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President Trump tore into congressional Republicans Friday for their failure to pass big legislation, effectively firing back at critics griping about his dealings this week with Democratic leaders.

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President Trump tore into congressional Republicans Friday for their failure to pass big legislation, effectively firing back at critics griping about his dealings this week with Democratic leaders.

"Republicans, sorry, but I've been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn't happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will ... never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control - will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish!" he tweeted.

At the same time, Trump tried to light a fire under GOP lawmakers to get to work on his next big agenda time: Tax reform.

"Republicans must start the Tax Reform/Tax Cut legislation ASAP. Don't wait until the end of September. Needed now more than ever. Hurry!" he tweeted.

The president stunned GOP leadership on Wednesday by agreeing to demands by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to attach a short-term debt-ceiling and spending measure to Hurricane Harvey relief funds. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and others had wanted a longer-term debt deal, but were overruled by the president.

The president followed that up by reportedly discussing the prospect with Schumer and Pelosi of scrapping the debt ceiling entirely - to boot, he tweeted assurances to so-called "dreamers" on Thursday at Pelosi's request.
RYAN WON'T BACK SCRAPPING DEBT CEILING
Ryan, who dined Thursday with Trump, later dismissed reports that he was furious at the president. But, speaking with Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum," he said he would oppose any deal to eliminate the debt ceiling.

"As imperfect as this tool is, I always see this as a good tool for fiscal discipline," Ryan said. "I like the fact that Congress controls the power of the purse and that gives us opportunities for fiscal discipline."

Yet Trump's discussions with Democrats reflect a growing frustration with Capitol Hill Republicans, who repeatedly have been unable to pass legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act - as referenced in Friday's tweet.

Further, Trump for months has prodded Republicans to lower the 60-vote standard needed to pass controversial legislation to a simple 51-vote majority. This is the "Filibuster Rule" he mentioned on Friday. McConnell, though, has long been resistant to changing those rules - perhaps concerned it could come back to hurt the party whenever the GOP is in the minority. Further, the last ObamaCare overhaul bill was not subject to the 60-vote standard and failed anyway.

But Trump has been struggling to pass elements of his agenda through the GOP-controlled Congress. A source told Fox News that in striking the short-term debt-ceiling deal, Trump wanted to clear the decks so he could get Congress to focus on tax reform - his big legislative agenda item this fall, which he touted during a speech late Wednesday in North Dakota.

Trump also tweeted a warning Friday to residents in the path of Hurricane Irma.

"Hurricane Irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. Be safe and get out of its way,if possible. Federal G is ready!" he wrote.
Fox News' John Roberts contributed to this report.

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President Trump tore into congressional Republicans Friday for their failure to pass big legislation, effectively firing back at critics griping about his dealings this week with Democratic leaders. "Republicans, sorry, but I've been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn't happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will ...

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Man suffers brain injury after being viciously beaten during fight over pizza. The man is now recovering at VCU medical center after brain surgery.

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RICHMOND, Va. ( WTVR) -- A man is recovering at VCU Medical Center, hours removed from brain surgery, after he was attacked and beaten outside a Shockoe Bottom pizzeria early Wednesday morning.

Crime Insider sources tell Jon Burkett that from looking at surveillance video, the attack that nearly killed him, came out of nowhere.

Standing outside a pizza place at the corner of 18th and Main Streets, two men were attacked, according to police.

Crime Insider sources said the 28-year-old victim was hit so hard in his temple that he stiffened and fell hard to the concrete sidewalk.

"It's impossible to stop every psycho that will beat someone up over a slice of pizza. It's a cultural problem that we can't have in Shockoe Bottom," David Napier, president of the Shockoe Bottom Association, said.

Police have not confirmed the motive for the attack but sources said it appeared to be a random attack.

Those same sources said the victim, who was still in critical condition, appeared on the pizza shop surveillance video, suffering the vicious beating. The second victim suffered minor injuries.

When reached on the phone, the victim's mother said she was disheartened and concerned. She said it was a shame you can't stand outside without the fear of getting pummeled for no reason.

"The buck stops with the mayor," said Napier. "He got to take a hard look at it. It's his city for the next four to eight years. We'd love to work with him in any way possible. The officers that I know would want this problem to go away. We just need to re think our strategy a little bit."

Napier said that this type of crime can cause what he calls the "economic engine" of this city to sputter, and hopes police catch whoever attacked the men.

"We have a very bad look right now because there's so much construction in the market. But when all of this is built out by next summer, we're going to have a beautiful downtown city center. The investment the city made down here will not pay off until they take this neighborhood seriously."

Crime Insider sources said police have good suspect information and an arrest was imminent.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

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RICHMOND, Va. ( WTVR) -- A man is recovering at VCU Medical Center, hours removed from brain surgery, after he was attacked and beaten outside a Shockoe Bottom pizzeria early Wednesday morning. Crime Insider sources tell Jon Burkett that from looking at surveillance video, the attack that nearly killed him, came out of nowhere.

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A man in California finds a burglary suspect naked in his bed.

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A Northern California man arriving home from work this week discovered a naked woman he did not know asleep in his bed, police said.

The unidentified man told officers the strange saga started Tuesday when he found a parcel ripped open on the porch of his home in the small farming city of Anderson.

A utility knife that he had last seen inside in the home was lying on the porch, Anderson police said in a statement.

The man went inside and found a sandwich with bite taken and an open beer A pack of cigarettes was missing and an empty beer bottle sat nearby.

Then he noticed that someone had recently showered in the bathroom and strange clothes strewn about, the statement said.

He told police he then found the woman sleeping in his bed. He said he woke her up and called 911.

While the man was talking with a police dispatcher, the woman got dressed and wandered out to the front porch and sat down in a chair.

Police arrested Michelle Watkins, 33, of Junction City, a small town about 65 miles (105 kilometers) from where she was arrested.

Watkins had the man's pack of cigarettes when she was arrested, the statement said.

She was jailed for lack of $25,000 bail on suspicion of residential burglary, petty theft and possession of stolen property.

Jail records did not indicate if she is represented by an attorney.

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California man finds nude burglary suspect asleep in his bed

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A Northern California man arriving home from work this week discovered a naked woman he did not know asleep in his bed, police said. The unidentified man told officers the strange saga started Tuesday when he found a parcel ripped open on the porch of his home in the small farming city of Anderson.

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Hurricane Jose Strengthens to a Category 4 Hurricane With maximum sustained 150 mph winds.

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The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move northwest into the Atlantic Ocean.

As of Friday morning, a hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla; St. Martin; and St. Barthelemy -- islands that were all just battered by Hurricane Irma.

Developing story - more to come

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Hurricane Jose strengthens to a Category 4

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The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move northwest into the Atlantic Ocean. As of Friday morning, a hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla; St. Martin; and St. Barthelemy -- islands that were all just battered by Hurricane Irma.

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Equifax execs sold stock before hack was disclosed.Three Equifax executives sold shares of the credit-reporting company worth nearly $2 million shortly after a massive data breach was discovered. The sales occurred before the company announced the breach to the public on Thursday.

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Three Equifax executives sold shares of the credit-reporting company worth nearly $2 million shortly after a massive data breach was discovered. The sales occurred before the company announced the breach to the public on Thursday.

Equifax said in a statement to CNNMoney that it found out about the security incident on July 29 and immediately took action.

But according to filings with the SEC, Equifax Chief Financial Officer John Gamble sold shares worth nearly $950,000 on August 1.

Joseph Loughran, Equifax's president for U.S. information solutions, sold shares worth about $685,000 on August 1 as well.

And Rodolfo Ploder, president of workforce solutions, sold stock for just more than $250,000 on August 2.

