Israel was the first country on Earth to fully vaccinate a majority of its citizens against COVID-19. Now it has one of the world’s highest daily infection rates- — an average of nearly 7,500 confirmed cases a day, double what it was two weeks ago. Nearly one in every 150 people in Israel today has the virus.

Henri strengthens to a hurricane as it barrels towards New York and Connecticut packing winds of 75mph – The National Weather Service has upgraded Tropical Storm Henri to a Category 1 hurricane and more than 40million people are under hurricane threat

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio pleaded guilty – Federal prosecutors are recommending prison -burning a Black Lives Matter banner outside a Washington DC church

Former President Trump will say, ‘it’s time for real leadership in the White House,’ at a rally in Alabama this evening, according to a top ally – he is planning to run for the presidency in 2024 ?

Larry Harlow, – El judío maravilloso – a pianist, arranger, producer and activist who helped to popularize salsa in the U.S., died early Friday morning of heart failure.

Australian police clashed with hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday as officials reported the country’s highest ever single-day rise in Covid-19 cases.

NBA legend Ray Allen takes job at Miami’s Gulliver Prep – as director of boys and girls basketball – as well as boys varsity basketball coach. – Allen, 46, was inducted to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018

Social media platforms have a complex new set of policy decisions to make. -The Taliban has been social-media-savvy for years – Facebook has taken some early precautions to protect its users

San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday for people dining inside restaurants, working out in gyms or attending indoor concerts

General Motors is expanding its recall of the Chevy Bolt to include all models — including the two new versions released earlier this year – after multiple fires in the electric vehicle’s battery packs caused by defects in the LG Chem cells

Southern Fidelity Insurance Co., based in Tallahassee – wants to hike homeowners’ rates 36% – on more than 64,000 homeowners policies – 8,200 policies across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties

Tropical Storm Henri could bring ‘dangerous storm surges’ and hurricane-strength winds of up to 75mph to the New York City area nine years after the Big Apple was battered by Hurricane Sandy.

The FDA plans to give the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine full approval by Monday – The approval could boost the vaccination campaign

Joe Biden plans to nominate Rahm Emanuel – ambassador to Japan – a former US lawmaker who served as chief of staff to President Barack Obama and as mayor of Chicago,

Broward County and Alachua County school board members – State gives 48 hours – could start losing their monthly pay as soon as next week unless they reverse their policy.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers that Americans trying to leave Afghanistan were beaten by Taliban fighters -directly contradicting Joe Biden

The National Hurricane Center has issued a rare hurricane watch for parts of New England, warning that Tropical Storm Henri will likely develop into a hurricane before making landfall on the northeastern U.S. coast this weekend.

President Joe Biden vowed Friday to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan ‘Let me be clear, any American who wants to come home, we will get you home,’ Biden pledged

Military personnel fired tear gas to control the crowds of Afghans trying to gain access to Kabul airport Friday, a day after the Pentagon said that order was being restored at the site and evacuation flights from Afghanistan would be accelerating.

Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” who was tapped to succeed Alex Trebek as host of the venerable game show franchise, announced Friday he is stepping aside amid recent scrutiny on his past.

David Petraeus -“I just think it was premature to leave,”- the withdrawal from Afghanistan- retired four-star Army general, served in the military for nearly four decades,

Apple has told its global workforce they will not return to its corporate offices until January at the earliest, over concerns about a rise in Covid-19 cases driven by the spread of the Delta variant.

Elon Musk is working on a humanoid robot – prototype “sometime next year.” – that will have hardware and software that powers Autopilot driver assistance .

Florida has recorded at least 2,994,019 confirmed COVID cases statewide and 41,937 deaths.- 799 deaths last month – The one-day jump in the number of reported cases and deaths comes amid a change in the way deaths and cases are counted.

Palm Beach County School Board members voted to require all students and staff wear masks on school grounds beginning next week, defying Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates.

Thousands of Americans and Afghans who once worked for the US remain trapped in the country after the Biden administration’s troops pullout and let the Taliban takeover Kabul in a matter of days.

Facebook is launching a new program in India to help small and medium-sized businesses secure loans in the South Asian market as the company makes further push to expand its presence among merchants.

Video sharing site OnlyFans, best known for its creators’ adult videos and photos, will prohibit sexually explicit content starting October 1st

A dozen diplomats sent a confidential memo in a dissent channel to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on July 13 that the Taliban was rapidly gaining ground and the Kabul was vulnerable to collapse

Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas is the first Biden Cabinet official to visit Miami since the protests erupted on the communist-run island more than a month ago.

Raffaele Imperiale, suspected of buying Van Gogh paintings on black market, considered one of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives – has been arrested in Dubai.

Amazon is planning to open department stores after years of competing against, and in some cases helping to destroy, the very same traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.

Three U.S. senators — John Hickenlooper, Angus King and Roger Wicker — announced Thursday that they all have tested positive for coronavirus. All three senators were vaccinated

One of South Florida’s most infamous unsolved murder cases, star University of Miami defensive lineman Bryan Pata was shot to death outside his apartment 15 years ago. On Thursday, police detectives finally made an arrest: a former UM teammate.

The US Capitol was put in lockdown while police negotiated with a man in a pick-up truck demanding airstrikes in Afghanistan asking to speak to Joe Biden before surrendering to police after a five hour standoff.

The U.S. Education Department is discharging the outstanding student loans of more than 323,000 borrowers who have significant, permanent disabilities, -$5.8 Billion In Loans

Justice Department – facial recognition helped end an almost 15-year manhunt from Florida – fugitive opened a bank account in Austria

Taliban militants are intensifying their hunt for people who worked with UK, US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, according to a confidential report to the UN.

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an amended antitrust complaint against Facebook, alleging that the company violated federal antitrust laws with its acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Joe Biden said he can’t ‘recall’ if he was warned to maintain a troop presence in Afghanistan and insists ‘no one is being killed’ in a confusing series of comments during his first interview since his bungled withdrawal.

The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas – the hardest hit States by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks.

Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was arrested Wednesday in New York on new, state felony charges – was pardoned by Trump in final day in office

The planned Ten billion dollar petrochemical facility, owned by Formosa Plastics,- is put on pause by The US government – in south Louisiana, marking a major victory for the Black community

A pesticide that’s been linked to neurological damage in children, including reduced IQ, loss of working memory, and attention deficit disorders, has been banned by the Biden administration – years-long legal battle.

Democratic senators have asked the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla’s statements about the autonomous capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems.