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As hurricane Irma barrels towards the Caribbean it strengthened to a category 5, people along the coast have been advised to take precautions and figure out a plan.

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As Hurricane Irma barrels toward the northeast Caribbean, it has strengthened into a Category 5 storm.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned of a growing possibility the hurricane could impact Florida later this week - as Texas and Louisiana are still dealing with the devastating aftermath caused by Hurricane Harvey earlier this month.

"Everyone in hurricane-prone areas should ensure that they have their hurricane plan in place," officials said.

Here's what you should know about Hurricane Irma and its trajectory.
Where is Hurricane Irma today?
As of Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Irma is about 180 miles east of the Caribbean island of Antigua, according to an advisory.

It has maximum sustained winds of close to 185 mph and was classified as a Category 5 - the highest rating for hurricanes - on Tuesday morning.
When is it expected to make landfall?
Hurricane Irma is expected to slam through the Leeward Islands in the West Indies, and tropical storm winds could begin to arrive in the area today, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Irma is also expected to impact the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Wednesday, according to forecasters.
FLORIDA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AHEAD OF HURRICANE IRMA
Additionally, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti are also in the projected path of Hurricane Irma, the National Hurricane Center said.

The Florida Peninsula and the Florida Keys could be impacted by the storm later this week and weekend, but otherwise it's too early to tell how Irma could impact the continental U.S., according to the National Hurricane Center.

A hurricane warning is currently in effect for more than a dozen island nations, including the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Antigua and Saint Martin.

The Dominican Republic has issued a hurricane watch for parts of the country.
What else should I know about the storm?
Hurricane Irma is classified as a Category 5 storm - meaning it is extremely dangerous. It brings with it life-threatening winds, storm surges and rainfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Authorities warned that the storm could dump rain, cause landslides and flash floods and generate waves. Government officials began evacuations and urged people to finalize all preparations as shelves emptied out across islands including Puerto Rico.
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"The decisions that we make in the next couple of hours can make the difference between life and death," Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said. "This is an extremely dangerous storm."

Residents on the U.S. East Coast were urged to monitor the storm's progress in case it should turn northward toward Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas.

"It also has the potential to significantly strain FEMA and other governmental resources occurring so quickly on the heels of (Hurricane) Harvey."
- Evan Myers, chief operating officer of AccuWeather

"This hurricane has the potential to be a major event for the East Coast. It also has the potential to significantly strain FEMA and other governmental resources occurring so quickly on the heels of (Hurricane) Harvey," Evan Myers, chief operating officer of AccuWeather, said in a statement.

And while its impact on the continental U.S. isn't fully known yet, Florida Gov. Rick Scott already declared a state of emergency Monday in order to ensure "local governments have ample time, resources and flexibility to get prepared for this dangerous storm."

"In Florida, we always prepare for the worst and hope for the best and while the exact path of Irma is not absolutely known at this time, we cannot afford to not be prepared," Scott said.

The last Category 5 storm to hit the United States was Hurricane Andrew in 1992. An estimated 250,000 were left homeless and the storm caused more than $20 billion in damage in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. Fifty-five people were killed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hurricane Irma's storm path: What you should know

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As Hurricane Irma barrels toward the northeast Caribbean, it has strengthened into a Category 5 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned of a growing possibility the hurricane could impact Florida later this week - as Texas and Louisiana are still dealing with the devastating aftermath caused by Hurricane Harvey earlier this month.

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Scientist are saying that how a blood test can diagnose alzheimers.

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Experimental blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s | CNN

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An experimental blood test can diagnose both early and later-stage Alzheimer’s disease while distinguishing between different types of dementia, brain disorders.

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A Houston high school football team was surprised by two hall of fame NFL players.

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For C.E. King High School in northeast Houston, Hurricane Harvey's deluge caused a crisis for the school and its football team.

Throughout the storm, principal Demetrius McCall and the athletic director/head football coach Derek Fitzhenry relayed frantic messages from the students who were stranded with their families to first responders.

Fearing for their lives, the terrified students looked out for their loved ones.

"The water was up to here," Desmond Johnson, a player on the team, told ABC News while pointing to his neck. "I had to carry my little niece on my shoulder because she is 1 year old. She was holding me so tight and I was holding her so tight."

Dominic Thompson, whose parents don't know how to swim, is still shaken after rescuing his young brother and sister.

"I just told 'em that it's gonna be OK, and I got them," Thompson recalled.

"It was so scary and terrifying. I've never been so terrified in my life," said Irene Salvador, another student.

But they all made it to safety, many by boat and helicopter.

"Actually, I was not scared getting in the helicopter," said Eddie Lewis. "It was actually fun to ride for me -- but it was a serious, surreal moment."

As the students and their families clean up this week, ABC News' Michael Strahan paid the C.E. King Panthers a visit to bring them some cheer.

Coach Fitzhenry told Strahan that he was not surprised by the students' willingness to come together.

"[I'm] very inspired about what they've shown and ... what a great family we have here," Fitzhenry said on "GMA" today. "This is what we are about. We are about this school and we are about a family."

NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders even surprised Fitzhenry and his players with a special gift.

"Kevin Plank [CEO] of Under Armour committed to ensuring that you have a wonderful season and you're outfitted as well," Sanders said. "So Under Armour is really going to bless you today. We want you to have a wonderful season because you've been through a lot."

"Things like this, adversity like this, brings people together," Sanders added.

Many at the school told Strahan they will be back and stronger than ever this year.

"It's a lot of love in this school," said Lewis, who plays left guard for the football team. "Our community is very strong. We have a good team, a strong team. We don't have a lot of numbers, but we have a lot of heart."

"We have some good teammates," said Johnson. "We all love each other. We all care for one another. We all fight for each other on the field. We love football. Everybody at the school loves football."

Johnson added that he hopes to see all his teammates together again in a gym with a pep rally.

"Everybody just cheering us on," he said. "Everybody with smiles and just knowing everything is going to be alright in the community."

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Football team surprised by Michael Strahan, Deion Sanders after Harvey damages school

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For C.E. King High School in northeast Houston, Hurricane Harvey's deluge caused a crisis for the school and its football team. Throughout the storm, principal Demetrius McCall and the athletic director/head football coach Derek Fitzhenry relayed frantic messages from the students who were stranded with their families to first responders.

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Siri helped to save a little girl who was stranded in hurricane harvey

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A man sits next to a famous singer (Nick Jonas). After he told his daughter she flipped out and asked her dad for pictures and autographs.

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A man's daughter freaked out when he sent a text message from his flight saying he was sitting next to singer Nick Jonas.

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North korea promises more "gift Packages" for the US.

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A top North Korean diplomat today called his country's recent nuclear test a "gift package" for the United States and promised more to come if the U.S. continues what he called its "reckless provocations."

"The recent self-defense measures by my country DPRK are gift package addressed to none other than the U.S.," North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Han Tae Song said today.

North Korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday, the country's sixth nuclear test.

"The U.S. will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the DPRK," Han said today, addressing the U.N. Conference on Disarmament today in Geneva.

The ambassador said his country's latest test was "part of longer activities" by the North "to simultaneously push forward economic construction and [build] nuclear force."

The U.S. and other nations have called for additional sanctions against North Korea following Sunday's test.

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North Korea promises more 'gift packages' for US

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A top North Korean diplomat today called his country's recent nuclear test a "gift package" for the United States and promised more to come if the U.S. continues what he called its "reckless provocations." "The recent self-defense measures by my country DPRK are gift package addressed to none other than the U.S.," North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Han Tae Song said today.

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Floridians brace for Irma

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Florida residents are scrambling for supplies and prepping for potential disaster ahead of Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 5 storm churning towards the Caribbean.

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America is pressing China to impose a oil embargo on North Korea. But China doesn't want to cave.

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Mr. Zhang said that if Mr. Trump agreed to a version of a strategy proposed by China to ease the crisis - a freeze of the North's nuclear program in exchange for suspending joint United States-South Korean military exercises - then Mr. Xi might be more amenable to an oil cutoff.

But while Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis have raised the possibility of a diplomatic resolution, Mr. Trump has expressed little interest in talking to the North. "Talking is not the answer," the president recently said on Twitter.

On Tuesday, a North Korean diplomat hinted that more nuclear or missile tests were in store, promising what he called "more gift packages" for the United States. The diplomat, Han Tae-song, said at a United Nations disarmament conference in Geneva that "pressures or sanctions will never work" on the North.

China fears that putting too much pressure on North Korea could bring down the government of its leader, Kim Jong-un, perhaps resulting in large numbers of refugees crossing into China and leaving an American ally, South Korea, on its border. While Beijing often criticizes the North for its missile tests and nuclear detonations, it keeps the isolated country's economy alive with exports of energy, mainly crude oil.

China cut off oil supplies to North Korea for three days in 2003, after the North fired a missile into waters near Japan. The Chinese government told Pyongyang that the suspension was necessary for technical reasons, diplomats in Beijing said at the time.

But that was a rare exception to China's usual policy. While Mr. Xi has been willing to impose some minor restrictions on China's energy supplies to North Korea, he has shown no signs of curbing the vital crude oil that keeps the North afloat.

How much crude China sends through the Friendship Pipeline - which starts in Dandong, a trading hub in northeastern China, and travels under the Yalu River into North Korea - is not precisely known. China stopped reporting those figures several years ago.

But given its recent economic growth, North Korea would be expected to import about 850,000 tons of crude oil this year, almost entirely from China, said Peter Hayes, the director of the Nautilus Institute, a think tank specializing in North Korean energy. Some other experts estimate a slightly lower amount - about 750,000 tons - for the year.

Either figure would seem to reflect a substantial increase from a few years ago, though it is hard to be certain. In 2015, the China National Petroleum Corporation, which operates the pipeline to the North, said that the amount of oil sent through it had been kept at 520,000 tons. And China did report vastly reduced supplies of motor and aviation gasoline to North Korea in July - 92 percent less than the July 2016 value, according to the General Administration of Customs.

