”家人的理解与支持，是她最坚实的后盾，也让她对家庭怀有一份深深的感激与愧疚。张伟和同事进企业开展打击防范经济犯罪安全宣传。采访对象供图这份女性的坚韧与细腻，也体现在她对案件的极致负责上。徒弟倪思远还记得一次搜查一处售假网店仓库时的情形。“一脚踹门进去，我粗粗一看已销售量已经足够定罪了。如果是我，可能会偷个小懒，让权利方派人清点。但师父就会蹲在地上把存货一个类别、一个类别分拣出来、清点清楚。我看了觉得不好意思想搭把手，她却说‘不用不用，小倪你不用再数了，我会数乱掉的，你去搜一下随身物品就行了’。”这种身体力行的细致，也深深地影响着她的每一个徒弟。她将带教徒弟视为重要职责，时常教导他们遇到棘手案件不要退缩，即便最终结果是失败了，这种过程也能学到其他场合学不到的宝贵经验。如今，她先后带教的三名徒弟都成为了支队的探长和业务骨干。年过五十，她依然是那个喜欢冲在一线的“阿姐”。在2024年办理制售假乐高积木案时，领导想照顾她，让她在后方“捏材料”，她却说：“这么大的案子，我徒弟和整个探组都去了，我怎么能不去？侦审本就一体，没有掌握现场的第一手情况，我觉得最后我的审讯工作也不会顺利！”有人说不想当将军的士兵不是好士兵，但张伟认为当好普通一兵也很光荣。“关键是要找到自己的定位，沉得下心神，经得起考验，练得硬功夫，让自我价值得以体现。”

Presidential Actions COMMITMENT TO COUNTERING CARTEL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Proclamations March 7, 2026 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The United States, under my leadership, has demonstrated a sustained commitment towards achieving the dismantlement of cartels and foreign terrorists operating in the Western Hemisphere. My Administration has designated a number of cartels and transnational gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and has since dedicated unprecedented resources towards their destruction. These international entities control territories and commerce, extort political and judicial systems, wield arms and field military capabilities, and use assassinations and terrorism to achieve their ends. In furtherance of our efforts, the Secretary of War established the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, a pledge from military leaders and representatives from 17 countries demonstrating that the region is ready to operationalize hard power to defeat these threats to our security and civilization. We will address these grave dangers by use of any necessary resources and legally available authorities, together with our partner nations. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim as follows: (1) Criminal cartels and foreign terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere should be demolished to the fullest extent possible consistent with applicable law. (2) The United States and its allies should coordinate to deprive these organizations of any control of territory and access to financing or resources necessary to conduct their campaigns of violence. (3) The United States will train and mobilize partner nation militaries to achieve the most effective fighting force necessary to dismantle cartels and their ability to export violence and pursue influence through organized intimidation. (4) The United States and its allies should keep external threats at bay, including malign foreign influences from outside the Western Hemisphere. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth. DONALD J. TRUMP

The final laps before the major overhaul: CERN’s accelerator operators have just fired the starting pistol for the last run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). At the end of June, four years of work will begin to transform the LHC into a high-luminosity accelerator (the HiLumi LHC). For now, let’s turn our attention to the first proton collisions of the year, which were recorded by the LHC experiments on Saturday, 7 March at 15h58. After 11 years of high-energy operation, the LHC teams have acquired such expertise that it is easy to forget the complexity of this 27-kilometre-circumference machine located 100 metres underground, equipped with more than 9000 superconducting magnets, thousands of electrical circuits and hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment, and operating at ‑271 °C thanks to the world’s largest cryogenic system. “The restart of the CERN accelerator complex after the traditional winter shutdown was completed in record time,” says Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci, Head of LHC Operations. “The teams have a deep understanding of the machine and are demonstrating impressive finesse in their work. It’s a real team effort, and we are all looking forward to the last few months of operation.” Several types of collisions are on the menu for these four months of operation, which are starting with nine weeks of proton collisions and will be followed by three weeks of operation with lead ions. The 2026 run will end with two weeks of tests with high-intensity proton beams: bunches containing 40% more protons than the standard LHC bunches will be circulated to test the impact on the equipment. Following on from the tests carried out last autumn, the aim is to study the behaviour of high-intensity beams, which will be part of everyday operation at the HiLumi LHC, and to identify any unforeseen limitations before the shutdown begins. However, at such high intensities, the beams will contain a limited number of bunches, as the current accelerator and experiments cannot handle a higher load. 29 June will mark the start of four years of major work, during which part of the LHC will be dismantled and replaced with innovative equipment that is currently in production. The HiLumi LHC, which will start operating in 2030, will generate a significantly higher number of collisions than the current LHC, allowing physicists to study known mechanisms, such as the Higgs boson, in greater detail and to observe possible new, very rare phenomena.

HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Statement From Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson on Successful Operations to Assist American Citizens in the Middle East hide Statement From Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson on Successful Operations to Assist American Citizens in the Middle East Media Note Office of the Spokesperson March 7, 2026 Since February 28, over 28,000 American citizens have safely returned to the United States from the Middle East. These figures do not include the many Americans who have safely relocated to other countries or those who have departed the Middle East but are still in transit back to the United States. Additionally, the Department of State has completed over a dozen charter flights and has safely evacuated thousands of Americans from the Middle East. While commercial flight availability across the region continues to improve, Department of State charter flight and ground transport operations continue to ramp up, as security conditions allow. Through the State Department’s 24/7 Task Force, we have directly assisted over 16,000 Americans abroad, offering security guidance and travel assistance. American citizens in Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel in need of travel assistance should complete the Crisis Intake Form. The State Department will continue to actively assist any American citizen who wishes to depart the Middle East to do so. Americans in the Middle East who need assistance can call the U.S. Department of State, 24/7, at +1-202-501-4444. Tags American Citizens in the Middle East Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Middle East Office of the Spokesperson