Related: Giant Equifax data breach: 143 million compromised

Equifax told CNNMoney that the sales were just a "small percentage" of what these executives own and that they all "had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred" when they made the sales.

But Equifax may now have lost more than the trust of consumers following the news that 143 million people could be affected by the massive cybersecurity breach.

Wall Street appears to be losing faith in the company, too. Shares of Equifax plunged about 13% in early trading Friday.

Related: How to find out if you're affected

The credit-reporting giant is one of three firms, including TransUnion and Experian, that monitor the financial health of consumers and supply data to potential lenders to help them decide whether someone should get a loan.

That's why the Equifax hack is arguably scarier and more wide-reaching than other big data breaches over the past few years, such as the ones that happened at Target, Home Depot, Wendy's and, ironically enough, to the CEO of identity theft protection firm LifeLock.

CNNMoney's Jackie Wattles contributed to this story.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 8, 2017: 9:31 AM ET

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Equifax said in a statement to CNNMoney that it found out about the security incident on July 29 and immediately took action. But according to filings with the SEC, Equifax Chief Financial Officer John Gamble sold shares worth nearly $950,000 on August 1. Joseph Loughran, Equifax's president for U.S.

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Hurricane triple threat
As Irma strikes the east coast Jose threatens to pick up strength in the Atlantic and becomes an extremely dangerous category 4 with maximum winds of 150 mph and hurricane Katia is nearing Mexico

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The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move northwest into the Atlantic Ocean.

As of Friday morning, a hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla; St. Martin; and St. Barthelemy -- islands that were all just battered by Hurricane Irma.

Developing story - more to come

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Scientist say they may have discovered life on Mars

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Category 4 hurricane expected to hit the eastern coast.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott tells residents: 'You need to go right now'

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Gov. Rick Scott implored Floridians on Saturday to heed their local evacuation orders.

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JUCHITAN, Mexico Strongest quake to hit Mexico in 85 years

34 at least killed

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Florida gives a final warning to evacuate as the hurricane targets Tampa

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A hurricane-force wind gust was recorded in the Florida Keys late Saturday night -- the first sign of deadly Hurricane Irma's impending landfall on the U.S. mainland.

The weather service said the Smith Shoal Light station recorded a 74 mph wind gust on Saturday night, the Associated Press reported.

Meanwhile, the center of Irma was headed toward the Keys with sustained winds of 120 mph.

The edge of Hurricane Irma kicked up surf, whipped up palm trees and spun up at least one confirmed tornado as it approached landfall in Florida Saturday evening.

Irma had been downgraded to a Category 3 storm as it raked the coast of Cuba Saturday morning, but it was expected to get its strength back over the ultra-toasty Florida Straits and hit the peninsula Sunday morning as a dangerous Category 4 storm.

"This is your last chance to make a good decision," Gov. Rick Scott warned residents in Florida's evacuation zones, which encompassed a staggering 6.4 million people, or more than 1 in 4 people in the state.

As of 2 a.m. ET Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) placed Irma about 70 miles southeast of Key West with winds of up to 130 miles per hour. The center said the storm was moving west-northwest at 6 mph.

President Donald Trump tweeted about Irma shortly before 11 p.m. ET. "The U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and all Federal and State brave people are ready. Here comes Irma. God bless everyone!," the president wrote.

The National Weather Service in Miami posted on Twitter on Saturday evening that a tornado had touched the ground in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Oakland Park. It wasn't immediately clear how much damaged was caused.

Tornado warnings have been issued for Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach and Sunrise in Broward County, as well as parts of nearby Palm Beach and Hendry Counties.

More than 75,000 people had lost power by Saturday evening, mostly in and around Miami and Fort Lauderdale, as the wind began gusting.

For days, the forecast had made it look as if the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people on Florida's Atlantic coast could get hit head-on by the long-dreaded Big One.

But that soon changed. Meteorologists predicted Irma's center would blow ashore Sunday morning in the perilously low-lying Florida Keys, then hug the state's west coast, plowing into the Tampa Bay area by Monday morning.

