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RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (WPBF) -- Florida's new mooring rules are being enforced on the water as part of an effort to prevent neglected vessels from becoming hazards in South Florida's Intracoastal Waterway.On Thursday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers teamed up with Riviera Beach police for Operation NUM — No Unauthorized Mooring — to warn boaters about unauthorized moorings, focusing on safety and environmental protection.Unauthorized moored and anchored vessels in the Intracoastal Waterway in South Florida are a concern."These boat

'We're out here trying to educate folks': Florida enforces new mooring rules to protect waterways

US eases some Russian oil sanctions but crude prices stay high

California farmers concerned over fertilizer shortage as Iran war disrupts shipments

Republicans release AI deepfake of James Talarico as phony videos proliferate in midterm races

Senate Republicans released an online ad this week in which a real-looking but fake version of a Democratic candidate, fabricated with artificial intelligence, appears to speak directly into the camera for more than a minute.The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s deepfake of James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, is only the latest in a series of AI-generated creations from the national GOP campaign organization in the past year. But it’s the first featuring a phony version of a candidate talking in a lifelike manner for so long – an example of how

'A piece of me is just gone': Miracle Cromwell's mom demands answers as suspected killer roams free

US job openings rise to a better-than-expected 7 million despite sluggish labor market

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Zelenskyy says US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions is 'not the right decision'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine. “This easing alone by the United States could provide Russia with about $10 billion for the war,” Zelenskyy said. “This certainly does not help peace.” “I believe that lifting sanctions will, in any case, lead to a strengthening of Russia’s position. It spends the money from energy sales on weapons, and all of this i

Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump

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What we know on the 14th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran

Nearly three weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran, the economic fallout is growing with little sign of relief, as Tehran’s new supreme leader vows to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.Casualties are mounting, with six US service members among those killed in the past day when their refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq. More than 2,000 people have been killed in Iran and Lebanon since the war began, as well as dozens more across the region.As Israel, Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah continued trading strikes overnight into Friday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reitera

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Rabbi who was inside synagogue during attack: 'We always worry we are a target'

When an armed suspect drove a vehicle loaded with explosives toward Temple Israel on Thursday, the synagogue was well prepared.Physical bollards had been placed around the building, which includes a school, in an attempt to slow a ramming attack. Armed security guards were on site in the middle of a weekday. And employees had taken an active shooter prevention training class just weeks earlier.The attack was stopped when the guards opened fire on a vehicle that drove through the front doors and down a hallway, and the suspect was later declared dead.One guard was injured, and multiple first re

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Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Detroit-area synagogue, sheriff says

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One killed, two others hospitalized and gunman dead after shooting at Old Dominion University, school says

When a convicted ISIS supporter stepped into an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University on Thursday and opened fire, the group of students inside barely hesitated before leaping up to subdue their attacker.By the end of the struggle, the shooter was dead, but so too was their distinguished ROTC instructor.The FBI is now investigating the Thursday morning attack as an act of terrorism, identifying the shooter as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Virginia National Guard member who has served prison time for attempting to aid the Islamist militant group a decade ago.Before the attack began, FBI S

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Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says

The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers after driving through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan, in a vehicle that then caught fire, authorities said. Ghazali came to the U.S. in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and was granted U.S. citizenship in 2016, according to

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Terror suspect in deadly Old Dominion shooting in Virginia was subdued by students, officials say

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Temple Israel was prepared for an attack. Jewish institutions have to be

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British man charged with cybercrimes for allegedly filming missile strikes in Dubai, UK authorities confirm

A British man has been charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai for allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city, UK authorities confirmed.The 60-year-old man, reported to be a tourist, was charged under a law that prohibits publishing or sharing material that could disturb public security. “We are in contact with the local authorities following the detention of a British man in the UAE,” the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office told CNN.CNN has reached out to the Dubai government for comment.Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE’s minister of state to the EU, told the BBC she was “aware” there ha

Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz

Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

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Key Senate chairman hopes to soon have first public oversight hearings on war with Iran

Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is planning soon to hold the first public oversight hearing of the Iran war with top US Department of Defense officials testifying, CNN has learned.Details on when and who will appear have not yet been finalized.Asked if he expects Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine to appear, Wicker told CNN, “I can’t give you that information yet, but I hope to have public hearings with top officials from the department.”“This would be oversight, yes,” of the war itself, he explained. “We will conduct oversigh

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A war waged by the world’s wealthiest nation is hitting the wallets of those who can least afford it

Every day, Shakil Khan weaves his bike through the relentless traffic of Dhaka, delivering items and ferrying passengers across the city. However, these days he’s waiting hours in long queues at gas pumps to fill his bike within a government cap on fuel purchases.Khan is one of tens of millions of people in Bangladesh suffering oil and gas shortages as the joint US-Israeli military offensive against Iran hits fuel supplies worldwide.“Because of the oil shortage, my daily income is reduced,” said Khan, as a queue of motorcyclists stretched out behind him, snaking around the block in the B