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Big airlines are slashing prices to help people flee Florida before Hurricane Irma hits.

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Big airlines are slashing prices to help people flee Florida before Hurricane Irma hits.

JetBlue said Wednesday it's "offering any remaining seats in select markets" at reduced fares of between $99 and $159, including taxes.

American Airlines , which has a major hub in Miami, said it has capped the price of main cabin seats on single leg flights at $99.

Delta announced it won't charge more than $399 for tickets on all flights to and from southern Florida and the Caribbean. That price cap will apply to all seats, including first class.

American said Wednesday that most of the flights out of the area were now sold out, but the company was working to add more. Delta said it had seats available, but it doesn't fly to many locations out of southern Florida.

All three companies say their price caps will be in effect through September 13.

The move comes as people have accused airlines of ratcheting up prices for flights out of the path of Irma, which is expected to hit the U.S. mainland this weekend.

A post on Tuesday from Twitter user @LeighDow complaining about skyrocketing fares garnered loads of attention, although the specifics of her situation weren't clear. An image she posted shows a notification that the price of a Delta flight from Miami to Phoenix had gone from $547.50 to $3,259.

"Shame on you @delta. Jacking from $547 to over $3200 for people trying to evacute (sic) responsibly?" she wrote. The post received more than 38,000 likes and 29,000 retweets.

But the user, who did not respond to CNNMoney's message on Twitter, later issued another post, saying Delta "reached out" and "helped tremendously." The user added, "Note to travelers, always call airline directly if something doesn't look right."

Delta told CNNMoney the user had seen that price on Expedia , not Delta's website, and the company worked with her to get a better price for her trip. Delta told CNNMoney that it never raised fares in response to Irma. Rather, the ticket prices customers are seeing are standard for booking last-minute seats amid heightened interest in flights out of Florida.

When asked about the issue, Expedia said in a statement it's "against our values as well as our policies ... to increase prices related to incidents like Hurricane Irma."

Related: Florida preps for mass evacuations, braces for possible gridlock

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that it's "received consumer complaints" about potential price gouging from areas affected by Hurricane Harvey, which slammed Texas and Louisiana late last month, as well as Irma. The department added that it will "evaluate whether they raise any violations of our regulations."

Algorithms typically set ticket prices based on supply and demand.

Seth Kaplan, managing partner at trade publication Airline Weekly, said the impending storm sent demand skyrocketing just as airlines entered a time of year when they typically scale back flights. The post-Labor Day season is much slower for travel, he explained.

Related: Cruises canceled as Hurricane Irma menaces Caribbean

The problem, Kaplan added, was likely exacerbated by Harvey -- which hit unsuspecting Texans and left dozens dead. The destruction in Texas likely inspired even more Floridians to look for flights out of the state when they heard Irma, which is currently even more powerful than Harvey, could be headed for its shores.

"Very suddenly, everybody decided to leave and bought up all the seats," Kaplan said. "But there aren't nearly as many seats as the number of people who want to leave Florida."

Hurricane Irma is among the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, and it's already ripped through the northern Virgin Islands and is expected to hit Puerto Rico Wednesday evening.

It's too early to be certain where Irma will head next, but prediction models suggest the storm could make landfall in Florida over the weekend. Some areas are already under mandatory evacuation orders.

-CNN's Rene Marsh contributed to this report

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 6, 2017: 6:29 PM ET

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Airlines cap prices for Hurricane Irma evacuees

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JetBlue said Wednesday it's "offering any remaining seats in select markets" at reduced fares of between $99 and $159, including taxes. American Airlines , which has a major hub in Miami, said it has capped the price of main cabin seats on single leg flights at $99.

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Hurricane Irma destroys 90 percent of structures, vehicles on Barbuda

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Hurricane Irma ripped into the Caribbean island of Barbuda on Wednesday morning with the force of a "bomb" going off, its prime minister told ABC News Thursday.

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The Category 5 storm, which is advancing toward Florida, destroyed 95 percent of the tiny island's structures and vehicles, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said.

"When you have an unprecedented storm like this that comes with such significant wind force this is like having a bomb literally thrown on a city," Browne said.

A spokesperson for Antigua and Barbuda's National Office of Disaster Services told ABC News that although a complete assessment still needs to be done, Irma wreaked widespread damage to Barbuda.

Irma passed over Barbuda around 2 a.m. Wednesday as a Category 5 hurricane. The National Weather Service tweeted a graphic showing the hurricane seemingly causing an anemometer - an instrument that measures wind speed - to fail, as the measurements went from recording 150 mph winds to calm in just a few minutes.

"It is really the sheer magnitude of the winds that destroyed these properties," Browne said. All the critical infrastructure on Barbuda has sustained damage, he added. Utility poles and cell towers were broken. Hotels, which were empty during the off-season, were wrecked.

The storm has resulted in at least one death on the island -- a toddler who drowned as the child's mother tried to move to safer ground, according to Browne.

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Browne said the storm's impact was "horrible" and described how it fired "missiles" of debris at the island's helpless residents.

He added that the priority is to encourage evacuations to Antigua as Hurricane Jose follows in Irma's wake.

Barbuda, an island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, is relatively flat, with its highest point just 125 feet above sea level. About 1,600 people live on the island, according to a 2011 census. Hurricane Irma is approximately 450 miles wide; Barbuda is just under 62 miles wide.

During an appearance Wednesday night on national broadcaster ABS, Browne described the damage he witnessed while flying over Barbuda.

Browne said then Barbuda was "barely habitable" and the damage was "unprecedented." He estimated that 95 percent of buildings suffered at least some damage. Many structures lost their roofs, and others were destroyed. He said parts of the island are "literally underwater."

At least 13 people total have died so far as a result of Irma, which currently has sustained winds of 175 mph.

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Amazon wants to open a second headquarters that will cost at least five billion dollars to build, and will create as many as 50,000 jobs.

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Amazon has announced plans to open a second headquarters in North America that will employ as many as 50,000 workers.

The company announced Thursday that it is searching for a city to host the new "HQ2" facility, which will cost at least $5 billion to construct and operate.

"We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. "Amazon HQ2 will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments, and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. We're excited to find a second home."

Amazon said it would prefer to open the headquarters in a suburban or urban area with more than 1 million people. It's looking for a community that "thinks big."

The company said that while it would hire teams and executives for the new location, employees who currently work in Seattle would be offered the chance to relocate.

Cities and regional economic development organizations have been invited to submit proposals.

The company's headquarters in Seattle boasts 33 buildings and 24 restaurants or cafes. It covers 8.1 million square feet.

CNNMoney (London) First published September 7, 2017: 6:39 AM ET

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The company announced Thursday that it is searching for a city to host the new "HQ2" facility, which will cost at least $5 billion to construct and operate. "We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Reuters 38 mins ago Christian Shepherd, Katya Golubkova

BEIJING/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - China agreed on Thursday that the United Nations should take more action against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while also pushing for dialogue to help resolve the standoff.

North Korea, which is pursuing its nuclear and missile programs in defiance of international condemnation, said it would respond to any new U.N. sanctions and U.S. pressure with "powerful counter measures", accusing the United States of aiming for war.

