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  MIAMI – A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the Florida Keys as Tropical Depression Fred soaks Cuba and shows signs of strengthening. Forecasters predict heavy rain in other parts of Florida. A disorganized Fred was 315 miles east-southeast of Key West at 8 a.m. Friday, moving west-northwest at 10 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, but the National Hurricane Center says those winds could increase and the system become a tropical storm again Friday (which requires winds of 39 mph or higher). While Broward and most of Miami-Dade counties are not under a tropical storm watch, rain is expected on Friday night and Saturday, and those counties are under a flood watch. [NORCROSS ANALYSIS: Fred is barely hanging on, but will still bring heavy rain and strong winds to South Florida] “The center of the system will stay west of Miami-Dade and Broward, but the impacts will be felt well beyond this projected path,” said Julie Durda of Local 10 meteorology. “We are expecti...

Residents said today that a group of Yangon teenagers locked arms before leaping from a rooftop to escape pursuing security forces, killing three of them. Residents on 44th Street described soldiers opening fire on the group they were looking for after a series of downtown bombings, prompting them to flee a room in a residential building to the rooftop, where five of them jumped. The fall killed three people. “They ascended to the roof and fled. The soldiers fired five rounds at them,” Zaw, a resident of the adjacent building who requested that his full name not be used, told Coconuts on Wednesday. “One was shot and killed, while the others jumped into a back alley holding hands.” According to reports, two boys and a girl died in the five-story fall. Several broken bodies were allegedly found on the ground in images and a video (warning, graphic ) taken at the scene. Three more people were apprehended. It was unclear whether they were wanted in relation to the previous bombings. An ima...

Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee released from jail on parole Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole on Friday, raising hopes at the tech behemoth that he will soon be allowed to work as major investment decisions await him. Lee, 53, walked outside the Seoul Detention Center dressed in a dark grey suit and appeared to be in better shape than when he was last imprisoned in January. "I've caused much concern for the people. I deeply apologise," Lee told reporters. "I am listening to the concerns, criticisms, worries and high expectations for me. I will work hard." Support for his release, both political and public, had grown amid concerns that key strategic decisions at the South Korean conglomerate were not being made. Lee has served 18 months of a 30-month sentence after being convicted of bribing a friend of former President Park Geun-hye. He served one year of a five-year sentence, which was...