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Secret Service Uniform Division officers approached the man outside an art gallery in the area of 17th street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, according to law enforcement sources and arrest records.

The suspect told Secret Service officers and agents that he was going to the White House to speak with National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers and Defense Secretary James Mattis "for advice on missing paychecks and how to get the chip out of my head," according to the incident report obtained by CNN.

The man was discovered driving a 2009 Silver Nissan with Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police license plates. After being questioned by law enforcement and admitting to having multiple weapons, according to the report, he consented to a search of his vehicle. The search turned up nine guns, three knives, brass knuckles, suppressors, and various types of ammunition. The firearms included multiple handguns as well as AR- and AK-style rifles.

The suspect was taken to a DC facility "for mental observation" and later transported to a DC police station, where he was charged with multiple weapons violations, according to the report.

It wasn't immediately clear if the man was previously known by law enforcement.

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A man who was arrested near the White House Sunday morning was found to have nine guns and three knives in his car, according to a police report. The man was initially stopped by law enforcement for allegedly urinating in public.

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The iPhone 8 first landed in a Apple store in Sydney, Australia. A bunch of people stood outside the store, eagerly waiting to get their hands on the iPhone.

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An Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, was the first in the world to sell an iPhone 8.

The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. Friday, local media reported, and ushered in a few fans who had camped out, along with others who woke up early. They were there to buy the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the updated Apple Watch and Apple TV.

Lining up outside Apple Stores has become a tradition for Apple product launches. But the usual excitement is expected to be muted this year, with many customers choosing to wait until November to upgrade to the more expensive iPhone X.

Released 10 years after the first iPhone, the iPhone X is being marketed as the future of the product line. It features face-scanning technology that can unlock the phone or make animated emoji faces. The screen takes up more space, pushing off the iconic Home button.

Related: iPhone 8 cuts the cord and prepares for the future

Most shoppers at an Apple Store in downtown Hong Kong told CNNMoney they were planning to wait for the iPhone X. Those who were there to buy the 8 gave a range of reasons, including its cheaper price tag and the fact that it still has a Home button.

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are more conventional devices than the X.

They add wireless charging, new camera sensors and the same faster A11 processor as the X, but for the most part look the same as the iPhone 7. They also cost $200 to $300 less than the iPhone X, which starts at $999.

Apple's unusual strategy of releasing multiple new phones and staggering the launch dates might not hurt its bottom line, but it could damper launch day excitement for both.

There's no reason to wait outside an Apple Store to buy a new iPhone the day it's released. It's easier to pre-order online and get it handed to you by a friendly delivery person. You can also walk into a store like Best Buy or a cellular carrier outlet to get one without the fuss. But the line has become a meeting place for die-hard Apple fans and savvy self-promoters waiting for television interviews.

-- Rudolph Birgelen contributed to this report.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published September 22, 2017: 4:28 AM ET

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The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. Friday, local media reported, and ushered in a few fans who had camped out, along with others who woke up early. They were there to buy the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the updated Apple Watch and Apple TV.

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President Donald Trump has called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “a madman,” “wacko” and a “maniac.” On Thursday, Kim dusted off an old noun and called Trump a “dotard.”
North Korea has been known for its striking and, at times, offensive language used to describe its enemies. It referred to former President Barack Obama as a “monkey” and called South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun-hye, a “crafty prostitute.”

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President Donald Trump has called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "a madman," "wacko" and a "maniac." On Thursday, Kim dusted off an old noun and called Trump a "dotard."

North Korea has been known for its striking and, at times, offensive language used to describe its enemies. It referred to former President Barack Obama as a "monkey" and called South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye, a "crafty prostitute."

But as Trump and Kim trade jabs - and North Korea continues to work toward its nuclear weapons arsenal - Kim did something unusual. His rebuke of Trump was in first person and directed to Trump specifically.

Kim said Trump was "unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country" and described him as "a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire." He also promised to "tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire."

Merriam-Webster Dictionary said the search for the word "dotard" spiked after Kim's rebuke. So what exactly is it?

What does 'dotard' mean?

Merriam-Webster defines dotard as a "state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise."

The word derives from the Middle English word "doten," which means "to dote," and initially meant "imbecile" when it was first used in the 14th century, the dictionary said.
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"Dotard" is a translation of a Korean word, "neukdari," which is a derogatory reference to an old person, according to The Associated Press.

Has it been used before?

The word "dotard" appeared in English poet Thomas Randolph's "The Jealous Lovers" in 1632.

"Rot in thy grave, thou dotard, I defie thee," the line reads.

It has also appeared in a variety of William Shakespeare's plays, including "Cymbeline," "Much Ado About Nothing" and "The Taming of the Shrew."
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And Trump, too, has been called a "dotard" before. In a May 2017 piece for Esquire, Charles Pierce slammed Trump and said he's "not up to the job."

"The most innocent explanation for the [president's] actions is that he's a blundering dotard who can't stop himself from destroying democratic institutions and from tripping over federal status," Pierce said.

On Twitter, Pierce thanked Kim for "bringing 'dotard' back."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Baby liberals are tweeting about the 11 year old boy Frank and law mowing business that he runs and how it is unsafe.

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My pop, a WWII veteran, devoted husband and the sort of father I aspire to be, didn't raise no fools. Except me.

I know I'm a fool because back when I was 9 years old and sporting a flat top and a pair of black Converse All-Stars, my pop advised me that I was now taking over the lawn mower duties from one of my older brothers. That brother was being promoted to the job of painting the house for the summer. So, head room being what it is, Pop handed the keys to the mower to his youngest boy.

Actually, no keys were involved. The mower was an old Sears model. For those of you too young to know your American history, Sears was the Amazon of the 20 th century. Anytime between 1893 and 'round about 1985, if you wanted pants, a dishwasher, football pads, a lava lamp or a reciprocating sprocket wrench with detachable sprockets, then by damn you got it at Sears.