The United States wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an oil embargo on North Korea, ban its exports of textiles and the hiring of North Korean laborers abroad, and to subject leader Kim Jong Un to an asset freeze and travel ban, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Pressure from Washington has ratcheted up since North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sunday.

That test, along with a series of missile launches, showed it was close to achieving its goal of developing a powerful nuclear weapon that could reach the United States.

"Given the new developments on the Korean peninsula, China agrees that the U.N. Security Council should make a further response and take necessary measures," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters.

"Any new actions taken by the international community against the DPRK should serve the purpose of curbing the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs, while at the same time be conducive to restarting dialogue and consultation," he said, referring to North Korea by the initials of its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

China is by far North Korea's biggest trading partner, accounting for 92 percent of two-way trade last year. It also provides hundreds of thousands of tonnes of oil and fuel to the impoverished regime. U.S. President Donald Trump has urged China to do more to rein in its neighbor, which was typically defiant on Thursday.

"We will respond to the barbaric plotting around sanctions and pressure by the United States with powerful counter measures of our own," North Korea said in a statement by its delegation to an economic forum in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he had an executive order ready for Trump to sign that would impose sanctions on any country that trades with North Korea, if the United Nations did not put new sanctions on it.
'DIRTY POLITICS'
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke at the regional meeting in Vladivostok and agreed to try to persuade China and Russia to cut off oil to North Korea as much as possible, according to South Korean officials.

North Korea accused South Korea and Japan of "dirty politics" for what it said was the highjacking a meeting meant to be about economic development.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting he thought the North Korea crisis would not escalate into nuclear war, predicting that common sense would prevail.

But he said he believed North Korea's leadership feared that any freeze of its nuclear program would be followed by what amounted to "an invitation to the cemetery". North Korea says it needs its weapons to protect itself from U.S. aggression.

South Korea and the United States are technically still at war with North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty. China and Russia have advocated a "freeze for freeze" plan, under which the United States and South Korea would stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programs. But neither side appears willing to budge.

Abe later met Putin at the Vladivostok conference and said they both agreed that North Korea's nuclear test was a serious threat to regional peace and a challenge to global nuclear non-proliferation regime.

Putin said he and Abe decisively condemned North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan last week.
THAAD DEPLOYMENT
Amid the rising tension, South Korea installed the four remaining launchers of a U.S. anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on a former golf course south of its capital, Seoul, early on Thursday. Two launchers had already been deployed.

More than 30 people were hurt when about 8,000 police broke up a blockade near the site by about 300 villagers and members of civic groups opposed to the THAAD deployment, fire officials said.

The deployment has drawn strong objections from China, which believes the system's radar could be used to look deeply into its territory and will upset the regional security balance. China lodged another stern protest on Thursday.

"We again urge South Korea and the United States to take seriously China's and regional nations' security interests and concerns, stop the relevant deployment progress, and remove the relevant equipment," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular media briefing.

South Korean Marines wrapped up a three-day firing drill aimed at protecting islands just south of the border with North Korea, while the air force will finish up a week-long drill on Friday.
Additional reporting by Christine Kim and Soyoung Kim in SEOUL, Christian Shepherd and Vincent Lee in BEIJING, Oksana Kobzeva and Denis Pinchuk in VLADIVOSTOK, Steve Holland, Eric Walsh, Jeff Mason and Jim Oliphant in WASHINGTON and Kiyoshi Takenaka in TOKYO; Writing by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Paul Tait, Robert Birsel and Nick Macfie

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Gas shortages and panic in Florida. As people flee quickly for the Irma.

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Hurricane and storm surge warnings were issued late Thursday for South Florida as Hurricane Irma advanced westward in the Caribbean, with a northward turn toward Florida expected over the weekend.

Irma battered Turks and Caicos early Friday, with waves as high as 20 feet expected to hit those islands. Communications went down as the storm struck, and the extent of the devastation was unclear.

An update at 2 a.m. EDT Friday from the National Hurricane Center showed Irma to be located 20 miles north of Great Inagua Island and about 535 miles east-southeast of Miami -- with wind gusts of 160 mph. The storm was moving at about 16 mph, the hurricane center said.

The hurricane center said its storm surge warning covers Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach, as well as the Florida Keys.

Its hurricane warning covers Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach, as well as the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.

In addition, a storm surge watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida, north of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet and for the west coast of Florida north of Bonita Beach to Venice.

A hurricane watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida
north of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet and for the west coast of
Florida north of Bonita Beach to Anna Maria Island.

Meanwhile, the government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued the hurricane warning for the country's northern coast, the hurricane center said.

Earlier Thursday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate before Hurricane Irma makes potential landfall - as forecast models on Thursday predicted the storm moving further west, more directly in the state's path.

"If you live in any evacuation zones and you're still at home, leave!" Scott warned Floridians at a news conference Thursday. "Do not try to ride out this storm ... we can't save you once the storm hits."

At least 500,000 people in South Florida now face evacuation orders.

Scott said that regardless of their location, people should be ready to get out. The governor noted that Florida's western coast "will still have hurricane conditions."

The storm is expected to travel west in the coming days, and will remain a Category 5, or possibly drop to a 4, according to the NHC.

With winds that peaked earlier at 185 mph, Hurricane Irma was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, and has killed at least 13 people, including four deaths in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the Associated Press.
HURRICANE IRMA'S STORM PATH: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
"Irma will have major hurricane impacts," Scott said, adding they should be expected along Florida's east coast. The Florida Keys should expect effects from the storm Friday night, he said.

"Look at the size of this storm. It is wider than our entire state," Scott said. "Every Floridian should take this serious and protect your family."

Ahead of the storm's arrival, Scott ordered all public schools in the state closed, from Friday until Monday. That includes K-12 schools, state colleges and universities, as well as state offices.

Fox News Senior Meterologist Janice Dean said earlier Thursday the forecast still brings the eye of Irma close to South Florida Saturday night into Sunday, but timing of Irma's northward turn on Saturday will determine whether the storm moves east of, west of, or straight into South Florida.

"A track just east of South Florida and Miami would spare Miami-Dade from the worst winds and surge, but this track offshore and parallel to Florida's east coast would then bring Irma northward toward Georgia and South Carolina on Monday-Monday night as a hurricane," Dean said.

Hurricane conditions are possible in 48 hours in South Florida, according to Dean, but residents further up the coast should pay close attention.

"South Florida remains in the crosshairs for Irma, while coastal Georgia and South Carolina should closely monitor Irma's forecast for potential impacts from a hurricane Monday-Monday night," she said.
TRACK HURRICANE IRMA'S PATH
As Irma continues to barrel toward South Florida, residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes.

Mayors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties issued mandatory evacuation orders for barrier islands and low-lying mainland areas in the metro area of 6 million.

Officials in Miami-Dade County opened four additional shelters, including pet-friendly ones, for residents seeking safety from Irma.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez expanded evacuation orders Thursday to cover Miami's downtown, as well as portions of the southern part of the county threatened by Irma's potential storm surge.

"This storm doesn't appear to be going anywhere," he said Thursday.

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine encouraged his city residents to evacuate, and referred to Irma on Fox News as a "nuclear hurricane."

An estimated 31,000 people left the Florida Keys as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to Scott, after all visitors were ordered to clear out, causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the single highway that links the chain of low-lying islands to the mainland.

"It's just scary, you know? We want to get to higher ground. Never had a Cat 5, never experienced it," Michelle Reynolds told the Associated Press as she was leaving the Keys, where people filled gas cans and workers covered fuel pumps with "out of service" sleeves.

"You do not need to evacuate out of the state or hundreds of miles away" to be safe from Irma, Scott said, adding there are nearby shelters you can go to.

At an earlier news conference, Scott said the state's gas situation is a "top priority."

"I have been very clear to the retailers," Scott said. "We have to get the fuel as fast as we can out so people can evacuate."

The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release troopers are monitoring the high volume of traffic heading north on Florida's Turnpike as people evacuate South Florida.

Extra troopers, road rangers and wreckers will be on the roadways to help drivers whose vehicles have become disabled, according to the FHP.

The agency said disabled vehicles left on the shoulders of the highways would be towed starting Thursday morning to make it easier for emergency workers who are trying to reach crash victims.

Turnpike officials are also using cameras along the road to monitor conditions.

Gov. Scott said he's activated 4,000 members of the National Guard in Florida, and all 7,000 will be deployed on Friday.

Further up Florida's coast, officials in Flagler County issued voluntary evacuations for coastal areas, while Brevard County in the Space Coast area issued a mandatory evacuation order for the barrier islands, Merritt Island and some mainland low-lying areas along the Indian River Lagoon.

"Those who live in mobile or manufactured homes or in other flood-prone areas are also vulnerable and should evacuate whether on the mainland or the barrier islands," county spokesman Don Walker said.

In Jacksonville, the city's mayor also issued a voluntary evacuation order issued for zones A & B, and urged those who can to leave early to avoid potential traffic issues.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Shifting forecasts have also raised the threat to the Southeast from Irma, prompting emergency declarations in the Carolinas and coastal Georgia, including areas that haven't suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered a mandatory evacuation starting on Saturday from the state's Atlantic coast ahead of Hurricane Irma, including the city of Savannah. Nearly 540,000 residents on the coast were ordered to evacuate inland.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also declared a state of emergency. A major strike there would be the first in nearly 28 years.
Fox News' Zoe Szathmary and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Irma's projected path shifts west; Florida more firmly in crosshairs

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Hurricane and storm surge warnings were issued late Thursday for South Florida as Hurricane Irma advanced westward in the Caribbean, with a northward turn toward Florida expected over the weekend. Irma battered Turks and Caicos early Friday, with waves as high as 20 feet expected to hit those islands.

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Royal Caribbean is putting its employees aboard one of its own majestic ships to get them out of the path of Hurricane Irma.

The employees and their dependents will board the Enchantment of the Seas, a thousand-foot ship that can handle almost 2,500 passengers, and churn to calmer waters before the hurricane slams into Florida this weekend.

They'll be escaping in unintended style: The cruise liner has swimming pools, an outdoor movie screen, bungee trampolines, a climbing wall, a video arcade and multiple bars and restaurants as well as a solarium and hot tubs.

The ship became available after the hurricane forced the cancellation of a scheduled cruise to the Bahamas.

"Enchantment of the Seas was scheduled to sail on Friday for a weekend cruise," said Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez to CNNMoney. "That sailing was canceled. So we offered our employees and their family the option of evacuating on the ship."

The ship will depart Friday at noon, go out to blue skies and calm seas, and then return once the Port of Miami has reopened, said Martinez. Royal Caribbean would not say where they were headed for calmer seas.

Hurricane Irma could make landfall in South Florida on Sunday morning. The storm already lashed St. Barts, St. Martin and Barbuda with 180 mph winds, killing at least 9 people and causing extensive destruction.

Related: Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc on cruise lines

On Thursday, the storm is expected to move near or over Turks and Caicos and then the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Royal Caribbean didn't say how many employees would be evacuating on Enchantment.

The Enchantment cruise was one of three cruises that Royal Caribbean canceled because of Hurricane Irma. The storm delayed the return of three other ships, which are also waiting out the storm in calmer waters.

The cruise lines Carnival and Norwegian and Disney also canceled cruises or changed itineraries because of the storm. All the cruise ship companies have offered either a refund or credit towards future cruises for travelers impacted by Irma.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 7, 2017: 10:34 AM ET

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Conditions in the Turks and Caicos deteriorated Thursday as massive Hurricane Irma continued tracking toward South Florida where it could slam Miami this weekend.

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A Swiss firm has made a new 4th chocolate flavor. Originally, dark milk and white chocolate were the only flavors. Now, using "ruby" cocoa beans, the new chocolate tastes of a tension between "berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness."

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Dark, milk, white and now ... ruby chocolate.

Barry Callebaut, a giant Swiss chocolate producer, has introduced what it describes as a new type of chocolate made from "Ruby" cocoa beans.

The company introduced its creation at an event in Shanghai, describing it as naturally red and fruity.

"The fourth type in chocolate offers a totally new taste experience, which is not bitter, milky or sweet, but a tension between berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness," it said in a statement.

Barry Callebaut said that no berries or berry flavoring were used to produce the chocolate. Instead, the bean's flavoring was unlocked through an "innovative process that took many years to develop."

At least one chocolate expert was skeptical.

Chocolate expert and writer Dom Ramsey said that it was difficult to gauge the potential of the chocolate variety because Barry Callebaut has not said much about its ingredients or production process. He said that another producer had tried in recent years to sell a "fourth type of chocolate," but the offering "turned out to be little more than marketing."

Barry Callebaut did not respond to requests for comment about its production process.

Related: Indians are eating tons more chocolate

Barry Callebaut is one of the world's biggest chocolate producers, with annual sales approaching $7 billion. It has almost 10,000 employees.

The company doesn't sell its chocolate directly to consumers. Instead, it supplies its products to global chocolate makers.

CNNMoney (London) First published September 6, 2017: 11:58 AM ET

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Bre Baughn-Hurricane watch issued for South Florida ahead of Irma, governor says fuel shortages 'top priority'

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Many people are being informed to only take what they need. Shortages are popping up in gas stations all around florida, leaving many people unable to leave.

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Hurricane and storm surge warnings were issued late Thursday for South Florida as Hurricane Irma advanced westward in the Caribbean, with a northward turn toward Florida expected over the weekend.

Irma battered Turks and Caicos early Friday, with waves as high as 20 feet expected to hit those islands. Communications went down as the storm struck, and the extent of the devastation was unclear.

An update at 2 a.m. EDT Friday from the National Hurricane Center showed Irma to be located 20 miles north of Great Inagua Island and about 535 miles east-southeast of Miami -- with wind gusts of 160 mph. The storm was moving at about 16 mph, the hurricane center said.

The hurricane center said its storm surge warning covers Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach, as well as the Florida Keys.

Its hurricane warning covers Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach, as well as the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.

In addition, a storm surge watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida, north of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet and for the west coast of Florida north of Bonita Beach to Venice.

A hurricane watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida
north of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet and for the west coast of
Florida north of Bonita Beach to Anna Maria Island.