Even if China did cut off crude oil supplies, North Korea - particularly its military - would be able to operate for a while, Mr. Hayes said.

The military, which he said uses about a third of the country's imported oil, has enough stockpiles for "a year of routine, nonwartime usage - could be more, doubt it would be less." The military could fight for a month before running out of fuel, Mr. Hayes said.

The brunt of a fuel cutoff would be felt by ordinary North Koreans, who would be "forced to walk or not move at all," he said. "There will be less light in households due to less kerosene."

The North Korean government already uses charcoal to make fuel for vehicles, Mr. Hayes said, so a side effect of an oil embargo could be more deforestation in the countryside as trees are felled to produce charcoal. That could lead to further erosion, floods and the potential for famine.

An embargo would also reduce the supply of diesel used by farmers to pump water for rice fields and to process crops into food, Mr. Hayes said.

Cheng Xiaohe, a Korea analyst at Renmin University, said that a decision by China to cut off oil to the North would signal a willingness to tolerate instability around Mr. Kim's government - a course that Mr. Cheng doubted the Chinese leader would take. "At the top, the North is not unified," Mr. Cheng said. "There are factions."

The Global Times, a nationalist Chinese tabloid that sometimes reflects the thinking of the country's leadership, said on Monday in an editorial that "we should avoid resorting to rash and extreme means by imposing a full embargo on North Korea." A few months ago, the paper said an oil embargo was worth considering if North Korea detonated a sixth nuclear weapon, as it did on Sunday.

The editorial said that cutting off crude oil would lead to a conflict between China and North Korea and still fail to halt the North's nuclear weapons program.

Besides the political considerations that China must weigh in considering an oil embargo, there are also practical concerns. China National Petroleum Corporation has said that stopping the flow of oil through the Friendship Pipeline might damage the pipeline. In 2011, engineers for the company wrote that wax in the crude oil could build up and block the pipe if the flow were stopped. They said it was safe to stop the flow for eight hours at most during summer, and for no more than two hours during winter.

Mr. Hayes said that China was unlikely to agree to an oil cutoff, however strained its relationship with the North has become. "That would reduce whatever influence the Chinese have left in Pyongyang," he said.

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U.S. Desire for North Korea Oil Cutoff Puts China in a Tight Spot

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Mr. Zhang said that if Mr. Trump agreed to a version of a strategy proposed by China to ease the crisis - a freeze of the North's nuclear program in exchange for suspending joint United States-South Korean military exercises - then Mr. Xi might be more amenable to an oil cutoff.

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Instagram hackers are selling peoples personal information

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Instagram alerted verified users earlier this week about a security flaw that could givehackers access to their personal information. It told the users that it had fixed the issue.

But it appears the bug was exploited before Instagram's fix, and affected more than the most high-profile accounts.

On Friday, Instagram CTO Mike Krieger published a blog post alerting all users to the security flaw.

"Although we cannot determine which specific accounts may have been impacted, we believe it was a low percentage of Instagram accounts. We want to reiterate that no passwords were exposed in this issue," the company said in a statement.

A spokesperson told CNN Tech they are aware individuals are trying to sell the information, and the company is working with law enforcement.

Hackers are selling email and phone number data allegedly belonging to Instagram accounts that they say they scraped before the flaw was fixed. People can look for usernames on a searchable database and buy personalized data for $10 each. The website can't be accessed by traditional web browsers.

A manager of the database told CNN Tech that "we have a variety of high profile accounts, normal accounts, and very high profile celebrities."

Related: Instagram alerts high-profile users their data may have been accessed

The hackers claim to have personal information associated with over 6 million accounts.The manager of the database said he heard about the Instagram vulnerability on a private chat room, and accessed the data on August 25.

This person sent CNN Tech a list a list of 1,000 purported Instagram accounts and associated data, and CNN Tech was able to confirm that some of the emails included were used by existing Instagram accounts.

Facebook, which owns Instagram, declined to comment on Friday.

Earlier this week, entertainer Selena Gomez's Instagram account was hacked and old photos of ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber were posted to her account.

Hackers can use phone numbers and emails to find out a lot about a person. For example, an attacker could take over a phone by hijacking its SIM card and gain access to accounts associated with the phone number.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published September 1, 2017: 5:37 PM ET

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Instagram hackers are selling user emails and phone numbers

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But it appears the bug was exploited before Instagram's fix, and affected more than the most high-profile accounts. On Friday, Instagram CTO Mike Krieger published a blog post alerting all users to the security flaw. "Although we cannot determine which specific accounts may have been impacted, we believe it was a low percentage of Instagram accounts.

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Labor Day Weekend used to be a sleepy time for the NFL. But that was before the league scheduled the 90-to-53-man roster cutdown as a three-day frenzy only slightly more chaotic than a scene from The Purge.

When the smoke cleared, polarizing big-name players like Brock Osweiler and Sheldon Richardson found new homes, former superstars like Victor Cruz found themselves out of work, and undrafted dreamers like Younghoe Koo found themselves on rosters.