Still, Miami was not out of danger. Because the storm is 350 to 400 miles wide, the metro area could still get life-threatening hurricane winds and dangerous storm surge of 4 to 6 feet, forecasters warned.

The new course threatens everything from Tampa Bay's bustling twin cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg to Naples' mansion- and yacht-lined canals, Sun City Center's retirement homes, and Sanibel Island's shell-filled beaches.

By late morning Saturday, however, few businesses in St. Petersburg and its barrier islands had put plywood or hurricane shutters on their windows, and some locals grumbled about the change in the forecast.

"For five days, we were told it was going to be on the east coast, and then 24 hours before it hits, we're now told it's coming up the west coast," said Jeff Beerbohm, a 52-year-old entrepreneur in St. Petersburg. "As usual, the weatherman, I don't know why they're paid."

With the new forecast, Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg, ordered 260,000 people to leave, while Georgia scaled back evacuation orders for some coastal residents.

Tampa has not been struck by a major hurricane since 1921, when its population was about 10,000, National Hurricane Center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said. Now the area has around 3 million people.

Nearly the entire Florida coastline remained under hurricane watches and warnings, and leery residents watched a projected track that could still shift to spare, or savage, parts of the state.

Forecasters warned of storm surge as high as 15 feet.

"This is going to sneak up on people," said Jamie Rhome, head of the hurricane center's storm surge unit.

About 70,000 people crowded into 385 shelters across Florida.

In Key West, 60-year-old Carol Walterson Stroud sought refuge in a senior center with her husband, granddaughter and dog. The streets were nearly empty, shops were boarded up and the wind started to blow.

"Tonight, I'm sweating," she said. "Tonight, I'm scared to death."

At Germain Arena not far from Fort Myers, on Florida's southwestern corner, thousands waited in a snaking line for hours to gain a spot in the hockey venue-turned-shelter.

"We'll never get in," Jamilla Bartley lamented as she stood in the parking lot.

The governor activated all 7,000 members of the Florida National Guard, and 30,000 guardsmen from elsewhere were on standby.

In the Orlando area, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World all prepared to close Saturday. The Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando airports shut down, and the Tampa airport planned to do the same later in the day. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spanning Tampa Bay was closed.

Given its mammoth size and strength and its projected course, it could prove one of the most devastating hurricanes ever to hit Florida and inflict damage on a scale not seen here in 25 years.

Hurricane Andrew razed Miami's suburbs in 1992 with winds topping 165 mph (265 kph), damaging or blowing apart over 125,000 homes. The damage in Florida totaled $26 billion, and at least 40 people died.

Boat captain Ray Scarborough and his girlfriend left their home in Big Pine Key and fled north to stay with relatives in Orlando. Scarborough was 12 when Andrew hit and remembers lying on the floor in a hall as the storm nearly ripped the roof off his house.

"They said this one is going to be bigger than Andrew. When they told me that," he said, "that's all I needed to hear."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A hurricane-force wind gust was recorded in the Florida Keys late Saturday night -- the first sign of deadly Hurricane Irma's impending landfall on the U.S. mainland. The weather service said the Smith Shoal Light station recorded a 74 mph wind gust on Saturday night, the Associated Press reported.

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West Palm Beach police officers are driving  through mandatory evacuation zones, broadcasting a final plea to residents on their loud speakers

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Hurricane Irma slammed Florida after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. Follow live coverage of Irma's path, destruction and forecast here.

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woman found dead; lover on the run

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For fugitives on the run, time is running out. Check out "The Hunt with John Walsh" Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT only on HLN and #JoinTheHunt.

Fugitive: Elton Jardines -- What begins as a rare night out for a group of single moms ends tragically when a random encounter at a gas station devolves into a one-sided shootout that takes two of the women's lives.

The Hunt: A Final Romance premieres Sunday, September 10 at 8p ET/PT only on HLN.

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For fugitives on the run, time is running out. Check out "The Hunt with John Walsh" Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT only on HLN and #JoinTheHunt . Fugitive: Elton Jardines -- What begins as a rare night out for a group of single moms ends tragically when a random encounter at a gas station devolves into a one-sided shootout that takes two of the women's lives.

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Grandma and Grandfather of a 9 year old child locks kid in kennel like a dog every night.

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A grandmother and a man are accused of keeping her 9-year-old granddaughter padlocked inside a wire dog kennel in the basement of a house in southeastern Wisconsin.

Racine County sheriff's deputies and social workers investigated the home near Wind Lake after a teacher made a child abuse complaint Wednesday.

Gail D. Lalonde, 46, and Dale A. Deavers, 48, were each charged Friday with causing mental harm to a child, false imprisonment, manufacturing marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking place.

"I have not seen anything like this in my 23 years of law enforcement experience," said Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling. "I've seen people do horrific things to other human beings, but I've never seen anyone treat a child like an animal."

Schmaling said the child was locked in the wire kennel every night and let out again at 7 a.m. The cage is about 4 feet, 10 inches high, 4 feet long and 8 feet wide (1.45 meters high, 1.20 meters long and 2.40 meters wide).

"This kid was forced to go into this cage and I just can't imagine putting a child in a cage like that," Schmaling said. There was cardboard on the floor, a few blankets, but no pillow, officials said.

Lalonde told investigators she kept the girl in the cage at night because she is a danger to herself and others, according to a criminal complaint.

"She hurts animals, threatens to kill us, eats Ridex (septic system cleaning solution) and cleaners. I'm trying to keep her safe," the complaint quoted Lalonde. The girl has been kept in a cage at night for about two weeks, the complaint said.

Racine County Human Services removed the victim and a sibling from the residence and placed them in protective custody. Wind Lake is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"Both are sleeping in warm beds tonight," Schmaling said. "In false imprisonment contrast, the two defendants are locked up in our jail where they belong."

Schmaling says the grandmother was apparently their caregiver and that deputies were trying to find the biological parents.

Investigators also found an active marijuana growing operation behind a false wall in the basement where the girl was kept in the cage, the complaint said. Twenty plants, nearly 122 grams of marijuana and growing equipment was confiscated, officials said.

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A grandmother and a man are accused of keeping her 9-year-old granddaughter padlocked inside a wire dog kennel in the basement of a house in southeastern Wisconsin. Racine County sheriff's deputies and social workers investigated the home near Wind Lake after a teacher made a child abuse complaint Wednesday. Gail D.

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A man who housed organizer of 2015 Paris attacks sent to trial

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A man who provided housing to a suspected ringleader of the November 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people has been ordered to stand trial.

A judicial official said Friday that six judges ordered Jawad Bendaoud - known in the French press as "the lodger" - and another man to be tried for allegedly taking in terrorists.

The official says they face at least 10 years in prison, if convicted. He requested anonymity in keeping with court custom for ongoing cases.

Bendaoud is accused of housing a suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, in the suburb of Saint Denis.

Abaaoud, a female cousin of his who found the hideout and another man were killed in a police raid at Bendaoud's apartment five days after the attacks at multiple locations.

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A man who provided housing to a suspected ringleader of the November 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people has been ordered to stand trial. A judicial official said Friday that six judges ordered Jawad Bendaoud - known in the French press as "the lodger" - and another man to be tried...

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The chiefs beat the heavily favored Patriots 42-27 in New England.Also in that game the pro bowl safety Eric Berry out with season ending Achilles injury.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will play the rest of the season without three-time All-Pro safety Eric Berry.

An MRI confirmed Friday that Berry indeed suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in the Chiefs' 42-27 win over the New England Patriots, forcing the safety to miss the rest of the season.

Around the NFL will have more on this story shortly.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will play the rest of the season without three-time All-Pro safety Eric Berry. An MRI confirmed Friday that Berry indeed suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in the Chiefs' 42-27 win over the New England Patriots, forcing the safety to miss the rest of the season.

