Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute
Apple says it will disable a blood-oxygen monitoring feature on its two most popular watches in the U.S. beginning Thursday to comply with a court-ordered revival of a sales ban stemming from a patent dispute.
MLS and Apple announce all-access docuseries chronicling 2024 season
Apple TV and Major League Soccer are expanding their collaboration, announcing Thursday that the looming MLS season will be chronicled in a new all-access docuseries similar to the ones that have given fans a deep, different look at golf, auto racing and tennis in recent months.
Twitter-turned-X CEO Linda Yaccarino working to win back brands on Elon Musk's platform
The new CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter says sheโs spent much of the past eight weeks trying to get big brands back to advertising on the social media platform thatโs been in upheaval since it was bought last year by Elon Musk.
Singer DaniLeigh arrested in Florida DUI hit-and-run; victim suffers fractured spine
Singer DaniLeigh was arrested on a felony hit-and-run charge early Tuesday morning after police accused her of driving drunk and hitting a moped rider on South Beach, dragging the scooter for about a block before officers caught up with her.
EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies
The European Medicines Agency said a smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
โA shark tried to eat me:โ 9-year-old boy recovering after bite at Florida beach
โA shark tried to eat me at the ocean,โ 9-year-old Jay Weiskopf said. โFive minutes in the water and boom,โ said Kristine Weiskopf, Jayโs mother. After realizing what had happened, Kristine Weiskopf scooped up her son and raced back to the beach. I just want to hug him constantly,โ Kristine Weiskopf said. There are still plenty of things for the family to do during their stay in South Florida, except for one thing.
Men visiting Miami Beach drugged and raped woman who later died, police say
2 men drugged and raped woman who later died in Miami Beach, police sayMIAMI BEACH, Fla. โ Two men vacationing in South Beach for spring break are charged with drugging and raping a woman who was later found dead in a hotel, News 6 partner Local 10 reported. Miami Beach police say the woman was found partly nude and lifeless inside her room at the Albion on James Avenue on Thursday. If that is determined to be the case, the suspects could face a manslaughter or murder charge. Theyโre also accused of stealing her credit cards and using them at several locations across Miami Beach. Detectives say they obtained surveillance video of one of the suspects using the womanโs credit cards at local shops.
Miamiโs South Beach confronts disastrous spring break
People in a mostly maskless crowd walk down Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach, Monday, March 22, 2021. A party-ending curfew is in effect in Miami Beach, imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)MIAMI BEACH, Fla. โ Floridaโs famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image. AdโWe definitely want people to come and have fun," Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola said Monday. Miami Beach took less proactive measures under Republican Gov.
Shark bites 9-year-old boy on shoulder as he body surfed in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. โ A 9-year-old Minnesota boy was bitten by a shark as he body surfed in Miami Beach over the weekend, his parents said. Kristine Weiskopf told WPLG she and her son, Jay, were in the water for only a few minutes when the shark bit the boy. When she pulled him up, she said she saw a chunk of skin missing from his shoulder. A Miami Beach Fire Rescue crew took the child to the hospital where surgeons closed the wound, his mother said. That heโs gonna be OK,โ the childโs father, Ren Weiskopf told the TV station.
Threat to public safety: Police say Miami spring break partying โcouldnโt go on any longerโ
MIAMI โ Pointing to over 1,000 arrests in one of the nationโs top party spots, Miami Beach officials warned Sunday that the unruly spring break crowd gathering by the thousands, fighting in the streets, destroying restaurant property and refusing to wear masks has become a serious threat to public safety. AdA military style vehicle was seen rolling down the palm-tree lined Ocean Drive as outnumbered Miami Beach police officers struggled to disperse the raucous crowds Saturday. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said he has trouble sleeping at night, worried about the out-of-control parties. Several said it was time for a new marketing campaign to help rebrand South Beachโs as a party city, pointing to the small handful of arrests in nearby Fort Lauderdale over spring break. Miami tourism officials say billions of dollars were lost when the pandemic first erupted last year, canceling spring break and forcing beach closures across the Sunshine State.