But unfinished business and big questions still loom, with a ruling on Ezekiel Elliott's suspension appeal due on Tuesday, Andrew Luck earning a last-second reprieve from the PUP list, and Odell Beckham just healthy enough to tease the possibility of a Week 1 return.

Couldn't keep up with the last-minute mayhem? Digest is here to break down all the moves and get you ready, finally, for some real NFL football.

Rosters are set. Games that matter are just hours away. Yet players, teams and the NFL still face some major unanswered questions on the eve of the 2017 season.

Here are five individuals who will spend this year in the spotlight. The answers to their questions will shape the NFL season in unpredictable and potentially far-reaching ways.
Ezekiel Elliott
Odell Beckham

When will he return from his sprained ankle? Video evidence showed he was able to dance on the ankle late last week, but he did not appear close to full boogie. If he is unavailable for the opener, can the Giants beat the Cowboys without him?

From his start-of-camp contract requests to the stadium-tunnel passion plays he performs when things aren't going his way, Beckham has become the Giants' mood ring. How high does his touchdown-to-tantrum ratio have to be to keep the Giants in the Super Bowl conversation? And if he keeps finding the limelight for the wrong (or just strange) reasons, what impact will it have on the other combustible personalities in the locker room, or the buttoned-down ones who run the organization?

John Elway

Pro Bowl safety T.J. Ward suddenly no longer fits the Broncos system or budget. But Brock Osweiler does. Does that make it sound like Elway has a well-conceived plan for the 2017 season?

Does adding Osweiler to the Trevor Siemian-Paxton Lynch experience solve Elway's quarterback dilemma or just compound it?

If Elway wasn't a famous, beloved Hall of Fame quarterback, would he receive more criticism for the fact that the Broncos roster has been quietly eroding since the Super Bowl? I think we all know the answer there.

Andrew Luck

When will we see him play again? Will it be too late for the Colts or will it be too soon for Luck? Rushing him back to save pace would, after all, be par for the organization's course.

Without Luck, are the Colts just the Jets of the Midwest? If they join the ranks of dedicated bottom-feeders, what will it do for competitive balance? After all, three or four teams "tanking," all of them in the AFC, will result in some wacky standings and is almost certain to impact playoff berths.

Colin Kaepernick

How bad will some team's quarterback situation have to get before he is given the opportunity to pursue his career?

When do we stop pretending that this is all about football? When Osweiler gets his seventh chance?

If Kaepernick does get signed, what happens then? Rallies? Marches? Boycotts? Trump tweets? Tiki torches? America has more problems to sort out than the NFL does, and even a progressive-minded organization has reason to be a little skittish in the current climate. It would be a refreshing step in the right direction if some team at least showed the courage to admit as much.

Preseason Story
Patrick Mahomes capped off an outstanding preseason with a sizzle-reel performance against the Titans that made him look like the second coming of Brett Favre.

Close inspection of Mahomes' effort against the Titans reveals some dangerous decisions and near-interceptions, neither of which make the rookie less Favre-like. Most Chiefs fans aren't clamoring for Mahomes to replace Alex Smith just yet. They are waiting for the first 14-play, 65-yard drive that ends in a field goal.
What It Means
Bottom Line

The Chiefs are handling their quarterback situation the way good organizations are supposed to, and no one knows how to deal with it. They picked the under-prepared, extreme-upside Mahomes a year before they needed him so he could learn behind a real NFL veteran. Staying on schedule and giving Mahomes a year on the bench only feels radical or overly cautious because teams never do it.

Mahomes' let-'er-rip preseason speaks well of his potential. It was also an entertaining change of pace from the game plans full of screens and rollout tosses most quarterbacks executed so they could produce high completion rates at 3.5 yards per attempt. (Though Mahomes did throw some high-percentage stuff, too.) In college and the preseason, Mahomes wasn't afraid to throw late across his body into the middle of the field to make plays. If he starts too soon, he will learn why 99.9 percent of quarterbacks are rightfully afraid of those throws.

Will his suspension be upheld? If not, what does the league do next? If it is, can the Cowboys survive a brutal early schedule (including the Giants, Broncos, Cardinals and Packers) without him and remain in the Super Bowl conversation? Either way, how much legal rigamarole are we in store for?

Sordid details of all kinds will keep coming to light as various interested parties-from Elliott and his accuser to the compulsive corner-cutters of the NFL to the flailing NFLPA lawyer-up and go on the offensive. Will anyone come away without looking like they just crawled from a sewer behind a toxic waste dump?

Hurricane Harvey forced the Texans to reset their priorities and back-burner football. J.J. Watt raised tens of millions of dollars for the relief effort and coordinated the delivery of supplies to flood victims. The Cowboys hosted a telethon instead of hosting the Texans in a preseason game, allowing Texans players to tend to their homes and families and join in relief efforts.

The Texans front office, meanwhile, made DeAndre Hopkins the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL while extending the contracts of safety Andre Hal, tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz and fullback Jay Prosch. The spending spree points to a post-Harvey future when the Texans can compete for the AFC South title-and perhaps more-with their playoff nucleus under contract for the long haul.
What It Means
Bottom Line

It's impossible-and a little trite-to gauge the on-field impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texans. But this is a football feature and the Texans made football decisions this weekend, so we are talking football. Mostly.