The lawn mower I inherited as a 9-year-old that early summer afternoon was a late-'60s gas-powered Sears model my brothers called "Chopper." Chopper ate anything that got too close to its massive rotating semi-sharp blades. It belched smoke as clumps of grass, rocks and half-chewed army men flew out from all sides. As a 9-year-old, I calculated Chopper's weight to be somewhere between 160 pounds and a two-door Buick. It took all 85 pounds of me, and about three hours, to push that beast around our yard.

Now I know Pop raised a fool, because when he announced solemnly that Chopper was my responsibility, I looked him in the eye and said what I typically said back then: "Yes sir... you bet." What I should have said was, "Pop, I don't mean to tell you your business, but do you have any idea how dangerous lawn mowers are to kids?" And then I would have handed him a couple of articles detailing those dangers, and for good measure recited current regulations related to child labor laws and how he just might be in violation of said laws.

Yes sir, that's what I should have done. I know that now because that's what former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse recently suggested following the curious case of Frank the Amazing Mowing Boy.

By now you've likely heard the heartwarming tale of Frank Giaccio, the 11-year-old kid from Virginia. Frank has himself a lawn mowing business. According to reliable sources, he charges $8 a lawn. I'm not that good at math, but I believe that's approximately 8 clams more per yard than I made during my mowing career, so I think it's safe to say that Frank is some kind of business genius.

Anyway, one day Frank reached out to the White House Office of Lawns and Shrubbery, which is overseen by the Department of Landscaping over at the Ministry of the Interior I believe, and said it would be his honor to mow the White House lawn. Apparently realizing the lawn in fact did need mowing, they reached out to Frank and Bob's your uncle. I do not know if Frank was also tasked with picking up dog poop prior to mowing. That may well fall under a different department.

Bottom line, Frank got his wish, and by all accounts he did a very fine job mowing the White House lawn. President Trump came out to greet and thank him. In the video of the encounter, Frank almost looks too busy to stop and shake hands. Clearly he's worried about keeping the mowing line straight. And to be honest, he probably had a couple more lawns to get to that day. And as if this story needed any more of a kick in the pants, Frank apparently told the president that when he grows up, he wants to be a Navy Seal.

I don't know about you, but after my experience as a kid, and now as a father raising three young boys, I wanted to shake Frank's hand and tell him well done, keep it up.

But then, Steven Greenhouse came along and rained on my freshly cut lawn. He sent out a tweet that read, in part: "Not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety." Now there's a good chance that all Mr. Greenhouse was doing was pointing out that children and lawn mowers can be a dangerous combination. He is, after all, a writer on a wide variety of labor topics.

I don't believe he was making any statement about the need to teach kids responsibility and the value of hard work. I personally think he was sincere in thinking Frank needed to back away from the lawn mower. But, frankly, children and anything else can be a potentially dangerous combination. My boys Scooter, Sluggo and Muggsy could take a cantaloupe, two mini marshmallows and a feather duster and turn it into a deadly weapon. Just the other day, Muggsy broke his nose while using a cardboard tube as a pirate sword.

Given that I'm a bit of a cynical sort, there is also the chance that Mr. Greenhouse didn't vote for the current president and saw this as an opportunity to creatively take a dig at him. My guess is that if this had taken place under former President Obama's watch, Mr. Greenhouse would have refrained from said tweet. That's just speculation, folks.

I also have no idea if Mr. Greenhouse has boys of his own. My research staff is off on another team-building exercise at an all-inclusive resort, and I can't remember the Wi-Fi password in the office. And I have no idea if he owns a lawn mower. If he resides in New York City, another fact I can't be bothered to check, there's a good chance that he has limited experience with yard implements.

What's my point? When I started writing, I was going to take an easy potshot at Mr. Greenhouse and talk about how we all spend way too much time coddling our kids and trying to reduce life's risks down to zero, and how mowing lawns teaches kids responsibility and the value of hard work. But Mr. Greenhouse has already been lambasted for his tweet in social media circles ... and I don't have the energy to leap on that dog pile.

Speaking of dog piles, I can look out my kitchen window and see my boy Scooter picking up after our dog Hendricks in the back yard. Scoot's only 10, but sitting inside the garage is a gas-powered mower with fairly dull blades, and it's now become his responsibility.

Not to worry, Mr. Greenhouse, I gave him a safety briefing... told him to watch out for flying rocks and chewed-up action figures, advised him not to stick his fingers where they don't belong and, when pushing it up hill, don't let it roll back on you. It was the same briefing I got from my pop. Scooter listened attentively, and I'm proud to say his response was, "You bet." He'll be just fine.

Mike Baker is the Co-Founder of Diligence LLC, a leading global intelligence, security and risk management firm. Prior to starting Diligence, Mike spent over a decade and half with the CIA as a covert field operations officer. He is a regular contributor in the national and international media on intelligence, security, counterterrorism and political issues. He appears regularly on Fox News, as well as other major media outlets.

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Frank, the lawnmower boy, still has liberals all worked up. Let's cut the crap, folks!

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My pop, a WWII veteran, devoted husband and the sort of father I aspire to be, didn't raise no fools. Except me. I know I'm a fool because back when I was 9 years old and sporting a flat top and a pair of black Converse All-Stars, my pop advised me that I was now taking over the lawn mower duties from one of my older brothers.

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A former high school teacher at Marked Tree High School in Arkansas accused of sleeping with four different students, two of them in the same night. Jessie Lorene Goline, 25, faces first degree sexual assault charges.

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A former high school teacher in Arkansas accused of sleeping with four different students - two of them in the same night - stood before a judge Wednesday.

Jessie Lorene Goline, 25, faces one count of first-degree sexual assault, Arkansas Online reported.