Meanwhile, the government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued the hurricane warning for the country's northern coast, the hurricane center said.

Earlier Thursday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate before Hurricane Irma makes potential landfall - as forecast models on Thursday predicted the storm moving further west, more directly in the state's path.

"If you live in any evacuation zones and you're still at home, leave!" Scott warned Floridians at a news conference Thursday. "Do not try to ride out this storm ... we can't save you once the storm hits."

At least 500,000 people in South Florida now face evacuation orders.

Scott said that regardless of their location, people should be ready to get out. The governor noted that Florida's western coast "will still have hurricane conditions."

The storm is expected to travel west in the coming days, and will remain a Category 5, or possibly drop to a 4, according to the NHC.

With winds that peaked earlier at 185 mph, Hurricane Irma was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, and has killed at least 13 people, including four deaths in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the Associated Press.
HURRICANE IRMA'S STORM PATH: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
"Irma will have major hurricane impacts," Scott said, adding they should be expected along Florida's east coast. The Florida Keys should expect effects from the storm Friday night, he said.

"Look at the size of this storm. It is wider than our entire state," Scott said. "Every Floridian should take this serious and protect your family."

Ahead of the storm's arrival, Scott ordered all public schools in the state closed, from Friday until Monday. That includes K-12 schools, state colleges and universities, as well as state offices.

Fox News Senior Meterologist Janice Dean said earlier Thursday the forecast still brings the eye of Irma close to South Florida Saturday night into Sunday, but timing of Irma's northward turn on Saturday will determine whether the storm moves east of, west of, or straight into South Florida.

"A track just east of South Florida and Miami would spare Miami-Dade from the worst winds and surge, but this track offshore and parallel to Florida's east coast would then bring Irma northward toward Georgia and South Carolina on Monday-Monday night as a hurricane," Dean said.

Hurricane conditions are possible in 48 hours in South Florida, according to Dean, but residents further up the coast should pay close attention.

"South Florida remains in the crosshairs for Irma, while coastal Georgia and South Carolina should closely monitor Irma's forecast for potential impacts from a hurricane Monday-Monday night," she said.
TRACK HURRICANE IRMA'S PATH
As Irma continues to barrel toward South Florida, residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes.

Mayors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties issued mandatory evacuation orders for barrier islands and low-lying mainland areas in the metro area of 6 million.

Officials in Miami-Dade County opened four additional shelters, including pet-friendly ones, for residents seeking safety from Irma.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez expanded evacuation orders Thursday to cover Miami's downtown, as well as portions of the southern part of the county threatened by Irma's potential storm surge.

"This storm doesn't appear to be going anywhere," he said Thursday.

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine encouraged his city residents to evacuate, and referred to Irma on Fox News as a "nuclear hurricane."

An estimated 31,000 people left the Florida Keys as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to Scott, after all visitors were ordered to clear out, causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the single highway that links the chain of low-lying islands to the mainland.

"It's just scary, you know? We want to get to higher ground. Never had a Cat 5, never experienced it," Michelle Reynolds told the Associated Press as she was leaving the Keys, where people filled gas cans and workers covered fuel pumps with "out of service" sleeves.

"You do not need to evacuate out of the state or hundreds of miles away" to be safe from Irma, Scott said, adding there are nearby shelters you can go to.

At an earlier news conference, Scott said the state's gas situation is a "top priority."

"I have been very clear to the retailers," Scott said. "We have to get the fuel as fast as we can out so people can evacuate."

The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release troopers are monitoring the high volume of traffic heading north on Florida's Turnpike as people evacuate South Florida.

Extra troopers, road rangers and wreckers will be on the roadways to help drivers whose vehicles have become disabled, according to the FHP.

The agency said disabled vehicles left on the shoulders of the highways would be towed starting Thursday morning to make it easier for emergency workers who are trying to reach crash victims.

Turnpike officials are also using cameras along the road to monitor conditions.

Gov. Scott said he's activated 4,000 members of the National Guard in Florida, and all 7,000 will be deployed on Friday.

Further up Florida's coast, officials in Flagler County issued voluntary evacuations for coastal areas, while Brevard County in the Space Coast area issued a mandatory evacuation order for the barrier islands, Merritt Island and some mainland low-lying areas along the Indian River Lagoon.

"Those who live in mobile or manufactured homes or in other flood-prone areas are also vulnerable and should evacuate whether on the mainland or the barrier islands," county spokesman Don Walker said.

In Jacksonville, the city's mayor also issued a voluntary evacuation order issued for zones A & B, and urged those who can to leave early to avoid potential traffic issues.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Shifting forecasts have also raised the threat to the Southeast from Irma, prompting emergency declarations in the Carolinas and coastal Georgia, including areas that haven't suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered a mandatory evacuation starting on Saturday from the state's Atlantic coast ahead of Hurricane Irma, including the city of Savannah. Nearly 540,000 residents on the coast were ordered to evacuate inland.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also declared a state of emergency. A major strike there would be the first in nearly 28 years.
Fox News' Zoe Szathmary and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Irma's projected path shifts west; Florida more firmly in crosshairs

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Hurricane and storm surge warnings were issued late Thursday for South Florida as Hurricane Irma advanced westward in the Caribbean, with a northward turn toward Florida expected over the weekend. Irma battered Turks and Caicos early Friday, with waves as high as 20 feet expected to hit those islands.

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Staley swimmer with unshakable spirit and attitude excels in and out of the pool

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Staley High School senior Jack Roberts is the captain of his swim team and very successful in the classroom, but he's had to overcome a few more obstacles to be where he is today. He's this week's Reaching 4 Excellence young achiever.

"I had a stroke when I was born," he said.

A stroke that no one knew about until he was 5 months old.

"My dad was basically like, he's kicking only with one side when I was in the bath," Roberts said.

His mother agreed, and knew something wasn't quite right.

"Four doctors told her nothing was wrong. But she kept saying, something is, something is, we need to figure this out," Roberts said.

After months of research, and jumping from doctor to doctor, his family learned their little boy had Hemiplegia -- a mild form of cerebral palsy that affects his right side.

"I have a little bit of a limp, my right arm is weaker than my left arm," he explained.

But that diagnosis never changed this young man's outlook -- if anything, it made him stronger.

"I always look at it as a bonus. I always look at it as I was put here to prove something wrong and not to let it hinder me at all," he said.

Roberts is not only a great swimmer -- he's the lead captain of the Staley's swim team.

"He just strives to do his best at everything he does, which I think is such a great example for all the other swimmers on this whole deck," said coach Ian Johnston.

Coach Johnston says he couldn't be more proud of Roberts -- who he says is just as serious out of the pool as he is in it.

"He is driven, he is a great leader, he is such a fantastic student-athlete," the coach said.

Roberts excels in the classroom in an advanced placement literature. He was the first Staley qualifier for nationals -- for Future Business Leaders of America, held in Anaheim, California this past summer.

His unshakable attitude and spirit make him stand out the most.

"I'm just like you. I talk just like you, I go to the same school, I drive, I do all this stuff, I'm not that much different," he said.

Roberts has a part-time job at a construction company doing IT work. He's applying to colleges, and would love to attend the University of Iowa to study finance.
His goal is to be a hedge fund manager based in California.