Firefighters, faith leaders team up to vaccinate vulnerable
Thatโs on top of other vaccinations being arranged by hospitals and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in the area. AdโWeโre not responding with lights and sirens, but we are responding to a need in the community,โ Fire Chief Virgil Fernandez said. โFor many of the vulnerable, weโre the first line of defense.โThe initiative began to take shape well before vaccines were even available. Firefighters already have an โevacuation listโ of people they need to get to safety during hurricanes. โItโs like going to a grandparentโs house.โWhile faith leaders assist with the outreach, their help transcends congregations and belief systems.
US long-term mortgage rates flat; 30-year stays at 2.73%
Home-loan rates stayed near record lows as the economy, especially in the services sector, remains burdened by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)WASHINGTON โ U.S. long-term mortgage rates were flat this week for a second straight week. Home-loan rates stayed near record lows as the economy, especially in the services sector, remains burdened by the coronavirus pandemic. The damage from the pandemic to the U.S. and global economies suppressed mortgage rates through most of 2020. Economists are forecasting modest increases in home-loan rates this year.
US employment costs rise modestly in fourth quarter
Total U.S. workers compensation rose 0.7% in the October-December quarter, an increase over the previous two quarters, the Labor Department said Friday. For the year, wages and benefits grew 2.5%, with wages and salaries up 2.6% and benefits, which include Social Security, grew 2.3%. Wages and salaries grew 0.9% in the final quarter of 2020 while benefits rose 0.6%. Compensation costs for private industry workers rose 0.5% in the quarter and 2.6% in 2020. Economists say moderate gains in wages and salaries, which make up 70% of employment costs, are generally not threatening to trigger inflationary pressure.
Job openings down in most industries, while layoffs spike
Layoffs spiked in November compared with the previous month and the number of job openings slipped, a sign the job market has stalled as the resurgent coronavirus has forced new shutdowns of restaurants and bars and discouraged consumer spending. While the layoffs were concentrated among restaurants, bars and hotels, the slowdown in job postings was widespread across most industries, showing a reluctance by businesses to hire more people amid a pandemic fueled recession. Layoffs, however, soared 17.6% to 1.9 million, driven mostly by job cuts at restaurants, bars and hotels, which more than doubled. Tuesdayโs report, known as the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, adds more details about hiring and firing by businesses and government agencies. Last week, job postings website Indeed said that while companies listed more jobs in December, the pace had slowed from previous months.
US loses 140,000 jobs, first monthly drop since spring
Walcott had to furlough four employees at his restaurant, just before Christmas, after New York state stopped allowing indoor dining. Still, the nation has nearly 10 million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic sent it into a deep recession nearly a year ago, having recovered just 56% of the jobs lost in the spring. Most other industries added jobs in December, with manufacturers, construction companies, and higher-paying professional services such as architecture, engineering and accounting hiring more workers. Fridayโs monthly jobs report, the last of Donald Trumpโs presidency, shows that the nation has 3 million fewer jobs than it did four years earlier. Still, Trump had pledged to create 25 million jobs in four years.
Miami Beach wants to help homeowners adapt to sea level rise
MIAMI โ Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise โ at least a little. โI believe this is a major step forward for our overall resilience program,โ said Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian, who sponsored the resolution. The city renamed it the Miami Beach Resilience Fund at a November meeting. โThat is the best way you can help us residents.โMIAMI BEACH BREAKS NEW GROUNDGovernment programs to help homeowners adapt to climate change are relatively rare outside of federal funding after disasters. Few, if any, cities offer the kinds of grants Miami Beach is considering.
Cuban actress Broselianda Hernandez found dead on Florida beach
MIAMI โ An actor who worked for more than two decades in television, theater and films in Cuba was found dead along the shoreline of Miami Beach with no apparent signs of foul play, police said Thursday. Broselianda Hernandez, 56, had been living in Miami for a few years after an entertainment career in Cuba, authorities said. A witness called police early Wednesday after finding a woman near the shoreline, said Miami Beach Police spokesperson Ernesto Rodriguez. [TRENDING: County prepares for vaccine | Remote learning continues in spring | โWeโre failing:โ Mayors call for COVID-19 action]Officers and firefighters later identified her as Hernandez. Her family said she had had gone out to buy cigarettes late Tuesday but never came home or returned calls, local news outlets reported.