There's symbolic value in signing players like Hopkins to long-term contracts in the wake of tragedy. It makes good football sense to extend veterans before they reach the market, too. The Texans are making good use of money that would otherwise have been wasted on Brock Osweiler.

Tom Savage is the right choice to start the season at quarterback with the Texans dealing with so much emotion and uncertainty. Rookie Deshaun Watson will be ready to go when a sense of normalcy returns.

The Jaguars have offered to swap home and road dates, hosting the September 10 season-opener and visiting the Texans on December 17. The Texans and NFL should do everything possible to facilitate the switch, and not just to avoid the demand on Houston's resources. There's even football incentive for doing the right thing: The Texans will then host the lowly Jaguars in the heat of the playoff chase.

Watt's charitable efforts represent what is best about football in America: the sport's ability to galvanize and rally a community, its power to transcend society's fractures and fissures, its power to bring hope and healing. Watching Watt announce increasingly stratospheric fundraising goals on the internet was one of the few things everyone could unequivocally cheer for in recent weeks.

Quick takes on quarterback developments to emerge from this weekend's action

The Vikings placed Teddy Bridgewater (pictured) on the regular-season PUP list, meaning he cannot practice for the first six weeks of the season but could return after that. It's possible that Bridgewater could be game-ready by late in the season. Just something to think about if Sam Bradford once again leads the league in completion percentage and excuses for not really moving the offense with his nonstop stream of micro-passes.

The Vikings also added Kyle Sloter to their practice squad. Sloter is a long-term size-speed-arm project who outplayed both Broncos quarterbacks at times in the preseason. Just someone for Broncos fans to remember fondly when Osweiler has three passes tipped at the line during a midseason start.

The Redskins released Nate Sudfeld, exposing him to waivers before bringing him back to the practice squad. Just a reminder that the team has no real quarterback of the future while the market value for Kirk Cousins goes through the roof.

The Panthers signed rookie Brad Kaaya off waivers from the Lions to be their third-stringer, which is the sort of thing the Redskins should have done to at least pretend they are serious about finding a quarterback alternative for the future.

The Ravens lost pesky, fun-to-watch third-stringer Josh Woodrum to the Browns during waivers. Just something to think about if Joe Flacco gets hurt and the Ravens are reduced to watching Ryan Mallett get strip-sacked for the rest of the season.

Geno Smith beat Josh Johnson for the Giants' backup job. Smith had a strong preseason and could can be an effective change-up to Eli Manning in the Giants' talent-laden offense if needed for a game or two. Smith's past only makes him a punchline if (a) you really think the Jets have any clue how to develop players, and (b) you ignore the fact that guys like Brock Osweiler and Ryan Mallett are still on rosters.

The Cowboys released Kellen Moore, who appeared to be on permanent scholarship until Cooper Rush arrived and was even spunkier and pluckier at the ends of preseason games. Rush is a modest upgrade (Moore had the physical tools of a quality control assistant). It could be said that the Cowboys are in big trouble if they lose Dak Prescott, but every team with a good quarterback is in trouble if they lose him.

Bold Andrew Luck prediction: He will win Comeback Player of the Year in 2018.

It's best for a rookie quarterback to leave 'em wanting more at the end of the preseason. The Chiefs will remain in their 9-11 win groove with Smith at the helm. Mahomes could propel them further, or he could throw 25 interceptions and get sacked 50 times (to go with some miracle touchdowns).

The Chiefs have the luxury of waiting for Mahomes' risk-reward ratio to improve a bit. The reward looks like it will be worth the wait.

Hurricane relief is measured in months and years, not days. The Houston region will be rebuilding long after the cameras leave. In the meantime, the Texans will play some football. With Watt and Hopkins leading the offense and defense, a veteran core under contract and an impressive rookie in the wings, it should be some pretty darn good football. The Texans may not be a Super Bowl team just yet. But they represent their city, state and nation very well.

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Monday Morning Digest: Flurry of Moves Boost Some Teams, While Others Flounder

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An 8-year-old boy recovering from brain surgery wanted to run his own lemonade stand, so his occupational therapist made that dream part of his treatment to learn how to walk again.

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An 8-year-old boy recovering from brain surgery wanted to run his own lemonade stand, so his occupational therapist made that dream part of his treatment to learn how to walk again.

Ulises Ornelas was diagnosed in late February with a cavernous hemangioma tumor in his brain the size of an eyeball, his mother said. After undergoing surgery on July 19, he was admitted to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals-Lincoln Campus 12 days later to begin his recovery.

"When he first got here, he couldn't even sit up on his own, or even stand up," Karina Ornelas, 28, told ABC News. "Now he's walking on his own."

His family said the progress he has made is a testament to the treatment he's receiving that incorporates his passions.

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital-Lincoln Campus

After Ornelas' 6-year-old sister, Genesis, told him about lemonade stands, he became passionate about opening one, his mother said.