Four students - three from Marked Three School District and one from East Poinsett County School District - allegedly had sex with Goline, who was a teacher at Marked Tree High School, from January to April 2016, according to Arkansas Online.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, 26, IN COURT ACCUSED OF SEX, NUDE PICS SENT TO 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT
Goline reportedly contacted the students via text message, which, according to court documents, "became more and more sexual in nature."

One of the students stated Goline texted him and asked him to go to her apartment, where they later had sexual intercourse.

Another student said Goline picked him up in Marked Tree, then drove him to her apartment in Jonesboro, where they had sex twice, KAIT-TV reported. That student told authorities that another student also visited Goline's apartment that same night.
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A third student told Arkansas State Police that Goline sent him sexually explicit texts, including a photo of herself in undergarments. The student said Goline commented on "how good he looked in class," and "texted him that she would like to have sex with him but he was too young."

Goline told authorities that she had sexual relations with four students, according to Arkansas Online, but believed one of them was 18, when he was "way younger than what he had told her."

Court documents stated that Goline went to Principal Matt Wright's office crying, while he was in the midst of reporting the situation to the Arkansas Crimes Against Children hotline.
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When Wright asked if she had any inappropriate contact with students, Goline allegedly said, "I'm not going to lose my husband," but added, "We had sex."

Goline was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center Wednesday afternoon on a $5,000 bond, and was waiting for an Oct. 31 court appearance. KAIT-TV reported she was released from custody later in the afternoon.

If convicted, Goline could face 10 to 40 years, or life, in prison.

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Arkansas high school teacher slept with 4 students, 2 in same night, cops say

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A former high school teacher in Arkansas accused of sleeping with four different students - two of them in the same night - stood before a judge Wednesday. Jessie Lorene Goline, 25, faces one count of first-degree sexual assault, Arkansas Online reported.

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After a rumor about the world ending on Saturday, a writer says it is not on Saturday and explains why.

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The end is still nigh -- just not as nigh as it was earlier this week, a Christian conspiracy theorist says.

David Meade, who claimed the world is ending Saturday when a mysterious planet collides with Earth, is now backtracking on the calamitous claim.

Meade said the world won't end on Sept. 23 after all, but instead Saturday will only mark the beginning of a series of catastrophic events to occur over several weeks.

"The world is not ending, but the world as we know it is ending," he told the Washington Post. "A major part of the world will not be the same the beginning of October."

Meade said his prediction is based on verses and numerical codes found in the Bible, specifically in the apocalyptic Book of Revelation. He said recent events, such as the solar eclipse and Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, are omens of the approaching apocalypse.

The significant number is 33, according to Meade.

"Jesus lived for 33 years. The name Elohim, which is the name of God for the Jews, was mentioned 33 times [in the Bible]," he said. "It's a very biblically significant, numerologically significant number. I'm talking astronomy. I'm talking the Bible...and merging the two."

Sept. 23 is also 33 days since the Aug. 21 solar eclipse.

Meade has also built his theory on the so-called Planet X, which is also known as Nibiru, which he believes will pass Earth on Sept. 23. This will cause volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes, he claims.

NASA has repeatedly said Planet X does not exist.

Meade's prediction has been dismissed by people of faith including the Roman Catholic and Protestant branches of Christianity.

Ed Stetzer, a professor and executive director of Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, slammed Meade's theory on Friday, calling it "fake news" and asked Christians to be critical.

"It's simply fake news that a lot of Christians believe the world will end on September 23," Stetzer wrote in Christianity Today. "Yet, it is still a reminder that we need to think critically about all the news."

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Doomsday is not on Saturday after all, Christian conspiracy theorist claims

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The end is still nigh -- just not as nigh as it was earlier this week, a Christian conspiracy theorist says. David Meade, who claimed the world is ending Saturday when a mysterious planet collides with Earth, is now backtracking on the calamitous claim. Meade said the world won't end on Sept.

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Trump was tweeting about Russia and Hilary Clinton, he said that the news only covered the Russia scandal to make Hilary look good.

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"The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook," Trump tweeted. "What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" (Why is "Media" capitalized? I ask myself these questions all the time.)

Then, shortly after that first tweet came this one: "The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media 'screaming' for Crooked Hillary Clinton. Next, she was a bad candidate!"

In the first tweet, Trump was reacting directly to the news announced Thursday afternoon that Facebook was turning over to special counsel Robert Mueller more than 3,000 ads run on its site by a known Russian troll farm. The second tweet was more standard-issue Trumping -- downplaying Russian influence by trying to make the case that the biased media and Clinton's candidate skills were the only factors in the race.

The problem with that line of thinking is that it's a) wrong and b) leaves the US open to future intrusions by foreign powers on our elections.

How is it wrong? Because every intelligence agency in a position to know has said there is definitive proof Russia was seeking to meddle in the 2016 election with the purpose of helping Trump and hurting Clinton. The CIA. The FBI. The NSA.
"We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments."
Unless you believe that all three of our major intelligence agencies are involved in some sort of elaborate scheme to trump -- ahem -- up the idea that Russia sought to influence the election on behalf of Trump, then the president's charges of "hoax" ring totally false.

Trump's national security H.R. McMaster insisted to CNN's "New Day" on Thursday that Trump took seriously the allegations against Russia.

"The questions about what they did, who might have helped them and how to stop it, you believe those are all legitimate questions for us to look at?," host Chris Cuomo asked.

"Of course, and so does the President," replied McMaster.

But his tweets tell another story. Why would Trump knowingly defy the unanimous assessment of his intelligence agencies on Russian influence? Because, in his mind, validating that, yes, of course, Russia sought to meddle in the election somehow de-legitimizes his victory. As if the fact that Russia was actively involved in trying to help him means he didn't win on his own or didn't win fair and square.

