On Sunday (September 7), Obama took home the Outstanding Narrator award at the Creative Arts Emmys for his work on the Netflix natural history series Our Oceans, per Newsweek.
The Creative Arts Emmys honor technical and specialty achievements ahead of the main Primetime Emmys broadcast. Obama won the Outstanding Narrator award over prominent nominees, including David Attenborough and Tom Hanks, marking his third win in the category. He was not in attendance at this year’s ceremony to accept the honor.
The former president previously took home Emmys for narrating Netflix’s Our Great National Parks (2022) and Working: What We Do All Day (2023). Our Oceans, a five-part series, explores marine life across the world’s oceans. All three projects were produced through his production company, Higher Ground.
Other winners on Sunday included Kendrick Lamar, the Oscars telecast, and the SNL 50th anniversary special, which took home 11 awards.
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards are set to air on September 14.
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Rap icon Warren G has joined the ownership group for the Long Beach Baseball Club, an independent professional team that hopes to begin playing games as soon as 2026.
He joins a team backed by Innovation Baseball Partners and working in collaboration with Long Beach city leaders and Cal State Long Beach. Team officials called the rapper’s partnership a “homecoming and an opportunity to bring something new to Long Beach.”
“This is more than just owning part of a team, it’s about giving back to my city,” said a statement from Warren G. “Long Beach shaped me, and I want to help build something positive for the next generation. Baseball brings people together, and that’s what I’m all about.”
The club began to take shape in July, when Long Beach City Council members approved a plan that would bring a new team to Blair Field, where Cal State Long Beach’s baseball team plays its home games. City and team officials are aiming to debut in the Pioneer Baseball League to start next season.
The team said that they’re actively working to build a game day experience that reflects the city’s energy and culture by blending baseball with music, food and the community. They also said that Warren G’s barbecue brand, Sniffin’ Griffin’s BBQ, may also play a role.
“Warren brings not only star power, but a genuine commitment to community,” said a statement from Paul Freedman, the co-founder of Innovation Baseball Partners. “He shares our vision of baseball as a way to bring people together, and we’re thrilled to have him as part of the Long Beach Baseball Club family.”
The Pioneer Baseball League operates independently as a Major League Baseball Partner League. They currently have 12 teams across the West Coast, including the Oakland Ballers, who are also backed by Innovation Baseball Partners.
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The Trump administration announced on Monday (September 8) that it had launched an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration crackdown in Chicago, dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz,” is targeting undocumented immigrants with criminal records, per the New York Times.
“No city is a safe haven for criminal illegal aliens,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said in a statement.
Local officials and advocacy groups confirmed there have been a few arrests thus far. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights said at least three people were arrested Sunday (September 7) on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
“They’re targeting hardworking people in the community,” City Council member Jeylú B. Gutiérrez said, noting arrests of a street vendor selling flowers and another man waiting for a bus.“At this point, everybody is a target.”
Gutiérrez added that traffic was lighter in her ward on Monday morning, suggesting that residents were staying home out of fear.
Chicago is home to roughly 150,000 undocumented residents, or about 8 percent of the city’s households. Since President Trump took office, ICE has made more than 1,400 immigration arrests in Illinois, over 1,000 of them in the Chicago area.
Over the weekend, the White House posted a graphic showing Trump against the backdrop of helicopters, flames, and the Chicago skyline, with the caption, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”
“Operation Midway Blitz” is being staged from a naval base outside the city, and hundreds of DHS personnel are reportedly involved.
Governor JB Pritzker warned that his administration was prepared to challenge Trump in court if the federal response expanded beyond immigration enforcement.
“We’re ready to fight,” Pritzker said in response to repeated threats from the president to send National Guard troops to the city.
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By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in upheaval, and the consequences are falling hardest on Black Americans.
President Donald Trump fired CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez less than a month after her Senate confirmation. Monarez, a microbiologist and epidemiologist, was removed after refusing to sign off on directives pushed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that her lawyers called “reckless and unscientific”. Her dismissal triggered mass resignations from senior leaders, including Dr. Debra Houry, the agency’s Chief Science and Medical Officer; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Dr. Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and Dr. Jennifer Layden, director of Public Health Data and Technology. These departures stripped the CDC of experts who had focused on closing health gaps that weigh heavily on Black communities, including programs to address HIV, chronic disease, and environmental safety.
The fallout has been swift. At least 600 employees were permanently laid off, with divisions on violence prevention and HIV/STD awareness gutted. Black Americans are already diagnosed with HIV at seven times the rate of whites, raising fears that gains in prevention will collapse without federal support. The changes extend to funding. Hundreds of millions of dollars in CDC grants to state and local health departments have been canceled. States with some of the nation’s largest Black populations — including Georgia and Texas — stand to lose critical resources for disease prevention, immunization clinics, and public health jobs. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens warned earlier this year that cuts at the CDC jeopardize “health, national security, community wellness, jobs in Atlanta, and faith in our day-to-day.” The man now in charge of the CDC is Jim O’Neill, a venture capitalist with no medical background. O’Neill has previously argued that drug companies should not be required to prove a drug’s effectiveness before selling it to the public. Public health experts fear his appointment signals a shift away from science-based decision-making at the nation’s top health agency.