His occupational therapist, Liz Pohlen, who works with Ulises Ornelas for an hour a day, was also on board.

"When I heard the idea, I decided it was more therapeutic for him if we were walking about the hospital rather than sitting on a bench," Pohlen told ABC News.

After securing a cart, Pohlen and her young patient made a sign and decorated it.

Each step of crafting the lemonade stand was beneficial for the boy, who normally gets about three hours a day of physical, speech and occupational therapy, Pohlen said.

When the pair were done creating the cart, it was time to take it for a spin around the hospital.

"He was in charge of pushing the cart with both hands. He had no function of his left arm and left leg [after surgery], so the fact that he was able to use it at all for an hour was amazing," Pohlen said.

Ulises Ornelas said he had a good time not only selling his lemonade but also interacting with the doctors and other patients. He even reported making a total of $85 after two rounds of selling in the hospital.

"It was really good," Ulises Ornelas told ABC News of the experience.

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Florida declares state emergency for hurricane Irma, it also going to hit Puerto Rico.

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Florida residents are scrambling for supplies and prepping for potential disaster ahead of Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 5 storm churning towards the Caribbean.

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This is what 9 miles of Hurricane Harvey looks like

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From Corpus Christi to Houston, CNN tells the stories of some of those affected by Hurricane Harvey and its devastating winds and rains.

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Iran is seeking to boost its missile program, and export weapons in an attempt to forge alliances with other countries defense minister says.

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Iran is aiming to boost its missile program and export weapons in an attempt to forge allies with neighboring countries, its new defense minister said.

Gen. Amir Atami, who was appointed Iran's defense minister earlier this month, said in a speech on ISNA News Agency on Saturday the country seeks to arm neighboring allies "to prevent war and conflict," according to AFP.

"In combat fields, especially in missiles, we have a specific plan to boost Iran's missile power," Hatami said. "God willing, the combat capabilities of Iran's ballistic and cruise missiles will increase in this term."

He added: "Wherever a country becomes weak, others become encouraged to raid it...Wherever necessary, we will export weapons to increase the security of the region and countries, to prevent wars."
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Hatami did not specifically name countries it would be supplying weapons to, though Iran has been known to be involved in military conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Israel also see Iran as a threat to the Middle East region. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in August that Iran was "making an escalated effort to base itself militarily in Syria. That presents a danger to Israel."

"Iran is already in the advanced stages of taking over Iraq and Yemen, and in practice already controls Lebanon," he said.

U.S. State Department announced a fresh round of sanctions in July on 18 Iranian entities and individuals for supporting Iran's ballistic missile program or military purchases by the nation's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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Speaking to lawmakers in Parliament, Rouhani threatened to revitalize its nuclear program, though he emphasized he intended to remain loyal to the 2015 nuclear deal brokered during former President Barack Obama's presidency.

"The U.S. has shown that it is neither a good partner nor a trustable negotiator," Rouhani said. "Those who are trying to go back to the language of threats and sanctions are prisoners of their past hallucinations. They deprive themselves of the advantages of peace."

The Iranian president added, "In an hour and a day, Iran could return to a more advanced [nuclear] level than at the beginning of the negotiations," predating the 2015 deal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Iran is aiming to boost its missile program and export weapons in an attempt to forge allies with neighboring countries, its new defense minister said. Gen. Amir Atami, who was appointed Iran's defense minister earlier this month, said in a speech on ISNA News Agency on Saturday the country seeks to arm neighboring allies "to prevent war and conflict," according to AFP.

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Irma has gone from a level 2 to a level 5 and there a another hurricane forming behind Irma

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Florida residents are scrambling for supplies and prepping for potential disaster ahead of Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 5 storm churning towards the Caribbean.

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Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 5 ~ 180 mph winds and gusts up to 220 mph

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a 2nd storm forms behind it named Jose category 2 and is not a big threat yet

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Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 storm, and catastrophic damage is possible in the Florida Keys and southern Florida this weekend as a second storm has formed behind it.

Irma was packing 185 mph winds and gusts of more than 200 mph as of 2 a.m. ET Wednesday, and is expected to continue churning with deadly hurricane-force winds and a dangerous storm surge across a wide swath of the Caribbean this week before moving toward southern Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The dangerous storm made landfall in Barbuda around 2 a.m. on Wednesday and is moving west-northwest at 15 mph. Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Turks and Caicos, Cuba and the Leeward Islands.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Jose has formed over the open Atlantic, following closely behind Irma, the NHC said Tuesday. Jose could become a Category 2 hurricane as it brushes the northeastern-most Caribbean islands at the end of the week. However, Jose poses no threat to the U.S. or Puerto Rico as of Tuesday.

The NHC warned that residents in the Leeward Islands, already expected to face Irma, "should monitor the track" of Jose.

The NHC on Tuesday called Irma the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in NHC records.

By Sunday around 8 a.m., outer bands from Hurricane Irma are expected to reach the Florida Keys with winds of 145 mph as a Category 4 hurricane. Irma's center is forecast to move over Key West on Sunday afternoon.