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SpaceX launched a unmanned space plane this morning, which resulted in a successful landing back at Kennedy Space Center. Without knowing before the launch, Irma, a category 5 storm, found to target Kennedy Space Center.

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SpaceX launched an unmanned space plane for the U.S. Air Force Thursday morning, as Hurricane Irma took aim at Cape Canaveral.

Irma, a Category 5 storm with winds of 180 mph, was about 100 miles north of the Dominican Republic. Some forecasts suggest it could reach the Kennedy Space Center by late Saturday or early Sunday morning.

The weather at the cape was calm and clear Thursday morning.

"If you looked outside you would not know a hurricane is expected," SpaceX spokesman John Taylor said, earlier Thursday morning. "It's a typical sunny Florida morning."

Within minutes of the launch, the first stage of the Dragon rocket landed back at the Kennedy Space Center as planned. The ability to land its first stage for reuse is a key to its efforts to cut the cost of space flight. It launched from launch pad 39A, which NASA had once used for Apollo moon missions and many Space Shuttle missions.

Related: Elon Musk predicts World War III threat

Not much is known about the Air Force's new unmanned space plane, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, that SpaceX launched. It launches vertically on a rocket but lands on a runway much like an airplane.

It's part of the Department of Defense's Rapid Capabilities Office, which works on technology to combat urgent national security threats. The plane is carrying "experimental payloads," according to the Air Force.

Specifically, it is has equipment to test "experimental electronics and oscillating heat pipes" during long trips in space. Heat pipes can be used on satellites to help regulate their temperature in space.

Related: SpaceX just teased a chic new spacesuit

This is the fifth flight for the X-37B. The fourth flight was launched in May 2015 by United Launch Alliance, a SpaceX rival that is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin . That plane orbited the earth for 718 days before landing in May 2017.

SpaceX had to fight for the chance to break up United Launch Alliance's monopoly and land lucrative military contracts. That started in 2014, when SpaceX sued the government, saying the Air Force wasn't giving SpaceX fair consideration when it awarded contracts.

The suit was eventually settled, and SpaceX completed its first mission for the Air Force in 2015. The company has also signed two separate deals -- valued at a combined total of $183.7 million -- over the past two years to launch GPS satellites into orbit for the Air Force.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 7, 2017: 10:31 AM ET

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Irma, a Category 5 storm with winds of 180 mph, was about 100 miles north of the Dominican Republic. Some forecasts suggest it could reach the Kennedy Space Center by late Saturday or early Sunday morning. The weather at the cape was calm and clear Thursday morning.

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The Trump administration recently rescinded DACA.  "As President, my highest duty is to defend the American people and the Constitution of the United States of America.  At the same time, I do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents.  But we must also recognize that we are nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws"

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The following is a statement issued by President Trump on the administration's decision to wind down the Obama-era DACA program:
As President, my highest duty is to defend the American people and the Constitution of the United States of America. At the same time, I do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. But we must also recognize that we are nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws.

The legislative branch, not the executive branch, writes these laws - this is the bedrock of our Constitutional system, which I took a solemn oath to preserve, protect, and defend.

In June of 2012, President Obama bypassed Congress to give work permits, social security numbers, and federal benefits to approximately 800,000 illegal immigrants currently between the ages of 15 and 36. The typical recipients of this executive amnesty, known as DACA, are in their twenties. Legislation offering these same benefits had been introduced in Congress on numerous occasions and rejected each time.

In referencing the idea of creating new immigration rules unilaterally, President Obama admitted that "I can't just do these things by myself" - and yet that is exactly what he did, making an end-run around Congress and violating the core tenets that sustain our Republic.

Officials from 10 States are suing over the program, requiring my Administration to make a decision regarding its legality. The Attorney General of the United States, the Attorneys General of many states, and virtually all other top legal experts have advised that the program is unlawful and unconstitutional and cannot be successfully defended in court.

There can be no path to principled immigration reform if the executive branch is able to rewrite or nullify federal laws at will.

The temporary implementation of DACA by the Obama Administration, after Congress repeatedly rejected this amnesty-first approach, also helped spur a humanitarian crisis - the massive surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America including, in some cases, young people who would become members of violent gangs throughout our country, such as MS-13.

Only by the reliable enforcement of immigration law can we produce safe communities, a robust middle class, and economic fairness for all Americans.

Therefore, in the best interests of our country, and in keeping with the obligations of my office, the Department of Homeland Security will begin an orderly transition and wind-down of DACA, one that provides minimum disruption. While new applications for work permits will not be accepted, all existing work permits will be honored until their date of expiration up to two full years from today. Furthermore, applications already in the pipeline will be processed, as will renewal applications for those facing near-term expiration. This is a gradual process, not a sudden phase out. Permits will not begin to expire for another six months, and will remain active for up to 24 months. Thus, in effect, I am not going to just cut DACA off, but rather provide a window of opportunity for Congress to finally act.

Our enforcement priorities remain unchanged. We are focused on criminals, security threats, recent border-crossers, visa overstays, and repeat violators. I have advised the Department of Homeland Security that DACA recipients are not enforcement priorities unless they are criminals, are involved in criminal activity, or are members of a gang.

The decades-long failure of Washington, D.C. to enforce federal immigration law has had both predictable and tragic consequences: lower wages and higher unemployment for American workers, substantial burdens on local schools and hospitals, the illicit entry of dangerous drugs and criminal cartels, and many billions of dollars a year in costs paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Yet few in Washington expressed any compassion for the millions of Americans victimized by this unfair system. Before we ask what is fair to illegal immigrants, we must also ask what is fair to American families, students, taxpayers, and jobseekers.

Congress now has the opportunity to advance responsible immigration reform that puts American jobs and American security first. We are facing the symptom of a larger problem, illegal immigration, along with the many other chronic immigration problems Washington has left unsolved. We must reform our green card system, which now favors low-skilled immigration and puts immense strain on U.S. taxpayers. We must base future immigration on merit - we want those coming into the country to be able to support themselves financially, to contribute to our economy, and to love our country and the values it stands for. Under a merit-based system, citizens will enjoy higher employment, rising wages, and a stronger middle class. Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue have introduced the RAISE Act, which would establish this merit-based system and produce lasting gains for the American People.

I look forward to working with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to finally address all of these issues in a manner that puts the hardworking citizens of our country first.

As I've said before, we will resolve the DACA issue with heart and compassion - but through the lawful Democratic process - while at the same time ensuring that any immigration reform we adopt provides enduring benefits for the American citizens we were elected to serve. We must also have heart and compassion for unemployed, struggling, and forgotten Americans.

Above all else, we must remember that young Americans have dreams too. Being in government means setting priorities. Our first and highest priority in advancing immigration reform must be to improve jobs, wages and security for American workers and their families.

It is now time for Congress to act!

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The Number 1 draft pick of 2017 NFL draft Myles Garrett may be out the first couple weeks after suffering a high ankle sprain.

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Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett, the first overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, was officially diagnosed with a high-ankle sprain Thursday morning.

The Browns announced the news and noted they plan to update his playing status in "a couple weeks."