Black health leaders stress that communities must act quickly. Analysts point to alternative resources like the Vaccine Integrity Project, a university-led initiative providing independent vaccine data, and Violence Prevention Solutions, which consults with local organizations after federal cutbacks. Experts also call for state and local governments to expand their own health efforts, filling the void left by the CDC. The Center for Black Health & Equity said in a recent statement that the cuts “jeopardize foundational services” and urged Black Americans to push for accountability, transparency, and sustained funding at every level.
“We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,” a conglomerate of nine former CDC directors, who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations, warned in a statement. “Rural communities and vulnerable populations will be most at risk.”
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DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Lorraine Cochran-Johnson recently announced the release of a landmark organizational assessment conducted by independent consulting firm Mauldin & Jenkins. Commissioned as part of CEO Cochran-Johnson’s transition strategy, the report represents a significant step toward enhancing operational efficiency, transparency, and service delivery across county government.
The independent evaluation reviewed 18 departments and identified 266 actionable recommendations to modernize government operations, streamline internal processes, and reinforce accountability across county agencies.
“As I shared in my first budget proposal, this assessment was never about pointing fingers, it was about building a stronger foundation for DeKalb’s future,” said CEO Cochran-Johnson. “With this report, we now have a clear, data-informed roadmap to reimagine how we serve, how we lead, and how we grow.”
The recommendations cover a wide range of priorities, including improvements in organizational structure and leadership alignment, service delivery and process modernization, technology integration and workflow optimization, and internal controls and risk management.
To support implementation, the CEO’s office will appoint a dedicated Change Manager to coordinate efforts across departments, monitor progress, and deliver regular updates to the Board of Commissioners and the public.
“This is a pivotal moment for DeKalb County,” Cochran-Johnson added. “We now have the blueprint and the will. What comes next is execution and that will require focus, discipline, and collaboration at every level of government.”
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. (above) will be playing his first game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Sept. 14. The Falcons lost by three touchdowns in Minnesota last season, but Penix, Jr. did not play in that game. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice
The Atlanta Falcons are on their way to Minnesota for a Sunday Night Football meeting with the Vikings. The warm and friendly confines of Mercedes-Benz Stadium (71,000-plus football fans were in the building for the season opener) and a pro-Falcons crowd will not be waiting for them when they arrive.
Falcons quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. made just his fourth professional start on Sunday against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The game in Minnesota will only be his second on the road. It won’t be the first time he will be in uniform in Minnesota. The Falcons lost 42-12 to the Vikings last season during former starting quarterback Kirk Cousins’s return to his former home on Dec. 8. That game was in the middle of a four-game losing streak and near the end of Cousins’s time as the starter in Atlanta.
Minnesota won its season opener in Chicago on Monday night and will have a sold-out crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium. Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, similar to Penix, Jr., will be making his first career start at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday night. Unlike Penix, Jr., McCarthy threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns and helped lead his team to victory.
Now Penix, Jr. is starting and coming off of a quality, if not stellar, performance in front of the home fans on Sunday against the Buccaneers (298 yards and a touchdown on 27-42 passing, 21 rushing yards and a touchdown), he was appreciative of the environment at The Benz.
“Oh yeah, man, that’s big time. We need that. We love it,” Penix said of the crowd participation. “Each and every home game, we want it. We know that they will bring it. Whenever we’re making big-time plays, the city is going to be behind us.”
Falcons receiver Chris Blair, who was inactive for the game, agreed with Penix, Jr. about the environment in The Benz on Sunday afternoon.
“I feel like it was the right energy,” said Blair, an Alcorn State alum. “They showed up for sure.”
There were plenty of big plays during the game that kept the crowd into it -Penix, Jr.’s fourth quarter go-ahead touchdown run, Bijan Robinson’s six receptions for 100 yards- but the Falcons lost the home and season opener 23-20 to a division rival. Atlanta kicker Young Koo missed a 44-yard field goal that could have tied the game and when he got to the sideline he threw his helmet to the ground in disgust.
Penix spoke to the press about what he said to Koo after the game. He said he told Koo not to let this kick get him down and to keep being the kicker that the team believes in.
The Falcons won’t be back at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for two weeks as the National Football League schedule’s week three matchup will take place at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte against the Panthers (0-1 after losing at Jacksonville on Sunday, Sept. 7).
Penix, Jr. said he is “looking forward” to getting back in front of the home fans that don’t make the trips to Minnesota and Charlotte in the coming weeks.
“We appreciate them and we look forward to being back home again and having that influence that they brought today,” Penix, Jr. said.
The Falcons will host the Washington Commanders on Sunday, Sept. 28. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. This will be a rematch of sorts for two young quarterbacks. Penix, Jr.’s second career start came against Jayden Daniels and the Commanders in Washington last season. Though the Falcons lost 30-24, Penix, Jr. (19-35, 223 yards, a touchdown and an interception) displayed poise late in that game.
Performing in a hostile environment will be what Penix, Jr. and the Falcons will have to do in Minnesota on Sunday night.
Kathmandu — Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced Tuesday that he would step down as the country was rocked by a second day of unrest amid protests over a since-repealed ban on many major social media platforms. Clashes between young demonstrators and police on Monday turned violent, with police reportedly killing 19 people.
Protesters in Nepal’s capital defied a curfew on Tuesday to continue venting their rage at the government a day after the deadly crackdown.