It is still unclear whether the storm will track up the east or west coast of Florida. If Irma travels up Florida's west coast, it would present worst-case scenarios for Gulf cities from Naples to Tampa. If the storm travels up Florida's east coast, the "bad" side of the storm would remain off-shore, but it could later make landfall somewhere between Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency for every county to ensure that local governments have enough "time, resources and flexibility to get prepared for this dangerous storm," according to a statement from his office.

Mandatory evacuation orders have been ordered for Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, beginning on Wednesday, but cars were already streaming out of the region on Tuesday evening. Officials also anticipate evacuation orders for low-lying portions of Miami-Dade County, including Miami Beach, by late Wednesday or early Thursday.

President Donald Trump approved Scott's declaration for a pre-landfall emergency for the entire state of Florida, the governor said in a press conference Tuesday evening.

Scott said Tuesday that it is important that Floridians keep a close eye on the storm and "do not sit and wait to prepare."

Scott has deployed 100 members of the Florida National Guard, and nearly 7,000 troops will be reporting for duty in the coming days, the governor said.

The American Red Cross is sending 1,000 volunteers to Florida, Scott said.

"In Florida, we always prepare for the worst and hope for the best," Scott said, "and while the exact path of Irma is not absolutely known at this time, we cannot afford to not be prepared."

The Monroe County School District is shuttering schools Wednesday, the county added. Schools in several other Florida counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward, will be closed Thursday and Friday, Scott said.

The University of Miami has canceled classes for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the school announced Tuesday.

Scott said at this time there are no reported issues with availability for fuel and supplies, but he urged residents to only "take what you need." There were long lines for gas in many areas of south Florida on Tuesday.

All 67 state offices will be closed Friday in preparation for the hurricane, Scott said, encouraging state employees to volunteer at local shelters.

The Florida Keys experienced massive flooding from Hurricane Wilma in 2005, which was a Category 3 storm. The last Category 5 storm to make landfall in the Florida Keys was the Labor Day hurricane of 1935.

"If ever there was a storm to take seriously in the Keys, this is it," Monroe County Emergency Management Director Martin Senterfitt said in a statement released by the county. "The sooner people leave, the better."

A spokesperson for the Naval Air Station at Key West said a separate evacuation order has been issued for the base's 5,500 personnel and their families, effective Tuesday at 8 p.m.

The last time the base was evacuated was in September 2008 for Hurricane Ike.

Broward County, Florida Mayor Barbara Sharief said Tuesday that Broward County will feel tropical storm-level winds by Friday. The mayor said those who live in an evacuation zone should plan to evacuate, adding that extra shelters will be available. Schools in Broward County will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Category 5 is the strongest hurricane category on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane strength scale. In a Category 5 storm, winds reach more than 157 mph and damage is expected to be catastrophic, with buildings and roofs destroyed.

The Carnival Cruise Line has diverted four ships carrying more than 13,000 passengers to maintain a "safe distance" from Irma, a spokesperson said.

"The safety of our guests and team members is our first priority," the company said in a statement. "We will continue to make adjustments as necessary."

The current NHC storm track puts Irma near the Leeward Islands, including Antigua and Barbuda, on Tuesday.

On the nearby island of Anguilla, which Irma is forecast to move over Wednesday morning, the Department of Disaster Management on Tuesday warned of flash floods and mudslides. Four shelters were scheduled to be opened as of Tuesday afternoon.

The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are forecast to see deteriorating conditions throughout the day on Wednesday with the worst of the rain and wind arriving Wednesday night.

The storm is expected to pass north of Puerto Rico Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.

In Puerto Rico, a state of emergency has been declared, activating the National Guard as the U.S. territory prepares the storm, which the governor on Tuesday called unprecedented.

"This is the time to take action," the governor said Tuesday.

Héctor Pesquera, the superintendent of the Puerto Rico police, said at least 14 hours of wind and rain is expected, calling the storm more dangerous than Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas Aug. 25 as a Category 4 storm.

Rossello warned that emergency services will stop when winds reach 50 mph.

Shelters are being opened in preparation for the storm, and the governor said all those who have vulnerable homes or flood prone areas need to start evacuation plans and head to shelters.

The governor has canceled classes for Tuesday and declared a half-day of work.

ABC News' Ginger Zee, Gio Benitez, Max Golembo, Dan Peck, Erin Dooley and Josh Hoyos contributed to this report.

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Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 storm, and catastrophic damage is possible in the Florida Keys and southern Florida this weekend as a second storm has formed behind it. Irma was packing 185 mph winds and gusts of more than 200 mph as of 2 a.m.

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Florida residents are scrambling for supplies and prepping for potential disaster ahead of Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 5 storm churning towards the Caribbean.

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The Department of Homeland Security will stop processing any new applications for the program as of Tuesday and has formally rescinded the Obama administration policy.

"I am here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday at a Justice Department news conference.

But the agency also announced a plan to continue renewing permits for anyone whose status expires in the next six months, giving Congress time to act before any currently protected individuals lose their ability to work, study and live without fear in the US.