That is, obviously, not true. While all the relevant intelligence agencies agree that Russia sought to meddle in the election on Trump's behalf, none of them have come forward with any evidence that suggests any actual vote tampering occurred. As in: Russia tried to help Trump but it's not clear -- at least when it comes to directly messing with votes -- they succeeded.

Trump is blind -- willfully or otherwise -- to that set of facts.

The insistence by Trump that the news media's role in the campaign was somehow more threatening than a foreign power's attempt to influence an American election is mind-boggling.

It's also dangerous. Here's why.

Every intelligence official -- from former FBI Director James Comey to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper -- agrees that Russia views their role in the 2016 election as a success and that they will be back for more come 2018 and 2020.

"I think one of the lessons the Russians may have drawn from this is that this works," Comey said at a Judiciary Committee hearing in May. "And so as I said a month or so ago, I expect to see them back in 2018, and especially in 2020."

By minimizing the threat posed by Russians trying to influence US elections, Trump is ensuring that whatever Mueller finds will be seen through a totally partisan lens by many of his followers. It won't be taken at face value or anything close to it.

And, that's not even the biggest problem! The biggest problem is that the president of the United States has repeatedly and publicly denied the idea that Russia was involved in trying to throw the election to him. That means that whatever recommendations Mueller -- and the congressional committees also investigating Russia's role in 2016 -- make to Trump about how to keep this from happening again are likely to be ignored or minimized.

Which, in turn, makes it more likely to happen again. That's dangerous for our democracy.

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"The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook," Trump tweeted. "What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" (Why is "Media" capitalized? I ask myself these questions all the time.) Then, shortly after that first tweet came this one: "The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media 'screaming' for Crooked Hillary Clinton.

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There was a sinkhole in a Florida neighborhood. From hurricane Irma

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A pair of sinkholes have opened up in a central Florida neighborhood after hurricane Irma hit the state earlier this month.

Tuesday morning, a huge sinkhole swallowed part of a home in Apopka, Florida, a city 18 miles northwest of Orlando.

Luckily, the residents, Ellen and Garry Miller, were not injured in that sinkhole.

"We made it through the hurricane. We were really, really lucky, and then this," Miller told ABC-affiliate WFTV. "This is the only home I know. It's the only home my kids know."

Unfortunately, the Millers are not alone in their plight, as just down the street from them, another sinkhole formed yesterday.

The newest sinkhole is about 30 feet wide, according to an Orange County Fire Rescue spokesperson, and is about 100 feet from a house. Officials told WFTV the residents are not being asked to evacuate and should simply monitor the sinkhole situation.

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Dave Carpenter lives near the newest sinkhole and told WFTV he's distressed by it.

"You'd have to be crazy not to be worried about it if one opens right next door to you," Carpenter told WFTV.

It's not yet clear if Irma can be blamed for the sinkholes, but a local expert said they tend to show up after hurricanes.

"When you have heavy rains, the chances of sinkholes [appearing goes] up quite a bit," Dr. Manoj Chopra, a University of Central Florida engineering professor, told WFTV.

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Chopra told WFTV he expects more sinkholes will form throughout the state in the coming weeks.

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Sinkholes appear in central Florida neighborhood after Hurricane Irma's heavy rains

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A pair of sinkholes have opened up in a central Florida neighborhood after hurricane Irma hit the state earlier this month. Tuesday morning, a huge sinkhole swallowed part of a home in Apopka, Florida, a city 18 miles northwest of Orlando. Luckily, the residents, Ellen and Garry Miller, were not injured in that sinkhole.

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Tweeting  President throws people off by making statements about Russian ads.

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"The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook," Trump tweeted. "What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" (Why is "Media" capitalized? I ask myself these questions all the time.)

Then, shortly after that first tweet came this one: "The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media 'screaming' for Crooked Hillary Clinton. Next, she was a bad candidate!"

In the first tweet, Trump was reacting directly to the news announced Thursday afternoon that Facebook was turning over to special counsel Robert Mueller more than 3,000 ads run on its site by a known Russian troll farm. The second tweet was more standard-issue Trumping -- downplaying Russian influence by trying to make the case that the biased media and Clinton's candidate skills were the only factors in the race.

The problem with that line of thinking is that it's a) wrong and b) leaves the US open to future intrusions by foreign powers on our elections.

How is it wrong? Because every intelligence agency in a position to know has said there is definitive proof Russia was seeking to meddle in the 2016 election with the purpose of helping Trump and hurting Clinton. The CIA. The FBI. The NSA.
"We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments."
Unless you believe that all three of our major intelligence agencies are involved in some sort of elaborate scheme to trump -- ahem -- up the idea that Russia sought to influence the election on behalf of Trump, then the president's charges of "hoax" ring totally false.

Trump's national security H.R. McMaster insisted to CNN's "New Day" on Thursday that Trump took seriously the allegations against Russia.

"The questions about what they did, who might have helped them and how to stop it, you believe those are all legitimate questions for us to look at?," host Chris Cuomo asked.

"Of course, and so does the President," replied McMaster.

But his tweets tell another story. Why would Trump knowingly defy the unanimous assessment of his intelligence agencies on Russian influence? Because, in his mind, validating that, yes, of course, Russia sought to meddle in the election somehow de-legitimizes his victory. As if the fact that Russia was actively involved in trying to help him means he didn't win on his own or didn't win fair and square.

That is, obviously, not true. While all the relevant intelligence agencies agree that Russia sought to meddle in the election on Trump's behalf, none of them have come forward with any evidence that suggests any actual vote tampering occurred. As in: Russia tried to help Trump but it's not clear -- at least when it comes to directly messing with votes -- they succeeded.

Trump is blind -- willfully or otherwise -- to that set of facts.