The protests, which began on Monday with demands that the government lift a ban on social media and tackle corruption, reignited despite the apps being allowed to go back online.
Kathmandu police spokesman Shekhar Khanal said several groups had refused to obey a curfew on Tuesday, telling AFP there were protesters in the streets in many areas including “cases of fire and attacks.”
A protester throws a wooden plank toward flames outside the Nepali Congress party’s headquarters, during a demonstration against the killing the previous day of 19 people, after anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 9, 2025.
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Some targeted the properties of politicians and government buildings, according to an AFP photographer and local media reports. According to The Associated Press, the homes of the leader of the largest political party in the country, Nepali Congress, along with President Ram Chandra Poudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and leader of the Communist party of Nepal were among those set on fire. A private school owned by the foreign minister was also set on fire.
Prime Minister Oli, 73, had ordered a probe into the violence and on Tuesday said he would head all-party talks in a bid to bring about a “meaningful conclusion” to the violence. But not long after, local media said he was stepping down, and the Reuters news agency cited his aide Prakash Silwal as confirming the news.
The interior minister resigned on Monday, according to a government statement, while two others cabinet members had earlier quit on Tuesday, according to Nepali media.
“The social media platforms have been opened, which was among the Gen Z’s demands,” Minister for Communication Prithvi Subba Gurung told AFP, referring to young people aged largely in their 20s who have led the protests.
What are the protests in Nepal all about?
The social media ban fed into existing anger at the government in a country with a youth bulge. People aged 15-40 make up nearly 43% of the population, according to government statistics — while unemployment hovers around 10% and GDP per capita at just $1,447, according to the World Bank.
Slogans demanding accountability from the authorities have been a feature at the protests.
“Nearly 20 people were murdered by the state — that shows the scale of police brutality,” 23-year-old student Yujan Rajbhandari, who took part in the demonstrations a day earlier, said Tuesday. “The government… have to take responsibility for the lives that were lost.”
Demonstrators react outside the Nepali Parliament complex during a protest against the killing the previous day of 19 people amid anti-corruption protests that were triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, despite a curfew in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 9, 2025.
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Several social media sites — including Facebook, YouTube and X — were blocked Friday in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people, after the government cut access to 26 platforms that it said had failed to register as required. In addition to formal registration, the government had required the platforms to post a local liaison in Nepal.
Amnesty International said live ammunition was used against protesters on Monday, and the United Nations demanded a swift and transparent probe.
Police in Kathmandu on Monday clashed with the crowds when protesters pushed through barbed wire and tried to storm into a restricted area near parliament. Seventeen people were killed in Kathmandu, police said, and two more in the eastern district of Sunsari, according to local media.
Police said about 400 people were injured, including more than 100 police.
Since Friday, videos contrasting the struggles of ordinary Nepalis with the children of politicians flaunting luxury goods and expensive vacations have gone viral on TikTok, which was not blocked.
Popular platforms such as Instagram have millions of users in Nepal who rely on them for entertainment, news and business. Others rely on the apps for messaging.
“This isn’t just about social media — it’s about trust, corruption, and a generation that refuses to stay silent,” the Kathmandu Post newspaper wrote. “Gen Z grew up with smartphones, global trends, and promises of a federal, prosperous Nepal.”
“For them, digital freedom is personal freedom,” the newspaper said. “Cutting off access feels like silencing an entire generation.”
Nepal has restricted access to popular online platforms in the past, including to Telegram in July, citing a rise in online fraud. It lifted a nine-month ban on TikTok last year after the platform agreed to comply with Nepali regulations.
Ha-Seong Kim (above) had a single during the Braves’s three-run first inning against the Chicago Cubs on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves
Stop me if you have heard this before, but Bryce Elder was the key reason the Atlanta Braves won tonight. The Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-1 and Elder was lights out.
The Braves were back at Truist Park a day after losing a three-game series to the Seattle Mariners. Monday night’s starting pitcher, Bryce Elder, came into the game against the Chicago Cubs having come off of one of his best outings of the season against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Sept. 3. Elder went seven innings, gave up just four hits and one run, while striking out seven Cubs.
He started Monday night’s game on the right track, striking out three of the first seven Cubs he faced in the first inning and second innings, including Pete Crow Armstrong. Elder has experienced some rough early innings this season, so the strong start to this game was a welcomed sight for a Braves pitching staff and defense that gave up 18 runs to Seattle on Sunday.
Elder was pitching well again. The Texas native picked up two more strikeouts in the third inning and had a 1-2-3 fourth inning.
At the plate, Ozzie Albies got things started for Atlanta with a first inning solo home run to left field off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga. Following a single from Braves shortstop Ha-Seong Kim, potential National League Rookie of the Year Drake Baldwin laced a double off of the center field fence to bring Kim home and give the Braves a 2-0 lead. Ronald Acuna drove Baldwin in to make the score 3-0, and also snapped a 0-25 hitting streak in the process.
The roughest inning for Elder came in the sixth when he gave up a pair of singles and a walk to Michael Busch, Ian Happ, and Seiya Suzuki, the top of the Cubs lineup. Elder then got Pete Crow-Armstrong to ground out to Albies to end the inning.