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Hurricane Jose is at category 4 with strong wind near 150 mph.It moving west-northwest into the Atlantic Ocean  in the next few days.http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-jose/index.html

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A 9 year old took a really big bite of a hot dog and his heart stopped. Choking wasn't the problem. A abnormal heart beat happened and his heart stopped.

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The terrifying incident had a much more unlikely cause, according to Dr. Isa Ozyilmaz of Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul.

The chunk of frankfurter stimulated the boy's vagus nerve, and this triggered an abnormal heart rhythm that in turn caused his heart to abruptly stop beating, Ozyilmaz and his co-authors speculated in the case study. The nerve, which extends from the head to the abdomen, helps the heart and gastrointestinal system function.

Despite immediate panic, the story has a happy ending: After defibrillation, the child was resuscitated.

Oddly, the boy's family history appeared to be a clean slate with regard to special cardiac diseases. However, doctors discovered a suspicious finding on his electrocardiograph (known as an ECG or EKG) during a followup examination.

With a possible diagnosis in mind, doctors at the Istanbul hospital conducted an ajmaline challenge test, which involves injecting the child with an antiarrhythmic drug and then observing how his heart responds. The pattern appearing on the EKG verified the diagnosis, and their verdict was swift: The boy had Brugada syndrome.

What is Brugada syndrome?

"Brugada syndrome is an inherited (heart) rhythm problem," said Dr. Anne Dubin, a professor of pediatric cardiology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, who was not involved in the boy's case.

The syndrome takes its name from Dr. Pedro Brugada of QLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium, and his brother Dr. Josep Brugada of the Hospital Clinic at University of Barcelona in Spain, who first described it in a study published in 1992. (A third brother, Dr. Ramon Brugada of Montreal Heart Institute and University of Montreal helped unravel the genetic basis.)

The total number of cases is difficult to measure, because some people may be asymptomatic or have never been tested thoroughly. Based purely on EKG findings, about four in 1,000 Americans have been diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, according to Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease.

The essence of the problem is not mechanical, but electrical. Thinking of the heart as an electric pump, the problem "can lead to abnormal heart rhythms in the lower chambers of the heart that can be associated with sudden death," Dubin said.

"What allows the electrical signal to move through your heart are a series of channels within the heart cells themselves," she said. "Different salt ions, like sodium or potassium or calcium, move through those channels and change the electrical current within the cell, and that's what moves the electrical signal through the heart."

One known cause of the syndrome is a deficiency of sodium, which has an impact on the electrical current moving through these channels. When patients with Brugada syndrome eat large bites of food -- which is known to stimulate the vagus nerve -- changes in EKG patterns also occur, and this may lead to sudden cardiac arrest, according to Ozyilmaz and his co-authors.

The condition is found in more men than women, according to the Stanford center. It is also more commonly found among people of Asian descent, although anyone can be affected.

Because Brugada syndrome runs in families, the 9-year-old's doctors immediately tested his family and discovered that his brother also has the condition.

Genetic test results for both parents are pending, according to the study, but Dubin said that "odds are good that one of the parents has this. Sometimes, you don't really see it until you do the challenge test."

Another way to diagnose the syndrome is through genetic testing, but only about 30% to 40% of the genes that cause it are known, Dubin said. People with symptoms don't require such tests; instead, doctors use the results of DNA testing to figure out which family members may have the syndrome even if they show no signs of illness.

A very rare condition

Many people do not even know they have the condition until later in life.

The majority of people who develop symptoms of Brugada syndrome are already "in their 20s up to 50s or 60s," Dubin said.

When the condition is discovered in parents, doctors will screen the children, even those without symptoms, and may discover it then. "And then you have to decide what to do with them," said Dubin.

"As far as symptomatic Brugada syndrome, I have been practicing pediatric electrophysiology for 23 years now, and I have probably seen two to three cases of it," she said.

The story of the boy with the hot dog, then, is extremely rare.

After the incident, the boy's doctors implanted a defibrillator in his chestto prevent sudden cardiac arrest, the case report noted.

"Defibrillators in kids are associated with higher risks than in adults, for sure," Dubin said. "But sometimes we need to do it." She added that "there isn't a whole lot we can do for people, and the primary way we treat them is with a defibrillator."

"People shouldn't panic about Brugada syndrome," she said. "If you have a family history of people dying suddenly with no known reason or if you have someone in your family who has been diagnosed with Brugada syndrome as an adult, children need to be evaluated for it, and we need to know about it." But there's no need to routinely screen children, she said.

Still, when children of people with the illness are screened and found to have the condition, "even if there is no golden bullet" for treatment, the information is still vital for parents. Commonly they will be advised "to be very careful about fever prevention, and there are certain drugs they should stay away from" when treating their children for other illnesses.

Information from the case report will not apply to most children, said Dr. Elizabeth Saarel, chair of pediatric cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Still, the syndrome is "rare but life-threatening," so parents need to be aware, she suggested.

"Kids choke on hot dogs and food all the time and sometimes go into cardiac arrest," said Saarel, who was not involved in the new case report. "Pediatricians assume this is always an airway issue. This case report indicates that children who choke on food and go into cardiac arrest also need to be screened for Brugada syndrome."

Correction: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect title for Dr. Anne Dubin.

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Boy takes bite of hot dog -- and his heart stops

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The terrifying incident had a much more unlikely cause, according to Dr. Isa Ozyilmaz of Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul. The chunk of frankfurter stimulated the boy's vagus nerve, and this triggered an abnormal heart rhythm that in turn caused his heart to abruptly stop beating, Ozyilmaz and his co-authors speculated in the case study.

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Hurricane Irma is twice the size of Florida. It is now a category 5 hurricane. Some areas are being forced to evacuate. Now the worst case scenario is more likely to happen.

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Floridians clogged highways in a desperate scramble to get out of Hurricane Irma's crosshairs, as the deadly Category 4 storm took direct aim at the southern United States, shifting westward Friday as the worst case scenario became the most-likely situation.

Irma, downgraded from Category 5, was still regarded as the most powerful in the Atlantic in recorded history, bringing sustained winds of 150 mph - not as strong as the 185 mph of previous days, but forceful enough to cause severe damage to homes and other structures.

"This is a storm of absolutely historic destructive potential," President Trump said in a videotaped statement.

He urged all those in the storm's path to "heed all recommendations" from officials.

"Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the United States in either Florida or some of the southeastern states,'' FEMA Administrator Brock Long said at a news briefing on Friday. He warned that parts of Florida would be out of electricity for days if not longer and that more than 100,000 people may need shelter.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said during a Friday news conference the Florida Keys would begin to feel Irma's effects by Saturday morning. He said Irma, on its current path, was more deadly than Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm that killed 65 in August 1992.

"All Floridians should be prepared to evacuate," Scott said, though he acknowledged the evacuations were causing a logjam on the state's roads. Scott said as of 6 p.m. Thursday 8.4 million gallons of fuel had been shipped into Port Everglades and more than five million gallons of fuel was shipped into Port Tampa Bay.

But Scott emphasized the seriousness of getting to a safe location.

At least 23 deaths have already been attributed to Irma: Nine in Saint Martin and Saint Barts, four in the U.S. Virgin Islands, four in the British Virgin Islands, three in Puerto Rico and one each in Sint Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda and Anguilla.

Cuba started evacuating tourists, including 36,000 visitors to its northern resorts, Reuters added.

Puerto Rico still had hundreds of thousands of customers left without electricity.

Turks and Caicos lost communications as the storm struck, but the full extent of the devastation there was not immediately clear.