Coronavirus: Florida mayor accuses governor of pursuing herd immunity
MIAMI โ As coronavirus cases surge throughout the country, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber is calling out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing him of pursuing so-called herd immunity. โThe governor seems to be following this concept of allowing the virus to spread in the community, on purpose almost,โ Gelber said in an interview with News 6 partner Local 10 News. Florida has posted statewide positivity rates above 8% in three of the past four days. And the promise of a vaccine is on the horizon, as American drug maker Pfizer and a German partner are saying studies show their COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective.
Final weeks of historic hurricane season bring new storms
Tropical Storm Eta is parked off the western coast of Cuba, dumping rain. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Theta โ which formed overnight and broke a record as the 29th named Atlantic storm of the season โ is chugging east toward Europe on the cusp of hurricane status. The system now has a 70% chance of becoming the 30th named storm. Never before have three named storms been twirling at the same time this late in the year, Klotzbach said. The overall message is that everyone in the area should pay attention to Eta, Brennan said.
Already flooded, South Florida braces for Eta's wrath
A couple walks along the beach during a downpour, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, on Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach. A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Florida feels wrath of Tropical Storm Eta
Elsewhere, forecasters announced that Subtropical Storm Theta, a record-breaking 29th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, had formed far out in the northeast Atlantic by late Monday night. โNever seen this, never, not this deep,โ said Anthony Lyas, who has lived in his now-waterlogged Fort Lauderdale neighborhood since 1996. It was the 28th named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. Eta was not done yet with Cuba, just 90 miles (140 kilometers) south of Florida, where the storm continued to swell rivers and flood coastal zones. ___Associated Press writers Cody Jackson in Fort Lauderdale, Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, and Haleluya Hadero in Atlanta contributed to this report.
Eta strikes Florida Keys; expected to become hurricane
A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami declared hurricane and storm surge warnings for the Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas, including Florida Bay. Several shelters also opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low lying areas. On Sunday night, authorities in Lauderhill, Florida, responded to a report of a car that had driven into a canal. South Florida started emptying ports and a small number of shelters opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low-lying areas.
Glamorous Miami club caught in power struggle over the virus
LIV owner David Grutman poses for a photograph at the nightclub, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. LIV, one of Miami's most glamorous, star-studded nightclubs sits empty and quiet these days, a casualty of both the coronavirus outbreak and a power struggle between state and local government over how to contain the scourge. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
In Miami Beach, live theater returns โ in vacant storefronts
NEW YORK โ This fall, the seven deadly sins will be found all along an iconic Miami Beach thoroughfare โ but they'll be socially distanced, thankfully. โThis pandemic has shown in stark light the fragility of our world,โ said Miami New Drama Artistic Director Michel Hausmann. The Miami City Ballet recently took over a vacant storefront. The move by Miami New Drama is just the latest attempt by theatermakers to offer their art to the public despite the ongoing pandemic, which has stuttered traditional theater venues. The Public Theater in New York City has turned to audio plays, while the Vineyard Theatre plans digital and outdoor productions.
Florida DJ Erick Morillo found dead less than month after rape charge
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. South Florida DJ and music producer Erick Morillo was found dead at his home Tuesday morning, weeks after being charged with sexual battery, authorities said. Miami Beach police officers found the 49-year-old Morillo's body after responding to a 911 call, police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said in an email. The woman told investigators that she, Morillo and another woman went back to Morillo's house after the party. The woman told police Morillo made several sexual advances, but she refused them. When questioned by Miami Beach detectives, Morillo said he didn't have sex with the woman who called 911.
Art Basel cancels annual Miami event due to virus
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, a sculpture by artist Jane Alexander with the Stevenson Gallery is shown during Art Basel Miami Beach, in Miami Beach, Fla. According to a statement released Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, the Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, is cancelling its annual Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)MIAMI The high-brow Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of this year's Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. The prestigious December art fair draws collectors, socialites and celebrities from around the world. In December, the fair plans to unveil Online Viewing Rooms that will be open to the galleries accepted to this year's Miami fair.