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A delta flight raced Hurricane Irma and won. They managed to fly into San Juan, Puerto Rico and leave within less than an hour. It was the last flight out of there before air traffic control stopped operation.

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A Delta flight from New York's JFK airport managed to fly into San Juan, Puerto Rico, pull into the gate, and less than an hour later take off full of passengers - all while Hurricane Irma was bearing down on the island Wednesday.

Delta flight status data show Flight 431 left JFK at 8:12 a.m. and arrived in San Juan at 12:01 p.m.; Delta 302 left San Juan at 12:41 p.m. and arrived in New York at 4:22 p.m.

Radar data of the plane's flight path offered a spectacular show for aviation enthusiasts who followed in real time as Delta Flight 431 headed south right into the dangerous storm before noon.

"Where others have turned back, Delta #DL431 presses on," tweeted the Flightrada22, which tracks air traffic in real time. According to the tracking data, the plane landed at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport at 11:58 a.m. and departed at 12:43 p.m. as DL302.

You really want to fly into SJU during a category 5 hurricane, DL431?

Everyone else has turned around. pic.twitter.com/nHdChvYh2Y

- Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) September 6, 2017

Jason Rabinowitz, a self-described aviation geek tweeted the flight's trajectory in real time, uploading images of the plane climbing out of San Juan between the outer band of Irma and the core of the storm.

"Amazing stuff," Rabinowitz said.

Delta officials said the airline operated its last scheduled flight to and from San Juan "armed with the latest forecast from the airline's meteorology team." Flight 431 arrived a minute after noon to nine miles of visibility and light rain, the airline said. Winds were well below operating limits for the 737-900ER to safely operate at around 28 mph, and gusts up to 36 mph. Flight 302 departed San Juan with 173 passengers on board, the airline said.

"Our meteorology team is the best in the business," said Erik Snell, vice president for Delta operations and customer center. "They took a hard look at the weather data and the track of the storm and worked with the flight crew and dispatcher to agree it was safe to operate the flight. And our flight and ground crews were incredible in their effort to turn the aircraft quickly and safely so the flight could depart well before the hurricane threat."

Now DL302 has to climb out of SJU, and they're doing so between the outer band of #Irma and the core of the storn. Amazing stuff. pic.twitter.com/lOq9Te5DO6

- Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) September 6, 2017

The conditions worsened soon after the departure. Heavy rain and historic winds lashed Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Irma roared through the Caribbean on its way to Florida. The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reported gust of 62 miles per hour in San Juan late Wednesday afternoon and in Culebra, Puerto Rico, a small island 17 miles east of the mainland, a wind gust registered 111 miles per hour.

The flight was the last one in and out of San Juan, before the air traffic control ceased operations.
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Minnesota teen swam across a lake to flee her kidnappers

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A Minnesota teen who was kidnapped for almost a month swam across a lake Tuesday to escape her abductors, officials said.

The teenager, from Alexandria, Minn., made it safely across the lake before running onto a property where she received help, CBS Minnesota reported.

Authorities said the young girl was kidnapped on Aug. 8 by Thomas Barker, 32, who urged the teen to get into his car and drove her to a residence in Carlos. Barker, his roommate and another friend physically and sexually assaulted the teenager, officials said.
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"Barker tied her up with zip ties and then he, his roommate and friend over the next several weeks assaulted her and threatened her with weapons," Alexandria Police Chief Rick Wyffels said.

Police arrested Barker, Steven Powers, 20, and Joshua Holby, 31, in connection with the kidnapping, the New York Post reported.

The victim was able to make her escape after the kidnappers left her alone Tuesday, officials said. The teen reportedly knocked on the doors of a few homes but she did not receive any answers. She then jumped into the Thompson Lake and swam across.

When she got across the lake, she ran onto a farmer's property. The farmer identified her and took her to safety.
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"When she come walking out of the grass I'm thinking, 'oh my gosh, you got to be kidding me,'" the farmer, who did not wish to be identified, told CBS Minnesota. "When I saw her face I knew right away."

He added: "It was just a great feeling, [I told her] 'just get in the pickup, we're going to help you now.'"

The 15-year-old was transported to the hospital for minor injuries she sustained.

"This is an unbelievable young woman," Wyffels said. "She has a lot of strength. We think a lot of her and her family. They're all amazing people."

The three men were booked and all face assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment charges.

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Police have found out why there was a Bengal tiger roaming around the metro in Atlanta. The tiger had become hostile to animals in the area after it escaped its enclosure. The tiger was put down due to its violence towards citizens pets.

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Alarmed residents made multiple calls to 911 on Wednesday after seeing the animal, said Capt. Joey Smith of Henry County police. For hours, people wondered how the female tiger came to roam through several locations near Interstate 75 and Jodeco Road in the metro Atlanta county.

Police eventually shot the tiger dead after she attacked a dog.

Feld Entertainment, which had been contracted to move the tiger, said it does not know how Suzy got out while she was being transported from Tampa, Florida, to Memphis, Tennessee.

A truck carrying the 6-year-old Suzy had made a stop in Georgia overnight, officials said.

She was last seen by her caretakers on Tuesday night, said Feld Entertainment spokesman Stephen Payne.

The company realized the tiger was missing when the truck arrived in Tennessee, and it contacted law enforcement, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said. Feld Entertainment is a live show company that operated the closed Ringling Bros. circus.

The animal's owner had planned to fly the cat to Germany to be part of another circus, Payne said.

One of those who called 911 was Brittney Speck. She woke up to police activity outside her house and high beams coming through her windows as authorities searched for the tiger. When she poked her head out her front door, she was instructed by police to go back inside, so she did.

Speck said her dog, who was in her backyard, was barking hysterically.

"I've never heard her bark like that before," Speck said.

From her backyard, Speck said she could see the tiger in her neighbor's backyard, roaming around a minivan. Once she saw where it was, Speck said she called 911 to give authorities the tiger's location.

At the moment she hung up with 911, the tiger jumped the fence into Speck's yard and went toward her dog.

"I fell to the ground crying because my husband was screaming because the tiger had jumped on top of my dog," she said. Speck said her dog managed to get away from the tiger and was running around as police closed in.

"By the time (the tiger) had jumped on my dog, the officer had started firing rounds."

"When the tiger became aggressive toward pets in the area, it was deemed necessary for public safety to put it down, and it was done quickly and humanely," Department of Natural Resources spokesman Mark McKinnon said.

Speck's dog, a dachshund named Journey, suffered a few scratches but is going to be OK, she said.

The tiger was cremated, said Gerri Yoder, director of the Henry County Animal Care and Control Department.

"It's a very sad day. This tiger was raised by its owner since it was a cub. Clearly, this was a tragic accident," Payne said.

State officials have contacted the tiger's owner. Feld Entertainment said it was cooperating with authorities. The Department of Natural Resources said the investigation is ongoing.

CNN's Stephanie Gallman and Phil Gast contributed to this report.

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A lot of the NFL teams  in the league went out of their way to screw up their own quarterback situations.

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Scott Tolzien faces off against Jared Goff in Colts vs. Rams on Sunday. You are forgiven if you decide that you would rather mow the lawn that afternoon than watch.