In the five years since DACA was enacted, the nearly 800,000 individuals who have received the protections have started families, pursued careers and studied in schools and universities across the United States. The business community and education community at large has joined Democrats and many moderate Republicans in supporting the program, citing the contributions to society from the population and the sympathetic fact that many Dreamers have never known another home than the US.

The Trump administration pitched the move as the "least disruptive" option available after facing a threat from 10 conservative state attorneys general to challenge the program in court, according to senior administration officials briefing reporters on the move.

Sessions had determined that the program would not be likely to withstand that court challenge, the administration said.

The move sets a clock for Congress to act to preserve the program's protections before the DACA recipients begin losing their status March 5, 2018.

No one's DACA status will be revoked before it expires, administration officials said, and any applications already received by Tuesday will be processed.

Anyone who's status expires by March 5 has one month to apply for a new two-year permit, and those applications will be processed.

If Congress were not to act, and DACA begins to expire, nearly 300,000 people could begin to lose their status in 2018, and more than 320,000 would lose their status from January to August 2019. More than 200,000 recipients have their DACA expiring in the window that DHS will allow renewal.

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Speaking with reporters on a conference call on condition of anonymity, DHS did not rule out that anyone with expired DACA would then be subject to deportation. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they will continue to prioritize for enforcement people with criminal records, people who re-enter the US illegally and those with final orders of removal.

But officials said there will be no formal guidance that former DACA recipients are not eligible for deportation, and ICE officers in the field who encounter them will be making a case-by-case judgment as to whether to arrest that individual and process them for deportation.

The administration insisted its approach was designed to offer some security to DACA recipients, emphasizing that if it had allowed the courts to decide the issue, then would have been risking an immediate and abrupt end to DACA at the hands of a judge.

But it also was made clear that once DACA begins to expire, if Congress doesn't act, then people formerly protected "would be like any other person who's in the country illegally," according to a senior DHS official.

All of the information provided to the government by DACA applicants will remain in the DHS system. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the program, will give that information to ICE if requested if "there's a significant law enforcement or national security interest," an official said.

While they won't be specifically targeted, DHS said, they could be arrested and deported if they are encountered by ICE officers. And their information, which they provided extensively for their DACA applications, will continue to reside in DHS systems and could be accessed if officers feel it's necessary in the course of an investigation.

DHS said it had on plans to issue formal guidelines on how former DACA recipients -- or their information -- will be treated beyond the current operating procedures of DHS.

"To be clear, what ICE is doing now is what Congress intended, we're actually enforcing the law the way it is written," said a senior ICE official. "(This is t)he first President who's asked us to enforce the law the way it is written and not asked us to have some executive interpretation of the law."

The officials placed the onus on Congress to make any changes to the system.

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Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it

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The Department of Homeland Security will stop processing any new applications for the program as of Tuesday and has formally rescinded the Obama administration policy. "I am here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday at a Justice Department news conference.

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The NOAA's hurricane hunter airplane flies through the eye of Hurricane Irma as it churns toward the Caribbean.

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Jake Olson a USC's blind long-snapper, does a flawless snap after touchdown

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The University of Southern California's blind long-snapper, Jake Olson, delivered a flawless extra-point snap for the No. 4-ranked Trojans in their win over Western Michigan on Saturday.

Olson, a sophomore, took the field with about three minutes left to play for the Trojans and delivered the snap without any issues for a kick that put USC ahead of Western Michigan 49-31.

Blind USC longsnapper Jake Olson on the extra point. Been part of the program for a long time, special moment. pic.twitter.com/wEQxeqc4Uk
- Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 3, 2017

"I tried to suppress my emotions as much as I could because I have a job to do, and I wanted to make sure I got that done," Olson said after the game. "Then tonight I can look at videos and get all emotional over it. It was very special, hearing my name being called over the P.A. system."

USC head coach Clay Helton commended Western Michigan head coach Tim Lester for signing off on Olson's debut.

"Very special moment for us with a very special guy at the end of the game," Helton told reporters. "I commend and I thank Coach Lester and the entire Western Michigan family for the honor of getting what I think is a very special person in Jake Olson in."

Olson lost his left eye to a rare form of retinal cancer when he was 10 months old, and he completely lost his eyesight in 2009 when he was 12 years old. He has been around USC's program since Pete Carroll was the head coach of the Trojans.

He snapped for his high school team in Orange County, Calif., walking to the line with his hands on his teammates before taking care of his job. After enrolling at USC, he joined the Trojans in practice in 2015 on a special scholarship, repeatedly delivering strong snaps in workouts.

Helton said Olson will probably have more opportunities to play in the future.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Ryan Gaydos is a homepage editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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Jake Olson, USC's blind long-snapper, delivers flawless snap after touchdown

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The University of Southern California's blind long-snapper, Jake Olson, delivered a flawless extra-point snap for the No. 4-ranked Trojans in their win over Western Michigan on Saturday. Olson, a sophomore, took the field with about three minutes left to play for the Trojans and delivered the snap without any issues for a kick that put USC ahead of Western Michigan 49-31.