The insistence by Trump that the news media's role in the campaign was somehow more threatening than a foreign power's attempt to influence an American election is mind-boggling.

It's also dangerous. Here's why.

Every intelligence official -- from former FBI Director James Comey to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper -- agrees that Russia views their role in the 2016 election as a success and that they will be back for more come 2018 and 2020.

"I think one of the lessons the Russians may have drawn from this is that this works," Comey said at a Judiciary Committee hearing in May. "And so as I said a month or so ago, I expect to see them back in 2018, and especially in 2020."

By minimizing the threat posed by Russians trying to influence US elections, Trump is ensuring that whatever Mueller finds will be seen through a totally partisan lens by many of his followers. It won't be taken at face value or anything close to it.

And, that's not even the biggest problem! The biggest problem is that the president of the United States has repeatedly and publicly denied the idea that Russia was involved in trying to throw the election to him. That means that whatever recommendations Mueller -- and the congressional committees also investigating Russia's role in 2016 -- make to Trump about how to keep this from happening again are likely to be ignored or minimized.

Which, in turn, makes it more likely to happen again. That's dangerous for our democracy.

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"The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook," Trump tweeted. "What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" (Why is "Media" capitalized? I ask myself these questions all the time.) Then, shortly after that first tweet came this one: "The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media 'screaming' for Crooked Hillary Clinton.

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In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria hit, and in the song Despacito the music video was filmed in Puerto Rico and the homes they filmed in front of got destroyed.

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In recent years, residents of the low-income neighborhood had worked hard to change its image -- and they got a huge boost when Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee chose to film the music video for their hit song "Despacito" there in 2016.

In the video, the camera pans over brightly colored homes stacked closely together alongside the rocky beach, walls tagged with vibrant graffiti, and streets filled with people dancing.

Since its release, La Perla has become a popular tourist destination.

But when Hurricane Maria swept across the island on Wednesday, it dealt the area a heavy blow.

Many of the brilliantly-colored buildings have been torn apart, leaving only hints of what once was -- a bright yellow wall, jumbled in a mess of debris; deep red and royal blue foundations standing amid downed power lines and clusters of wooden beams.

The 'Despacito' video was released in January and has over 3.7 billion views on YouTube. The video is the most-viewed of all time, was the first to hit two and three billion views, and is the most liked in YouTube history, with over 21 million likes.

Fonsi posted a picture of the neighborhood on Instagram in July congratulating the people of La Perla for their restoration project saying that "thanks to Despacito, I am part of you."

In a separate post about his song, the artist wrote: "Puerto Rico is the true protagonist of this song and video. It was always my great inspiration."

CNN's Braden Goyette contributed to this report.

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In recent years, residents of the low-income neighborhood had worked hard to change its image -- and they got a huge boost when Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee chose to film the music video for their hit song "Despacito" there in 2016.

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The world's richest woman has died she was 94 year old and heiress of  the French Cosmetics  company L'Oreal ,she was the founder daughter.http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/21/news/richest-woman-death-liliane-bettencourt/index.html

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College student from University of Arkansas catches and kills a 11 ft and 516 pound alligator. The record catch was 13 ft long and 1000 pounds.

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DUMAS (KFSM) -- A University of Arkansas student killed a mammoth alligator last week in the marshes of southeast Arkansas.

Martin Lee Walt captured an 11-foot, 516-pound alligator on Sept. 15 in Dumas, which is near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.

"We went to a place where we knew there were a bunch of big alligators we didn't really know quite the size of how big some of the biggest ones were." said Lee.

In the video posted above you see Lee and his friends struggle to get the gator on board."We could not get him over the edge of the boat we had to actually tie him onto the edge and take him to the bank and then pull him out of the water with a pick up truck."

Out of the thousands that applied, Lee was one of 101 Arkansans to get an alligator hunting license for the second time. The natural born hunter says it was a definite change of pace."It was a new challenge not many people have done it in Dumas."

The catch is just shy of the state record, which belongs to Michael Cottingham. According to Outdoor Life, Cottingham caught a 13-foot, 1,000-pound alligator in Lake Millwood, another prime spot for alligators in southwest Arkansas.

Big Arkie -- arguably the state's most famous alligator -- was also a 13-foot behemoth.

He was captured in 1952 near Hope and later put on exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo. Big Arkie died in captivity in 1970 and was later mounted at the state Game and Fish Commission office.

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DUMAS (KFSM) -- A University of Arkansas student killed a mammoth alligator last week in the marshes of southeast Arkansas. Martin Lee Walt captured an 11-foot, 516-pound alligator on Sept. 15 in Dumas, which is near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.

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Navy workers at a hospital get fired for inappropriate snap chats of newborn babies .

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Navy hospital in Florida has removed some employees from patient care after Snapchat photos showed a nurse giving the middle finger to a newborn with a caption that said, "How I currently feel about these mini Satans."

Jeanne Casey, spokeswoman for the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, said in a statement released late Monday said the incident is "outrageous, incredibly unprofessional, and cannot be tolerated."

The Snapchat post also said the "navy nurse" and her friend made a baby dance to rap music.

Casey says the employees have been removed from patient care and they will be handled by the legal system and military justice.

She said the hospital was in the process of notifying the parents of the babies.

The statement didn't say how many employees were involved in the incident.

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- Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) September 19, 2017

Florida hospital workers called newborns 'mini-Satans', took photos https://t.co/xhBzqvjawF pic.twitter.com/mw4FXxOxh3
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'Outrageous' U.S. Navy workers removed for flipping off 'mini Satan' babies at hospital

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Navy hospital in Florida has removed some employees from patient care after Snapchat photos showed a nurse giving the middle finger to a newborn with a caption that said, "How I currently feel about these mini Satans."

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An journalist and her mother, who were active in opposition to the Syrian regime, were found murdered in Istanbul yesterday.