Maybe Tom Savage versus Blake Bortles in Texans-Jaguars is more to your liking. But probably not. We narrowly escaped Josh McCown versus Nathan Peterman in Jets-Bills after Tyrod Taylor cleared concussion protocol just in time to make the worst matchup on the schedule a little less excruciating.

It only seems like half the teams in the league went out of their way to screw up their own quarterback situations. Really, only about one-quarter to one-third of the teams did, depending on how you feel about Week 1 starters Trevor Siemian (discount generic custodial quarterback on a return engagement), Mike Glennon (premium-priced Trevor Siemian), DeShone Kizer (who looks game-ready if you scout strictly from highlight montages), Joe Flacco (he's healthy...well, healthy-ish) and Brian Hoyer (the quarterback equivalent of a donut spare tire).

Most of the teams listed above made at least one of the following five tried-and-true mistakes that were guaranteed to sabotage their own quarterback depth charts. Think of them as the five stages of quarterback grief, an emotional roller coaster that leaves coaches muttering good things about Scott Tolzien in press conferences and fans with little else to do but wait, hope and grit their teeth through some barely watchable football.
Not really a stage: Starting the caretaker over the rookie
While most fans would rather see Mitchell Trubisky and Deshaun Watson than Glennon and Savage, keeping a top rookie prospect in dry dock doesn't really screw up a team's quarterback situation. It just delays gratification.

Savage is a low-cost pressure shield for Watson, who still looked shaky at times in the preseason. Trubisky will supplant Glennon as soon as John Fox reassures himself that he's still an old-school tough guy who doesn't trust rookies. The Browns could have used a stunt double for Kizer to get them past the Steelers and Ravens but had little more than human tax shelter Brock Osweiler instead.

These problems will solve themselves in a few weeks. The teams in the throes of the following stages of quarterback futility don't have an obvious solution warming up in their bullpens.
Stage 1: Draft poorly and be stubborn about it
If experts are saying things like "it's too soon to give up on Quarterback X," it means that it's probably the right time to give up on Quarterback X. Quarterback self-sabotage often starts by following a bad decision with years of "We meant to do that" and "Let's not be hasty." The Jaguars are a prime example, but they have grown so stubborn that they've moved on to further stages.

The Jets have been trying to outsmart the system by selecting backsliding prospects in middle rounds since Geno Smith. Fans eager for a rookie like Josh Rosen to arrive next year and rescue them from Hack 'n' Petty should be forewarned: If the Jets are following their typical M.O., they are rubbing their hands right now and saying, "Afew more multi-interception debacles like the Iowa game and Josh Allen is OURS in the second round."

Meanwhile, the Broncos are giving Paxton Lynch another year on scholarship to determine whether he is the quarterback of the future or a quarterback who likes being on scholarship.

The Rams are not quite at Stage 1 yet, but the clock is ticking for them to figure out whether or not seven months of Jeff Fisher damage is reversible.
Stage 2: Do nothing and hope the problem solves itself
Believe it or not, the surest way to cause a quarterback quagmire is not to draft a dud, but to do nothing about it and hope that nothing works.

The Colts, of course, spent the offseason (and most of 2016, and part of 2015) in nearly pathological denial about Andrew Luck's shoulder problems. We always suspected Chuck Pagano responds to mysterious engine noises by turning up the stereo and sticking electrical tape over his Service Engine Soon light. But new GM Chris Ballard is supposed to be better than that.

Tom Coughlin watched Bortles' 2016 film (which looks like a screen test for a sequel to The Waterboy) and decided, You know what? We're gonna focus on the running game! The Jaguars even drafted a fullback in the seventh round, which was Coughlin's way of jamming his fingers in his ears and singing "La la la, I can't hear you!"

The Texans are stuck with Savage until Watson is ready because they spent three years waiting for Bill O'Brien to cast a magical bibbity-bobbity-Brady spell on some Hoyer or Ryan Mallett the Patriots left at the curb.
Stage 3: Expose your quarterback to unnecessary preseason risks
This is a startling new development in foolish quarterback management: leave your opening day starter on a hillside like a Spartan baby and shrug your shoulders if he isn't tough enough to survive the ordeal.

The Bills subjected Taylor to a pummeling with a depleted supporting cast against the vicious Eagles defensive line, then repeated the performance against the equally vicious Ravens, who concussed both Taylor and T.J. Yates. Peterman was forced to play the whole first quarter of the fourth preseason game. Luckily, the Bills were facing the Lions backups in that final game, not the 1985 Bears backups, and Taylor cleared protocol on Tuesday. Otherwise, someone named Keith Wenning would have been preparing to back up Taylor this week.

McCown started the fourth preseason game for the Jets against the Eagles, suffered a wicked hit that forced the trainers onto the field and then-get this-stayed in the game for the rest of the series. For the Jets, the lines between opening day starter, valued prospect and expendable crash-test dummy have been all but erased.
Stage 4: Confuse the issue by adding even more quarterbacks
Once the regular season rolls around, the best thing a team can do with a FUBAR quarterback situation is cope with it by focusing resources on the best available option. But some coaches and execs can't just lie down in the bed they made out of a blotchy mattress and grungy sheets without tossing an extra lumpy pillow on top of it.

The Colts acquired Jacoby Brissett in a last-second trade with the Patriots, which is exactly like Jar Jar Binks trying to save the galaxy by making a last-ditch deal with Emperor Palpatine.

John Elway cannot decide if he is a genius for drafting Lynch, a genius for showing patience with Siemian or a genius for reclaiming Osweiler. So darn it, he's gonna prove he's a genius for doing all three simultaneously!

The Browns will begin their season with four young quarterbacks on the active roster, which sounds ludicrous, except a) the Browns often need four quarterbacks to get through a season, and b) their combined salary is less than 25 percent of what the team is spending to put 1,300 miles between themselves and Osweiler.
Stage 5: Cut your best preseason quarterback before the season begins
This is another relatively recent phenomenon:

Team signs anonymous third-string rando and keeps him through minicamp and training camp.

Rando looks really impressive in lots of preseason mop-up action, but...

Rando gets released so the team can pick up some other team's just-released third-stringer.

Most of these August fourth-quarter highlight factories would wilt quickly against actual NFL starters, of course. But for teams that might very well need their third-stringer, it makes no sense to cut a guy who spent spring and summer in the system and did all that was asked of him in the preseason in favor of someone who just had the same experience on some unfamiliar roster.

Stephen Morris proved all summer, as noted by Josh Hudgens of the Colts blog Stampede Blue, that he was the only Colts quarterback healthy enough to throw a football and talented enough to make doing so worth the effort. Naturally, he was released.

Kyle Sloter (now in Minnesota) outperformed Paxton Lynch and Trevor Siemian in various preseason games and scrimmages but got caught in a third-string numbers crunch with a guy who lost two starting jobs in 12 months and the boss' buddy's nephew.

Brandon Allen (now with the Rams) outperformed Bortles and Chad Henne in the preseason, for whatever that's worth. But the Jaguars have opted to keep just two quarterbacks on the roster, practice squad included, so their Week 12 starter can be a surprise to even them.