Elder would come out of the game in the seventh inning with a runner on third base. That runner, Nick Hoerner, hit a double to start the inning. The hit was the only extra-base hit Elder gave up during his time on the mound. Elder, who went 6.1 innings with five strikeouts, was charged with the run the Cubs scored moments later on a sacrifice fly from Matt Shaw off a Pierce Johnson fastball.
The Braves would get the run back when Matt Olson hit his 23rd home run of the season in the eighth inning, putting Atlanta up 4-1.
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A deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina last month has sparked outrage among elected officials, including President Trump, after local authorities released video of the attack on the Charlotte Area Transit System.
Police say 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who fled the war in Ukraine only to be killed in an apparently random attack on Aug. 22, was allegedly stabbed by a man with a long record of criminal charges and psychiatric crises. The suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., had served time in prison, been briefly committed for schizophrenia and was arrested earlier this year after repeatedly calling 911 from a hospital.
Officials in Charlotte faced sharp criticism for failing to keep Brown, who has a history of mental illness, arrests and erratic behavior, off the streets before Zarutska was fatally stabbed on the commuter train — a killing that critics claim could have been prevented.
Brown was arrested at the scene and charged with first-degree murder. Court records show he had cycled through the criminal justice system for more than a decade, with 14 prior cases in Mecklenburg County, including a five-year prison sentence for robbery with a dangerous weapon.
The Aug. 22 attack, captured in recently released surveillance videos, has drawn condemnation of local officials and emerged as a talking point in the discussion about public safety, especially among conservatives who have supported the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in places such as Washington, D.C., where the president has deployed the National Guard.
“I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic,” Mr. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday, also slamming cashless bail and asking why the suspect had been allowed out of jail.
Zarutska had come to the United States to escape Russia’s invasion, relatives wrote in a GoFundMe post, describing her as determined to build a safer life.
Videos released two weeks after the incident show Zarutska sitting on the light-rail train as Brown takes a seat directly behind her. Minutes later, without any apparent interaction, he pulls out a pocketknife, stands and slashes her in the neck, investigators said. Passengers screamed and scattered as she collapsed.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles called Zarutska’s killing “a senseless and tragic loss.”
“Like so many of you, I’m heartbroken — and I’ve been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city,” she posted on X after authorities released footage of the attack.
In a letter addressed to the community on Monday, Lyles said the incident was a “tragic failure by the courts and magistrates.
“We need a bipartisan solution to address repeat offenders who do not face consequences for their actions and those who cannot get treatment for their mental illness and are allowed to be on the streets,” the mayor’s letter reads.
Brown’s mother told local television she sought an involuntary psychiatric commitment earlier this year after he became violent at home. Doctors diagnosed him with schizophrenia. It was unclear what kind of treatment he received, if any, following the diagnosis.
Brown had also been arrested in January when officers were called to a Charlotte hospital for a welfare check.
He told officers that he believed someone gave him man-made material that controlled when he ate, walked and talked, according to police records. Brown became upset after officers told him there was nothing further they could do. A judge released him at the time without bail.
Court records also show that Brown faced charges ranging from making threats and shoplifting to felony larceny dating back to 2011, although some of those charges appear to have been dismissed.
The AP left a message seeking comment on Monday with the attorney representing him on the murder charge.
What President Trump, Sean Duffy and some state lawmakers are saying
Mr. Trump on Monday sent his love to the victim’s family and called the suspect “a madman” while speaking at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. “They are evil people. We have to be able to handle that. If we don’t handle that, we don’t have a country,” he said.
In his Truth Social post, the president blamed Democrats, singling out by name former Gov. Roy Cooper, who’s now running for Senate, “who refuse to put bad people in jail.” Mr. Trump added that “North Carolina, and every State, needs LAW AND ORDER, and only Republicans will deliver it!”
Several Republicans and Trump allies claim the attack shows that large cities and governors are failing to protect their residents and justifies the president’s federal takeover of Washington and his plans to replicate that effort in other places.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed Charlotte officials, including the city’s Democratic mayor, for allowing Brown to be on the streets.
“This monster had a track record longer than a CVS receipt, including prison time for robbery with a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering, and larceny,” Duffy wrote Sunday on X. “By failing to properly punish him, Charlotte failed Iryna Zarutska and North Carolinians.”
Top Republican lawmakers in North Carolina’s state Legislature echoed the criticism. “This is the cost of soft-on-crime ‘leadership,'” Republican House Speaker Destin Hall wrote on social media. “Anyone who puts criminals before victims has no business in public office.”
Random attacks and violence in U.S. cities have taken on increasing significance nationally this year, colliding with the politics of crime and immigration as the Trump administration plans to ramp up a greater federal role on city streets.
Mr. Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to several Democratic-led cities, including Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco, to fight what he says is runaway crime. Despite Mr. Trump’s rhetoric, Vice President JD Vance said in recent days that the administration has “no immediate plans” to send National Guard forces to Chicago. The comments came one day after Mr. Trump again suggested he would send federal forces to Chicago, saying “we’re going in.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has opposed the president’s plans, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called Mr. Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago a call for “war with an American city.”
Meanwhile, local police department data shows that most violent crime in those places and around the country has declined in recent years.
Those same trends have largely held true in Charlotte, where the rates of homicides, robberies, aggravated assault and burglary all decreased between 2020 and 2024 but auto thefts rose significantly, according to AH Datalytics, which tracks crime using local law enforcement data for its Real-Time Crime Index.