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An American-born journalist and her mother, who were active in opposition to the Syrian regime, were found murdered in Istanbul yesterday.

Halla Barakat and her mother Orouba Barakat were Syrians living in Turkey and close friends of American humanitarian aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage by ISIS in Aleppo, Syria in 2013 and killed 18 months later.

Turkish media reports and sources said the Barakats were strangled and stabbed to death, possibly four or five days ago, then doused in a chemical to delay decomposition. Police officials told ABC News that they are investigating but have made no arrests and have no suspects.

Other sources said the Assad regime is a prime suspect in the killings of the Barakat women.

The women had recounted in "The Girl Left Behind" on ABC's "20/20" last year how they had befriended and worked with Kayla Mueller of Prescott, Arizona, to aid Syrian refugee mothers and their children in Antakya, Turkey, who had fled the civil war in their homeland only a few kilometers away.

"Just saying Kayla's name in front of them, they smile," Orouba Barakat told ABC's Brian Ross in an interview about Mueller.

The elder Barakat was active in the Syrian Opposition Council, a group of Syrian expatriates who stand against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Halla Barakat was a young journalist who attended school and freelanced for Oreient television, TRT World and ABC News.

The Barakat women had been working to start a charity in Kayla Mueller's honor that would support Syrian women living in refugee camps in Turkey. They would purchase yarn in Istanbul and take it to the women in the camps near the Syrian border, where the women would create hand-woven items such as slippers which they hoped to sell in the U.S. to support themselves.

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Mueller was "inspiring," the younger Barakat recalled, because she had sacrificed a good life in the U.S. to live in austere conditions to assist war refugees, particularly Syrian children.

In August 2013, Mueller decided to accompany a friend into Syria to help install satellite Internet at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo. The few kidnappings of western aid workers and journalists was a closely held secret at that time, which Mueller was unaware of, but Orouba warned her not to go into the war zone.

"I told her, it's very dangerous," she told ABC News last year.

"She was like, 'Don't worry'," Halla Barakat recalled in the interview in Turkey for "20/20."

After staying overnight at the hospital, Mueller was abducted by a then-unknown terrorist group, ISIS. She was held for 18 months and tortured at times but helped her fellow western hostages and often put their interests before her own, several former ISIS hostages have told ABC News.

Both Barakats pleaded with U.S. embassy officials in Turkey to do more to find and recover their friend after she went missing. A few weeks after her abduction by ISIS, Mueller left Orouba Barakat a voicemail pleading for help.

The Mueller family worked with the FBI fruitlessly in a protracted negotiation for her release but U.S. policy forbade ransom payments and ISIS stopped responding in the fall of 2014.

On Feb. 6, 2015, ISIS tweeted that Mueller had been killed in an airstrike and subsequently sent three gruesome photos to her mother of her purported remains. The Obama administration quickly confirmed her death though many questions linger.

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An American-born journalist and her mother, who were active in opposition to the Syrian regime, were found murdered in Istanbul yesterday. Halla Barakat and her mother Orouba Barakat were Syrians living in Turkey and close friends of American humanitarian aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage by ISIS in Aleppo, Syria in 2013 and killed 18 months later.

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FBI Director James Comey Friday was making a speech at Howard University the students all protested they were yelling from the back of the room, raising their fists and shouting. Some of the slogans included. Comey stood on the stage for 15 minuets silent.

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As he began his comments, protesters could be heard yelling from the back, raising their fists and shouting several slogans, including: "Get out James Comey, you aren't our homey," and "No justice, no peace."

At one point, Comey said from the podium that he hoped the protesters would listen to what he has to say.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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As he began his comments, protesters could be heard yelling from the back, raising their fists and shouting several slogans, including: "Get out James Comey, you aren't our homey," and "No justice, no peace." At one point, Comey said from the podium that he hoped the protesters would listen to what he has to say.

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Mexico earthquake: Navy official apologizes over reports of trapped girl

After the school in Mexico a 12 year old girl was found she was pulled out and taken to the hospital

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Death toll from central Mexico earthquake rises to 286

Official: All students have been accounted for at collapsed school

A Mexican navy official has apologized for confusion over reports that a 12-year-old girl was trapped alive after a Mexico City school collapsed in the wake of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that killed more than 280 people nationwide.

Those reports had riveted Mexicans pulling for an uplifting rescue when the temblor damaged the Enrique Rebsamen school Tuesday.

Rescue workers said Wednesday they believed they'd made contact with a girl trapped in the rubble at the school, where at least 19 children and six adults were killed.

For more than a day, rescuers told reporters they were trying to reach and free the girl - efforts that were shown live on television.

But by Thursday afternoon, navy official Angel Enrique Sarmiento said all the school's children had been accounted for - either having died, been hospitalized or found safe - and there was no student known to be in the rubble.

Sarmiento, deputy navy secretary, followed up with an apology Thursday night, while emphasizing that someone still could be alive in the debris.

"I want to make it very clear that the information the Mexican public received about the existence of a girl who was alive underneath the rubble was released by the navy based on the technical reports and the accounts of the civilian and navy rescuers," he said.

"I offer the Mexican public an apology for the information disseminated (Thursday) afternoon where I affirmed that I did not have details about a supposed child survivor in this tragedy."

A search of the school continues, though the last time a body was found - that of a 58-year-old woman, the navy said - was Thursday morning.

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Austraila was the first to have opened stores for the newest iPhone

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An Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, was the first in the world to sell an iPhone 8.

The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. Friday, local media reported, and ushered in a few fans who had camped out, along with others who woke up early. They were there to buy the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the updated Apple Watch and Apple TV.

Lining up outside Apple Stores has become a tradition for Apple product launches. But the usual excitement is expected to be muted this year, with many customers choosing to wait until November to upgrade to the more expensive iPhone X.