The Ravens are also keeping just two quarterbacks: Joe Flacco, immobile and coming off a back injury that erased his entire camp, and Ryan Mallett, who fits their system because he plays like a severely injured Flacco. Speedy Josh Woodrum (now in Cleveland) looked like the perfect emergency quarterback/penny-stock prospect to keep around, as a Colin Kaepernick Criticism Deflector Shield if nothing else. But the Ravens opted for Stage 5 until such time that Flacco's deteriorating health and performance lands them at Stage 2.
Mike Tanier covers the NFL for Bleacher Report. He is also a co-author of Football Outsiders Almanac and teaches a football analytics course for Sports Management Worldwide. Follow him on Twitter @MikeTanier.
Once a team finally cycles through all five stages, it can finally admit it has a problem and take meaningful steps to fix it. To make sure they don't draft a dud and end up right back at Stage 1, teams must address the root causes of the problem: the coaching staff, front office and decision-making process.

Every franchise owes it to itself and its fans to get off the quarterback self-sabotage merry-go-round. Bad quarterback situations don't just ruin opening day. They ruin whole seasons. If the opener already looks like a lost cause, your team may not just need a quarterback. It probably needs an intervention.

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Health Problems that could be tied to how tall you are.

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Height can be an independent predictor of your risk for venous thromboembolism, or VTE, also known as blood clots, according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.

That blood clot risk was lowest among the shortest women and men and appeared to increase with height, the research showed.

"Height is not something we can do anything about," lead study author Dr. Bengt Zöller, associate professor at Lund University and Malmö University Hospital in Sweden, said in a news release.

"However, the height in the population has increased, and continues increasing, which could be contributing to the fact that the incidence of thrombosis has increased," he said. "I think we should start to include height in risk assessment just as overweight, although formal studies are needed to determine exactly how height interacts with inherited blood disorders and other conditions."

In the United States, blood clots are thought to kill about 60,000 to 100,000 people annually, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Across Europe, there are an estimated 500,000 deaths related to blood clots each year, according to a 2014 review paper in the journal Thrombosis Research.

The risk of blood clots isn't the only health concern that has been tied to height: Cancer, heart problems, gestational diabetes and even longevity have been linked with stature.

'Body size in general is an important factor'

The new blood clot study involved data on more than 1.6 million Swedish men who enlisted in the military and were born between 1951 and 1992, and data on more than 1 million Swedish women who had a first pregnancy between 1982 and 2012. Pregnancy can increase the risk of blood clots, which is among the leading causes of maternal death in the developed world.

Using the Swedish Multi-generation Register, the researchers identified siblings of different heights. They also used the national Swedish Hospital Register to track hospital inpatient and outpatient diagnoses of blood clots between 1969 and 2012.

The researchers found that the risk for blood clots decreased 69% for women shorter than about 5-foot-1, compared with women about 6 feet and taller. The risk dropped 65% for men shorter than about 5-foot-3, compared with men about 6-foot-2 and taller, the researchers found.

Among men, an association with height was found for risk of blood clots in the lungs, called pulmonary embolism, as well as in the legs and other locations. Among women, only the risk of blood clots in the legs was significantly associated with height.

Still, "these clots are deadly because they can break free from the vein and travel to the lung," said Dr. Mary Cushman, professor of medicine and pathology and director of the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, who was not involved the new study.

"If the clot is big enough, that can cause death, which is sometimes sudden," she said.

The researchers also found that the strong association between blood clot risk and height remained among the siblings.

The strengths of the new study are its large sample sizes and its utilization of siblings, said Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, an attending physician of internal medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York, who was not involved in the new study.

"Overall, it is a solid study with good research methodology used," Okeke-Igbokwe said.

"The bottom line regarding this recent study, whether you are a taller or shorter individual, you must be aware of all the additional lifestyle factors that may increase your risk for blood clots, such as smoking or a sedentary lifestyle," she said. "We have no control over our height, but we certainly can all take the appropriate measures in making healthy lifestyle choices to reduce the risk of various conditions."

One limitation of the study was that the researchers did not have information on the participants' childhoods, home environments and diets. However, they used educational level as a measure of lifestyle factors.

All in all, "this study adds to growing evidence that body size in general is an important factor to consider in determining the risk of VTE. It also gives us information about why VTE occurs in the legs more often than elsewhere, like the arms," said Cushman, who also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

"Basically, the blood has to travel up a vein against gravity, and when there is a longer distance to travel, there is more opportunity for the blood to clot abnormally," she said. "This is not the case in the arms, for example, where arm movement allows blood to more easily flow out of the limb with the help of gravity."

When it comes to the new study, the "robust" design could be replicated to determine whether height correlates with other health problems, said Ulhas Naik, professor of medicine and director of the Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology Research at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, who was not involved in the new study.

"Being tall, there are benefits in some ways in some diseases, (and) there is the opposite in some other diseases," he said. "This kind of a study is a good starting point to now look at other diseases."

Cancer risk goes up with height?

Epidemiological studies have suggested that taller people are at an increased risk of cancer.

A systematic review paper published in the journal Plos Medicine last year, in which 63 studies on the association of height with cancer risk were analyzed, provided evidence for a potential link between adult height and the risk of colorectal and lung cancers.

The paper also suggested that certain genetic factors and biological pathways affecting adult height may affect the risk of those cancers.

A separate study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 2015 provided strong evidence that adult height can be a risk factor for breast cancer in women.

As with the Plos Medicine study, the researchers behind the 2015 study pointed to certain genetic factors and biological pathways affecting height as having an important role in the development of breast cancer.

Is short stature tied to gestational diabetes risk?

Height also has been linked to gestational diabetes, which occurs when high blood sugar starts or is first diagnosed during pregnancy.

A study of 135,861 pregnancies in women of various races in the US, of whom 5,567 were diagnosed with gestational diabetes, found that taller height was significantly associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes.

Overall, women in the highest height quartile in that study had more than 60% lower risk of gestational diabetes compared with women in the lowest quartile, even after accounting for maternal age, weight, race, insurance and education, according to the findings.

The study was published in the journal Diabetic Medicine in 2013.

Are your height and heart risk connected?

Researchers have long suspected that being shorter might be tied to an increased risk for certain heart problems, such as heart disease and heart attacks.

On the other hand, atrial fibrillation, a problem with the speed or rhythm of your heart rate, has been observed to be more prevalent among taller individuals.

Overall, a meta-analysis research paper on height and health risks, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2012, found that "height was negatively associated with death from coronary disease, stroke subtypes, heart failure, stomach and oral cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mental disorders, liver disease and external causes," according to the abstract.

"In contrast, height was positively associated with death from ruptured aortic aneurysm, pulmonary embolism, melanoma and cancers of the pancreas, endocrine and nervous systems, ovary, breast, prostate, colorectum, blood and lung," the abstract said. That study involved an analysis of 121 prospective studies including about 1 million people.

NYU Langone's Okeke-Igbokwe said that with all of these height-related correlations -- from cancer to heart diseases -- the exact underlying mechanisms still need to be fleshed out.

"Undoubtedly, an increased number of large-scale studies will still be required to really examine the correlation between height and these other medical conditions," she said.

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Height can be an independent predictor of your risk for venous thromboembolism, or VTE, also known as blood clots, according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. That blood clot risk was lowest among the shortest women and men and appeared to increase with height, the research showed.

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