In 2024, though, homicides in Charlotte did spike by nearly 20% over the previous year, but that number has dropped again during the first six months of this year, according to the data.
(CNN) — When was the last time you had your blood sugar checked? It might be worth looking into, a new study says.
Forty-four percent of people age 15 and older living with diabetes are undiagnosed, so they don’t know they have it, according to data analysis published Monday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
The study looked at data from 204 countries and territories from 2000 to 2023 in a systematic review of published literature and surveys. The findings at the global level are for people age 15 and older.
“The majority of people with diabetes that we report on in the study have type 2 diabetes,” said Lauryn Stafford , the lead author of the study.
Around 1 in 9 adults live with diabetes worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Foundation. In the United States, 11.6% of Americans have diabetes, according to 2021 data from the American Diabetes Association.
“We found that 56% of people with diabetes are aware that they have the condition,” said Stafford, a researcher for the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. “Globally, there’s a lot of variation geographically, and also by age. So, generally, higher-income countries were doing better at diagnosing people than low- and middle-income countries.”
Younger people don’t know they have diabetes
People under 35 years were much less likely to be diagnosed if they had diabetes than people in middle age or older. Just “20% of young adults with diabetes were aware of their condition,” Stafford said.
Routine screenings aren’t promoted as much for young adults as for older adults. Many larger organizations, like the American Diabetes Association, suggest annual routine screenings for adults 35 and older.
“You can survive with elevated glucose levels for many, many years,” Stafford said. “People end up getting diagnosed with diabetes only at the point where they have complications,” which are more common in older adults.
Depending on how long a person has had diabetes before it’s discovered, the health impacts may vary.
“Diagnosing diabetes early is important because it allows for timely management to prevent or delay long-term complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, nerve damage, and vision loss,” said Rita Kalyani, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association. She was not involved in the study.
Around one-third of adults are diagnosed with diabetes later than their earliest symptom, according to a 2018 study.
What symptoms should you look for?
“Symptoms of diabetes include increased thirst or hunger, frequent urination, blurry vision, unexpected weight loss, and fatigue. However, in the early stages, most people with diabetes are asymptomatic, which highlights the importance of screening and diagnosis,” said Kalyani, a professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Johns Hopkins University.
If you experience any of these symptoms or have a history of diabetes in your family, experts recommend you get a glucose screening.
Globally, in 2023, about 40% of people with treated diabetes were getting optimal results and lowering their blood sugar, said Stafford. That’s why it’s important that future efforts focus on ensuring that more people receive and follow proper treatment post-diagnosis.
That only 4 in 10 patients were seeing optimal results was surprising, as several well-established treatments, including insulin, Metformin and other drugs like GLP-1s, are available.
People with diabetes likely also have other health issues, such as hypertension or chronic kidney disease, which can make treatment complex, Stafford added.
Can you prevent diabetes?
It depends.
While there is no known way to prevent type 1 diabetes, there are many ways to prevent the more common form of type 2 diabetes.
Reducing the amount of red and processed meats you eat can help lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, as previously reported by CNN. You could do this with a Mediterranean diet or by introducing more plant-based foods to your meals.
In addition, limit the amount of ultraprocessed foods you eat, adding more whole foods, like fruits and nuts, instead.
Incorporating physical activity into your regular routine can also decrease your risk of developing not only diabetes but also other chronic diseases. Fast walking for at least 15 minutes a day is just one form of exercise you can do.
“I think, ultimately, if we can also focus more on the risk factors for developing diabetes — preventing people from needing to be diagnosed in the first place — that is also critical,” Stafford said.
(CNN) — Immigration enforcement operations are ramping up in Chicago and Boston, marking the latest escalation between the Trump administration and Democratic-led cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced “Operation Midway Blitz” aimed at targeting “criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor (JB) Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets.”
The heightened rhetoric from President Donald Trump and his top officials aligns with how the White House plans to push forward its aggressive agenda aimed at undocumented immigrants. Ongoing arrests in Chicago are expected to expand as a federal presence builds up in a weeks-long, phased approach, according to officials familiar with the plans who stressed it’s still in flux.
Operations in Boston and Chicago are modeled after the June immigrationsweeps in Los Angeles that the Supreme Court ruled Monday can continue under certain circumstances. The Homeland Security official charged with immigration operations in Los Angeles, Gregory Bovino, was deployed to Chicago to do the same there, officials told CNN, with one describing Chicago as “Los Angeles on the road.”
The escalating actions also follow a massive raid last week at a Hyundai plant in Georgia that, while not in a sanctuary city, previews forthcoming worksite operations, border czar Tom Homan told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday.
In tandem with those moves, more Democratic-led cities also are bracing for the Trump administration to decide — “over the next day or two,” the president said Sunday — where to further deploy National Guard troops to crack down on violent crime, a purported problem the White House sometimes has linked with immigration.
This image from video provided by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows a person being handcuffed at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday. Credit: Corey Bullard / AP via CNN Newsource
The Department of Homeland Security on Sunday blamed Boston Mayor Michelle Wu for sanctuary polices that “not only attract and harbor criminals but also place these public safety threats above the interests of law-abiding American citizens.” Crossing the border or overstaying a visa and being undocumented in the United States generally is a civil infraction, not a criminal one.
