I was born in Habana to a family that fled Cuba with a taste of freedom, and the hope of building our own American Dream.

Being raised on the east coast, including South Florida and the New York metropolitan area, I grew up being told stories of the oppressive, Fidel Castro-led, Communist regime in Cuba, from which we and many others escaped. This experience forged the importance of liberty and profound pride for the United States of America, but it also made me aware of the fragility of freedom.

Help Wanted: The new sign of the times - While customers are back in restaurants and businesses around the country, many employees are not, creating job openings on this Labor Day weekend that few expected. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty talks with former restaurant employees who say the COVID shutdown gave them a rare chance to pursue a new, better-paying career – and with a restaurant owner who says the pandemic may have changed the hospitality business for the better.

New Yorkers are number one, the most Inconsiderate Rude and Ill-mannered people in the USA.

Now there’s agreement, you have an extra day to start spreading the news this #LaborDayWeekend, head to the top of one of NYC's observation decks and yell out loud.

The Empire State was named the "Rudest State in America," and we may have the strong, sometimes abrasive "New York" attitude to blame. ... According to Best Life's algorithm, 14.79 percent of New York State is "rude," along with 4.5 percent of New York drivers.

Willard Scott Is dead. He forecast the weather on #TODAY for more than three decades and spent 65 years at #NBC #TODAY.

Freedom of the press or freedom of the news media is the principle that communication and expression, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.

The National Press Club as well as The Society of Professional Journalists allow us to connect with journalists from everywhere including local news reporters to the major media organizations.

You Have No Right to Complain. Shut up and begin to accept our Education, Social Restrictions, and version of Justice, or else.

Some are accusing The GOP of imposing Sharia Law in the USA and becoming RepublicanTaliban. I understand the analogy and their benchmark for extremism. This is pure, homegrown, American Taliban rule.