Released 10 years after the first iPhone, the iPhone X is being marketed as the future of the product line. It features face-scanning technology that can unlock the phone or make animated emoji faces. The screen takes up more space, pushing off the iconic Home button.

Related: iPhone 8 cuts the cord and prepares for the future

Most shoppers at an Apple Store in downtown Hong Kong told CNNMoney they were planning to wait for the iPhone X. Those who were there to buy the 8 gave a range of reasons, including its cheaper price tag and the fact that it still has a Home button.

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are more conventional devices than the X.

They add wireless charging, new camera sensors and the same faster A11 processor as the X, but for the most part look the same as the iPhone 7. They also cost $200 to $300 less than the iPhone X, which starts at $999.

Apple's unusual strategy of releasing multiple new phones and staggering the launch dates might not hurt its bottom line, but it could damper launch day excitement for both.

There's no reason to wait outside an Apple Store to buy a new iPhone the day it's released. It's easier to pre-order online and get it handed to you by a friendly delivery person. You can also walk into a store like Best Buy or a cellular carrier outlet to get one without the fuss. But the line has become a meeting place for die-hard Apple fans and savvy self-promoters waiting for television interviews.

-- Rudolph Birgelen contributed to this report.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published September 22, 2017: 4:28 AM ET

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The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. Friday, local media reported, and ushered in a few fans who had camped out, along with others who woke up early. They were there to buy the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the updated Apple Watch and Apple TV.

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Puerto Rico has been devastated by Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 storm that also impacted several islands in the Caribbean.

It was the strongest storm to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 85 years. It came ashore on September 20 with sustained winds of 155 mph, knocking out power to the entire island. Trees were uprooted, homes were destroyed, and there was also widespread flooding.

"This is total devastation," said Carlos Mercader, a spokesman for Puerto Rico's governor. "Puerto Rico, in terms of the infrastructure, will not be the same. ... This is something of historic proportions."

Produced by Lyric Lewin, Brett Roegiers, Bernadette Tuazon and Kyle Almond

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Puerto Rico has been devastated by Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 storm that also impacted several islands in the Caribbean. It was the strongest storm to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 85 years. It came ashore on September 20 with sustained winds of 155 mph, knocking out power to the entire island.

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A nine year old girl scout is honored for saving her mom in a car crash/overturned car.

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Last April Melina Lakey was riding home from a movie with her parents when their SUV clipped a drainage ditch and rolled over six times, landing on its roof.

The 9-year-old was pulled to safety by her dad, Jeff Lakey, who was driving. When Melina saw that her mom, Ashley McCollum-Lakey, was stuck in the passenger seat, she ran back to help.

"When the airbags deploy you can't see any of the doors, so she lifted them up so I could find my way out," McCollum-Lakey told ABC News. "She said, 'Mommy I'm right here. Come to me.'"

She continued, "She lifted up five impact airbags to get me out, through glass and debris."

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana

Melina, a Girl Scout from Pendleton, Indiana, was honored Thursday for her heroism by the Girl Scouts of the USA.

She received the Medal of Honor, one of two Lifesaving Awards given by the Girl Scouts for "saving life or attempting to save life without risk to the candidate's own life."

The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, the 45-county council that represents Melina's troop, has awarded only one other Lifesaving Award in the past decade, according to a council spokeswoman.

"It felt really good," Melina, a fourth grader who has been a Girl Scout for the past five years, told ABC News. "It felt like everybody cared."

Melina, who was 8 at the time of the accident, took control after rescuing her mom by calling 911 on her parents' cellphone. She and her mom, who is her troop leader, had spent that April day at a local fire department with fellow Girl Scouts learning first aid skills and what to do in an emergency.

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"They said that if you're ever in a big accident, always call 911," Melina said.

She added, "Even though you think [an accident] is not going to happen to you, it still will. They taught me everything I needed."

Melina and her dad escaped the accident with no injuries. McCollum-Lakey suffered a shoulder injury and some bruising but credits her daughter with saving her life.

"Melina didn't think twice," she said. "She knew there was glass and debris and she just wanted to make sure that she knew mommy and daddy were OK."

Melina, whose favorite Girl Scout activity is hiking, also received a congratulatory letter from Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Sylvia Acevedo.

"Your extraordinary courage, incredible confidence, and your willingness to take decisive action in the midst of an emergency has not only saved a life, but also serves as a shining example for Girl Scouts everywhere of fortitude and dedication," the letter read in part. "Your heroism and sound judgment have earned you a place in the pantheon of heroes who have come before you, and left an indelible mark on the Girl Scouts."

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Hurricane Maria lashes Turks and Caicos.The Turks and Caicos Islands felt Hurricane Maria's wrath Friday as the storm hurtled through the Caribbean while still causing trouble on the battered US territory of Puerto Rico after its landfall two days earlier.

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As the storm continues to inch towards the Turks and Caicos, also known as TCI, it's already lashing the small archipelago with winds of over 124 mph (200 kmh).

It's expected to pass the islands with about 50 miles (80 kilometers) to spare, still close enough to dump around 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain on the islands.

The "TCI are already feeling the impact" of the storm, although it looks like it won't make landfall, CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis said.

Maginnis says that the islands, along with the Bahamas, should expect continued heavy downpours, as well as a potential storm surge of around nine to 13 feet (3 to 4 meters).

Maria has been downgraded from the Category 5 storm which left the island nation of Dominica, along with Puerto Rico, inundated and completely without power. It's now a Category 3 storm and Hurricane Warnings have been issued for TCI, the Bahamas and the northeastern shore of the Dominican Republic.

The giant storm's deadly toll is beginning to mount. At least 14 are confirmed dead on Dominica, and dozens more are missing. Eight people, including a family of four, drowned in the Puerto Rico city of Toa Baja, according to local media.