Calling up the National Guard is “always on the table” for Chicago, Homan told CNN, even after a federal judge last week ruled Trump broke federal law by using the US military to help with law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles — while use of the guard in Washington, DC, is unlike anywhere else.
“We used them in Los Angeles, and we use them in Washington, DC,” Homan said. “They’re a force multiplier.”
Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, said in a statement Monday that such enforcement won’t make people feel safer.
“They are a waste of money, stoke fear, and represent another failed attempt at a distraction,” he said.
Cities push back against Trump threats
In Washington, DC, where more than 2,200 armed National Guard troops have roamed for weeks, officials are suing the Trump administration, accusing the president of violating the Constitution and federal law by sending soldiers into the city without consent from local leaders.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday by DC’s attorney general, claims the troops — many from out of state — have been deputized by the US Marshals office and are patrolling neighborhoods, conducting searches and making arrests, despite federal laws that generally bar the military from acting as local police.
The Trump administration has touted its efforts in the capital city, pointing to a sharp drop in violent crime since ramping up federal law enforcement last month. But critics argue the National Guard deployment is unnecessary and costly, with taxpayers footing an estimated $1 million a day, while troops take photos with tourists, pick up trash and lay mulch.
Members of the National Guard patrol inside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on August 28. Credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images via CNN Newsource
Trump has also repeatedly slammed nearby Baltimore for its crime, calling the city a “hellhole” and suggesting the National Guard could be deployed there next.
“We don’t need an occupation,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday. Scott said he’d explore all options when asked whether he would sign an order like Chicago’s that tells local police not to cooperate with federal law enforcement should they be deployed.
On Sunday evening, Trump told reporters Chicago is a “very dangerous place,” adding to anticipation of troops there. The president said he could “solve Chicago very quickly,” but stopped short of committing to deploy the guard.
The next morning, he lashed out at Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, questioning the Democrat’s supposed aversion to federal intervention: “WHY??? … Only the Criminals will be hurt” by any federal efforts, Trump wrote on his social media platform, adding crime is “ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE!!!”
Pritzker denounced DHS operations in the state Monday, saying in a post on X that the operation “isn’t about fighting crime.”
“That requires support and coordination — yet we’ve experienced nothing like that over the past several weeks,” he said, adding that the administration has chosen to focus “on scaring Illinoisians.”
The governor’s office has still not recieved any “formal communication or information” from the Trump administration and that they are often learning of operations through social media, said Matt Hill, spokesperson for Pritzker.
Seven people were killed in Chicago from Friday evening through Sunday, preliminary police figures show. At least six victims were men, ages 21 to 42.
Still, fatal shootings in the city are down 34.2% this year through September 6 compared with the same period in 2024, with 237 killed in 2025, mayor’s office data shows.
The Windy City has prepared for more than a week for looming National Guard deployments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, from the governor bracing for a court fight to parade planners postponing.
Fears gripped Chicago over the weekend
On the Lower West Side of Chicago, the start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations typically marks a raucous weekend of parties and parades drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees. While some crowds did gather Saturday waving green, white and red flags in the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood, an undercurrent of caution persisted.
As costumed performers and children with baskets of treats paraded through the community, bright orange whistles swung from their necks, each one ready to cut through the music should federal immigration agents appear.
Keilina Zamora prepares to participate in the Mexican Independence Day parade in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday. Credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images via CNN NewsourcePeople watch the Mexican Independence Day parade in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday. Credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images via CNN Newsource
Elsewhere, celebrations were muted.
In Wauconda, a village northwest of Chicago, the annual Latino Heritage Festival was canceled due in part to “immigration concerns in our area,” the Wauconda Police Department said in a Friday social media post.
One of the largest events of the Fiestas Patrias, the parade for the Mexican Independence Day in Waukegan, has been postponed for the first time in its 30-year history to November 1 from September 14. The festival is celebrated every year in the suburb along Lake Michigan just north of the Great Lakes naval base, the facility Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump is set to use as a command center for incoming immigration agents.
Communities throughout the nation’s third-largest city are preparing for ICE presence by handing out flyers reminding families they have the right in the face of immigration enforcement to remain silent and don’t have to consent to be searched or share their birthplace or citizenship status, among other rights.
In Pilsen, neighbors gathered this weekend to celebrate Latino culture, choosing joy despite fear: “I think now more than ever is when we need to demonstrate that we are united and we are a community,” longtime resident Araceli Lucio said.
CNN’s Kit Maher, Alison Main, Samantha Waldenberg, Lily Hautau, Chris Boyette and Gabe Cohen contributed to this report.
A freight train slammed into a double-decker bus in Mexico early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said.
The crash took place in an industrial area of warehouses and factories in the town of Atlacomulco, about 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.
The state of Mexico’s civil defense agency said via X that authorities were still working at the site of the crash.
The bus from the Herradura de Plata line was ripped apart by the collision. The company did not immediately respond to the Associated Press’s request for comment.
Soldiers and rescue personal work the scene of a deadly accident where a freight train slammed into a double-deck bus in Atlacomulco, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.
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City officials in Atlacomulco asked residents to refrain from going to the site of the collision and offered their condolences to the families of the victims who died.
