The city of Miami Beach declared a state of emergency and imposed an 8 p.m. curfew for the entertainment district because spring breakers were gathering in crowds around the city despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Why it matters: Interim City Manager Raul Aguila said the emergency measures will be in effect for at least 72 hours in an effort to prevent widespread COVID-19 transmission. City leaders will meet Monday and vote on whether to extend the order or cancel it.
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One of the few groups in America with anything to celebrate after last night's loud, ugly, rowdy presidential "debate" was the violent, far-right Proud Boys, after President Trump pointedly refused to condemn white supremacist groups.
Why it matters: This was a for-the-history-books moment in a debate that was mostly headache-inducing noise. Trump failed to condemn racist groups after four months when millions marched for racial justice in the country's largest wave of activism in half a century.
Joe Biden's campaign has resumed its negative TV and digital ads against President Trump after temporarily taking them down last Friday when he was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Why it matters: There are just under four weeks until the election. Now that Trump is back in the White House, Democrats feel he's fair game for criticism as he was before his diagnosis.
Apple on Tuesday debuted the first Macs with homegrown chips, introducing updated versions of the MacBook Air and Mac mini that use its new M1 processor.
Why it matters: The move away from Intel processors could reduce costs for Apple and give the company more flexibility in design, but also adds short-term uncertainty as well as extra work for developers.
Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube and other Google-based services were reported to be down across multiple countries on Monday morning.
Why it matters: It appears to be a massive outage for one of the world's most relied-upon technology systems, dealing a huge blow to work productivity. Google has not yet issued a statement on the situation.
This story is developing and will be updated with more details.