Over the coming days, the storm is forecast to pitch out over the open waters of the Atlantic, traveling north but it's unlikely to have much effect on the US' eastern coast.

Death, destruction

Parts of the Caribbean which Maria has already passed over are still coming to terms with the extent of their losses.

CNN's Michael Holmes, who is on the devastated island of Dominica, says that almost all trees from this lush, rainforested paradise have been completely denuded, leaving a stark, brown landscape in its place.

Aid had been stockpiled in anticipation of Hurricane Irma, the storm which preceded Maria by only a matter of days, but was distributed to neighboring islands after Dominica appeared to have avoided the worst of it. Then came Maria.

And in Puerto Rico, the US territory which was the hurricane's next landfall, every inch of the territory has been impacted in one way or another.

US President Donald Trump has pledged aid -- and a visit -- to the beleaguered island.

"Puerto Rico was absolutely obliterated ... with winds, they say, they've never seen winds like this anywhere," he said.

As many as 4,500 Army reservists have been brought in to complement the Puerto Rican National Guard, says Brig. Gen. Dustin Shultz, who is commanding the reserves in the Caribbean during the rescue effort.

"The reality is that the damage will not be known for months in its entirety, until we can really get about and see all the different levels of damage. You're talking massive destruction ... Communications are virtually nonexistent throughout the island right now," she told CNN.

"The biggest need is to get the ports and airports open again and I've been told that it's likely that at least for military and support the airport might be open again tomorrow (Friday) so we can get the fuel pumping again and the goods and services that are needed to make sure that people have basic necessities."

'Messed up organization'

Across Puerto Rico, CNN correspondents surveyed the damage.

In San Juan, the Ashford Presbyterian hospital, like many other buildings, had suffered damage -- part of life in the "hurricane corridor," planning director Margo Silva told correspondent Nick Valenica.

"We're used to dealing with this. Unfortunately being so close to the ocean, these circumstances come up."

The air conditioning had failed, meaning patients, like 103-year-old Diosa Alarondo was suffering in the heat.

She's been here for two months and her daughter, Jacqueline Alarondo was distressed. Water only arrived Thursday afternoon, she said. "It was bad, messed up organization from the administration."

But another patient, Ana Rivera, said it might have been the best place to ride out the storm. The food comes on time, and they've been treating her well, she confirmed.

Ten miles west of the capital, CNN's Leyla Santiago met residents trudging though floodwaters to reach their homes -- many of which no longer had roofs.

Sylvia Colon fought back tears as firefighters and the national guard reached her 84-year-old neighbor, refusing to leave the woman who she says is like a grandmother to her.

One teenager, 16-year-old Marytere, had to cross floods with her family, clutching their small dogs, along with bags filled with food, toiletries and pillows, to reach the rescue team.

They left to find help when the water got too high. "I'm scared of what's going to happen now to us," she said, wiping away tears.

"What's the family going to do now?"

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Death toll from central Mexico earthquake rises to 286

Official: All students have been accounted for at collapsed school

A Mexican navy official has apologized for confusion over reports that a 12-year-old girl was trapped alive after a Mexico City school collapsed in the wake of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that killed more than 280 people nationwide.

Those reports had riveted Mexicans pulling for an uplifting rescue when the temblor damaged the Enrique Rebsamen school Tuesday.

Rescue workers said Wednesday they believed they'd made contact with a girl trapped in the rubble at the school, where at least 19 children and six adults were killed.

For more than a day, rescuers told reporters they were trying to reach and free the girl - efforts that were shown live on television.

But by Thursday afternoon, navy official Angel Enrique Sarmiento said all the school's children had been accounted for - either having died, been hospitalized or found safe - and there was no student known to be in the rubble.

Sarmiento, deputy navy secretary, followed up with an apology Thursday night, while emphasizing that someone still could be alive in the debris.

"I want to make it very clear that the information the Mexican public received about the existence of a girl who was alive underneath the rubble was released by the navy based on the technical reports and the accounts of the civilian and navy rescuers," he said.

"I offer the Mexican public an apology for the information disseminated (Thursday) afternoon where I affirmed that I did not have details about a supposed child survivor in this tragedy."

A search of the school continues, though the last time a body was found - that of a 58-year-old woman, the navy said - was Thursday morning.

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London's transport authority announced Friday that it will not renew Uber's license, saying the company is not "fit and proper" to operate in the city.

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London's transport authority announced Friday that it will not renew Uber's license, saying the company is not "fit and proper" to operate in the city.

Transport for London cited the company's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses, and its use of software that prevented regulators and law enforcement from monitoring the app.

London mayor Sadiq Khan said he "fully supports" the decision to not renew the license when it expires September 30.

"All companies in London must play by the rules and adhere to the high standards we expect -- particularly when it comes to the safety of customers," he said in a statement. "Providing an innovative service must not be at the expense of customer safety and security."

Uber said in a statement that it would "immediately challenge this [decision] in the courts."

It can continue to operate while it appeals.

"Transport for London and the mayor have caved in to a small number of people who want to restrict consumer choice," Uber said. "If this decision stands, it will put more than 40,000 licensed drivers out of work and deprive Londoners of a convenient and affordable form of transport."

About 3.5 million Londoners have used Uber.

London's traditional "Black Cab" taxi drivers have been among the most vocal opponents of Uber and have campaigned to convince politicians and residents to steer clear of the American firm.

Uber has sparked numerous controversies in major global cities over passenger safety, background checks and driver pay.

Uber operates in nearly 700 cities around the world.

-- Simon Cullen contributed reporting.

CNNMoney (London) First published September 22, 2017: 6:12 AM ET

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Transport for London cited the company's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses, and its use of software that prevented regulators and law enforcement from monitoring the app. London mayor Sadiq Khan said he "fully supports" the decision to not renew the license when it expires September 30.