Authorities did not immediately give details about how the accident occurred. One video circulated on social platforms showed the bus in heavy traffic slowly moving across the train tracks when the fast-moving train suddenly appeared out of frame, ramming the bus at its midpoint. The train’s momentum carried the bus down the tracks and out of frame.
There were no visible crossing gates or other signals. Just before the crash, cars could be seen crossing the tracks as traffic advanced.
Cars going in the other direction stopped crossing the tracks at the time the bus drove onto them, though a motorcycle scooted across seconds before the crash. The train hit the passenger side of the bus.
Another video showed the bus at rest to the side of the tracks. The roof of the bus was gone and people could be seen moving on the top level as the train slowed to a stop.
A woman could be heard crying, “Help me, help me.”
This infographic shows where a train collided with a passenger bus in Mexico, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 45.
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City of Mexico, the train line, confirmed the accident and sent its condolences to the families of the victims. The Calgary, Canada-based company said its personnel were on site and cooperating with authorities.
(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday backed President Donald Trump’s push to allow immigration enforcement officials to continue what critics describe as “roving patrols” in Southern California that lower courts said likely violated the Fourth Amendment.
The court did not offer an explanation for its decision, which came over a sharp dissent from the three liberal justices.
At issue were a series of incidents in which masked and heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled aside people who identify as Latino – including some US citizens – around Los Angeles to interrogate them about their immigration status. Lower courts found that ICE likely had not established the “reasonable suspicion” required to justify those stops.
The decision deals with seven counties in Southern California, but it has landed during a broader crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration – and officials are likely to read it as a tacit approval of similar practices elsewhere.
“This is a win for the safety of Californians and the rule of law,” said Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. “DHS law enforcement will not be slowed down and will continue to arrest and remove the murderers, rapists, gang members, and other criminal illegal aliens.”
A US District Court in July ordered the Department of Homeland Security to discontinue the practice if the stops were based largely on a person’s apparent ethnicity, language or their presence at a particular location, such as a farm or bus stop. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld that decision, which applied only to seven California counties.
But the Supreme Court disagreed with that approach. Though the court did not provide any analysis explaining its decision, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a member of the conservative wing who sided with Trump, wrote in a concurrence that the factors the agents were considering “taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence in the United States.”
“To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this court’s case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a ‘relevant factor’ when considered along with other salient factors,” Kavanaugh wrote.
“Importantly,” Kavanaugh added, “reasonable suspicion means only that immigration officers may briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status.”
‘Freedoms are lost,’ Sotomayor warns
The order drew a fiery dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
“We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.”
Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the “on-the-ground reality” of immigration arrests cuts against the federal government’s fears that a court ruling could chill authorities’ ability to detain and deport undocumented migrants.
“The evidence in this case, however, reveals that the government is likely to continue relying solely on those four factors because that is what agents are currently authorized and instructed to do,” Sotomayor wrote.
Since a district court issued a ruling temporarily barring interrogations and arrests based only on a person’s apparent ethnicity, language or their presence at a particular location, members of the Trump administration have made clear they intend to proceed with their agenda as planned, the justice said.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “has called the District Judge an ‘idiot’ and vowed that ‘none of [the government’s] operations are going to change,’” Sotomayor wrote. “The CBP Chief Patrol Agent in the Central District has stated that his division will ‘turn and burn’ and ‘go even harder now,’ and has posted videos on social media touting his agents’ continued efforts ‘[c]hasing, cuffing, [and] deporting’ people at car washes.”
Referring to Kavanaugh’s concurrence, Sotomayor said that ICE agents aren’t just conducting brief or routine traffic stops. They are seizing both undocumented immigrants and US citizens “using firearms, physical violence, and warehouse detentions.”
The case was the latest of nearly two dozen emergency appeals the administration has filed at the Supreme Court since Trump began his second term in January. Many of those have dealt with Trump’s immigration policies.
US District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, in her earlier ruling siding against Trump in the case, said the administration was attempting to convince the court “in the face of a mountain of evidence” that none of the plaintiffs’ claims were true.
Frimpong, appointed by President Joe Biden, said in her ruling that the court needed to decide whether the plaintiffs could prove the Trump administration “is indeed conducting roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denying access to lawyers.”
The American Civil Liberties Union also condemned the ruling.
“Today’s Supreme Court order puts people at grave risk, allowing federal agents in Southern California to target individuals because of their race, how they speak, the jobs they work, or just being at a bus stop or the car wash when ICE agents decide to raid a place,” said Cecillia Wang, national legal director of the ACLU, which was part of the legal team challenging the stops.
“For anyone perceived as Latino by an ICE agent,” she added, “this means living in a fearful ‘papers please’ regime, with risks of violent ICE arrests and detention.”
Kavanaugh wades into immigration
Kavanaugh used his 10-page concurrence to launch into a broader discussion about the debate around illegal immigration.
“To be sure, I recognize and fully appreciate that many (not all, but many) illegal immigrants come to the United States to escape poverty and the lack of freedom and opportunities in their home countries,” he wrote.
“But the fact remains that, under the laws passed by Congress and the president, they are acting illegally by remaining in the United States – at least unless Congress and the president choose some other legislative approach to legalize some or all of those individuals now illegally present in the country,” he added.
Sotomayor leaned into a growing criticism around how the Supreme Court has handled high-profile emergency cases dealing with Trump: That it has offered no explanation. The court itself offered only a single paragraph of boilerplate language in siding with Trump.
