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Published 2024-07-19
The Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has caused the return of a familiar — and dreaded — screen for many Windows users: what has come to be known informally as the "blue screen of death," indicating that their computer systems are down.
The outage has affected consumers and businesses across the globe, including airlines, banks, health care providers, telecoms, retailers and even billboards in New York City's Times Square. The blue screens were visible on computer screens at multiple airports Friday, according to images shared on social media.
The screens, have been around for decades, were designed for early Windows systems to display when users' operating systems glitched. Microsoft, which describes them as "blue screen errors" or STOP code errors, says the screen continues to be displayed "if a serious problem causes Windows to shut down or restart unexpectedly."
A man is dead in Hialeah after three police officers responded to a domestic situation and were reportedly forced to fire their weapons at him when he pointed a firearm at them.
Hialeah Police responded to the home in the 500 block of West 53rd St. at 7 a.m.
Steadman Stahl, the President of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association that represents officers from Hialeah, said three officers who were on the scene fired their weapons at the unidentified man.
Stahl said, "We had some officers dispatched to a domestic incident with a firearm. When they approached, they encountered a very agitated gentleman with a firearm in his hand. He was very agitated. The officers gave him numerous, numerous commands to drop his firearm. He did not. He pointed the gun at police officers who had no other choice but to take his life."
"It was light enough in the morning so they could see that he had a weapon," he said. "No officer ever wants to take someone's life but they were being dispatched and these domestic situations are extremely volatile. Unfortunately, when someone confronts an officer with a firearm it is never going to go well for subjects."
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