An update at 11 a.m. Friday from the National Hurricane Center showed Irma with wind gusts of 150 mph. The storm was moving about 14 mph, the hurricane center said

The hurricane center said its storm surge warning covers Sebastian Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Venice and the Florida Keys.

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

In addition, a storm surge watch has been issued for North of Sebastian Inlet to Ponce Inlet.

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A hurricane watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida
north of Jupiter Inlet to the Flagler/Volusia County line and for the west coast of Florida north of Bonita Beach to Anclote River.

Key West tweeted to residents that it's "not safe to stay" and Jacksonville Florida wrote on Twitter that residents need to "hunker down" in a secure place by 8 p.m. on Saturday night.

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, hurricane victims received assistance from three U.S. Navy vessels deployed to the U.S. territory: the USS Wasp, USS Kearsarge and USS Oak Hill.

The Navy crews aboard the ships were able to offer medical support, security, heavy lift capabilities and other assistance, a U.S. Navy release said.

Amtrak suspended train service in Florida just before noon on Friday.

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

Shifting forecasts have also raised the threat to the Southeast from Irma, prompting emergency declarations in the Carolinas and coastal Georgia, including areas that haven't suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century.

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

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also declared a state of emergency. A major strike there would be the first in nearly 28 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Hurricane Irma takes direct aim at Florida

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Floridians clogged highways in a desperate scramble to get out of Hurricane Irma's crosshairs, as the deadly Category 4 storm took direct aim at the southern United States, shifting westward Friday as the worst case scenario became the most-likely situation.

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The more recent IT movie recently came out and people are being reminded of last year where people in clown suits chased people running,in cars, and being a public nuisance

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A boarding School teacher is accused of abusing students.

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Investigators say the former owner of an Iowa boarding school used his position to coerce one teenager into a sexual relationship and others to undress for his arousal.

Former Midwest Academy owner Benjamin Trane is charged with third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a counselor and child endangerment.

He turned himself in Thursday after a 19-month investigation into abuse allegations at the private, for-profit boarding school Trane operated in Keokuk. The school, which had about 100 students from mostly well-off families, closed in January 2016.

Investigators allege that Trane coerced one student to engage in sex acts in order to advance in the program and be allowed to contact relatives. Trane also allegedly had others undress for "body image therapy" sessions he led, and kept students in isolation for extended periods.

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Boarding school owner charged with abusing teenage students

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Investigators say the former owner of an Iowa boarding school used his position to coerce one teenager into a sexual relationship and others to undress for his arousal. Former Midwest Academy owner Benjamin Trane is charged with third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a counselor...

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There is flooding in Florida because of Hurricane Irma. People's time to perpare for the hurricane was yesterday

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Forecast models predict storm's eye could strike Florida Keys and then the Everglades
The massive storm has caused at least 24 deaths in the Caribbean, officials say

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hurricane irma to regain category 5 strength

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Hurricane Irma becomes Category 5 storm again

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Hurricane Irma regained Category 5 status late Friday as the core of the storm made landfall in Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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Mexico's strongest earthquake in a century leaves dozens dead

32 People had died for the 8.1 earthquake that hit the south side of mexico

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mexico's strongest earthquake in a century kills dozens - cnn

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Mexico's strongest earthquake in a century kills dozens

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Dozens of people are dead after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the country's southern coast.

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Irma is now lager than Florida reaching Georgia

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Track the latest tropical activity with CNN's storm tracker.

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Hurricane Katina with max winds up to 100 mph is supposed to be hitting Mexico at landfall on Saturday early in the morning

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The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move northwest into the Atlantic Ocean.

As of Friday morning, a hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla; St. Martin; and St. Barthelemy -- islands that were all just battered by Hurricane Irma.

Developing story - more to come

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hurricane jose strengthens to a category 4 - cnn

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Hurricane Jose strengthens to a Category 4

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The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move northwest into the Atlantic Ocean. As of Friday morning, a hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla; St. Martin; and St. Barthelemy -- islands that were all just battered by Hurricane Irma.