The sometimes-terse orders have been a topic of discussion for several justices who have appeared at events over the summer. Kagan said earlier this year that she thought the court could often provide further explanation in its emergency decisions. But Kavanaugh and others have noted that the court is sometimes hesitant to signal which way it’s leaning in a case.
“The court’s order is troubling for another reason: It is entirely unexplained,” Sotomayor wrote. “In the last eight months, this court’s appetite to circumvent the ordinary appellate process and weigh in on important issues has grown exponentially.”
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez contributed to this report.
This story has been updated with additional information.
A nondescript office building on the edge of Midtown, near a FedEx Office and Marriott Residence Inn, is getting an upgrade. Come September 10, it will welcome a French brasserie and a micro food hall. Led by chef Akhtar Nawab—who brings experience from Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern and Tom Colicchio’s Craft—the 7,000-square-foot space at 1375 Peachtree Street will bring sushi, hibachi, French bistro, and Southern fare to the area.
The restaurant is named Brasserie Lundi for the French word for “Monday” because “it’s not an occasion place—it’s a place you can go every day,” Nawab explains.
It will open with dinner service and begin to offer breakfast and lunch on September 25. The menu will feature “a slew of dishes consistent with a brasserie—familiar items,” Nawab says. “Sometimes we see brasseries pushing the boundaries. We want to incorporate local items and play around a bit too.” Examples include fried green tomato schnitzel with Japanese curry and rice. There will be foie gras torchon with stone fruit preserves and brioche, poached halibut with charred leeks and smoked trout caviar, and Parisienne gnocchi with basil pistou and zucchini.
Squid ink pasta
Photo by Ryan Fleisher
Weekend brunch will feature dishes such as sheep’s milk ricotta pancakes with orange honey syrup and caramelized pan perdue with seasonal fruit, while weekday breakfast leans more continental with omelets, oatmeal, and pastries from Saint Germain. The lunch menu will be a paired down version of dinner with the addition of entree salads (think braised and pickled beets) and sandwiches (croque madame and jamon beurre). A coffee bar will serve traditional espresso-based drinks from Illy.
A separate, full bar will specialize in French cocktails with a twist—such as a saffron Old Fashioned. There will be a riff on the Vesper called the Olive Branch, made with olive oil-washed vodka, gin, Cocchi Americano, and basil, and a spin on a Swizzle comprised of Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter, Martinique-style rum, cane syrup, lime, and peach liqueur. Wines will be heavily French with New World and other Old World selections to round out the 55-bottle list. Fifteen of these will be available by the glass, including natural and orange options. In addition to local beers, Brasserie Lundi will offer Kronenbourg, a French pale lager.
Set between two walls of windows, the restaurant feels airy. Antique mirrors and variety of paintings attraction attention. Wooden arches separate the space from the food hall.
The Peacherie features communal-style seating.
Photo by Ryan Fleisher
Nawab is curating the food hall, called the Peacherie, with two of the three tenants announced thus far. Jack Bai of Gekko Kitchen (Politan Row) is launching a new food stall called Ninja Way Express there. It will serve poke, sushi, and hibachi with items like a shrimp bowl and hibachi chicken bowl. Newer to the industry is Miles Davis, who is serving modern Southern cuisine like pimento cheese dip, smoked honey chicken, and fried green tomatoes with cherry tomato jam. His stall will be called Discourse Eatery, and every meal will come with conversation-starter cards designed to get people talking.
Decorated in light woods with plenty of natural light, the dining room features a lot of curved, communal banquettes to accommodate groups. It also offers counter and patio seating. Patrons will be able to order drinks from cocktail servers who will deliver them from Brasserie Lundi’s bar.
“Not everyone has an hour-and-a-half to sit down for lunch. Here, people can get something in 10 minutes and take it with them if they need to,” Nawab says. “We want to appeal to both types of consumers, offering something for everyone.”
Atlanta-based filmmaker and Hartford native Rafia Ansari debuted her short film House of Terror at the Urban Film Festival in Miami on Saturday, marking the world premiere of a project that has been nearly a decade in the making.
The film screened at Silver Spot Cinemas in downtown Miami. Inspired by Nollywood, House of Terror explores the issue of baby factories in Nigeria and highlights the power of prayer. Ansari wrote, directed, acted in and produced the film.
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“I do not believe in the word can’t,” Ansari said. “It was instilled in me as a child by my great-grandmother, Ella Little Cromwell. She always said, ‘You can do anything you put your mind to.’”
Ansari began developing the project in 2017 after moving to Atlanta in 2013 to pursue a career in film. Two earlier attempts to complete the film stalled, but in 2024 she connected with Josh Broaden, a video engineer for the Wall Street Journal and a filmmaker. With Broaden as director of photography, House of Terrorwrapped production in September 2024.
Her inspiration for the project dates back to childhood. Cromwell frequently traveled to Africa and returned with artifacts and stories, which sparked Ansari’s interest. She also participated in African dance programs and cultural activities in her hometown of Hartford. A high school assignment led her to research Nigeria, where she first learned about baby factories and sex trafficking — subjects that became central to her film.
House of Terror is currently on the festival circuit. Ansari said she has additional screenplays in development and is working on her next production through her company Write on Rafia, which she founded in 2020.
