Thursday morning news: August 10, 2023

NYC migrant crisis » New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants the federal government to declare a state of emergency … over an ongoing migration crisis.

ADAMS: This will allow federal funds to be allocated quickly to help address the urgent challenges we face.

Adams said since last year, nearly 100,000 asylum seekers released by the Biden administration inside the United States … have arrived in New York.

He said shelters are at a breaking point … and added that the migrant crisis is expected to cost his city $12 billion dollars by 2025.

Haiti nurse » An American nurse and her young daughter are now free … after being kidnapped in Haiti two weeks ago.

New Hampshire native Alix Dorsainvil was working with Christian nonprofit El Roi Haiti … when she and her daughter were abducted from the ministry’s campus near Port-au-Prince.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters …

MILLER: We welcome the reports of their release. We have no greater priority of course than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas.

Officials did not immediately say whether anyone paid a ransom in exchange for Dorsainvil’s freedom.

Kidnappings for profit are alarmingly common in Haiti … where gang violence is now rampant.

Disney trans 110 » The Bud Light boycott over its partnership with a transgender influencer apparently did not scare Disney executives.

Disney is in fact doubling down on its pro-LGBT activism … hiring transgender influencer Seann Altman … to model clothing for girls on social media.

ALTMAN: I literally look like Mini Mouse, and I fit in perfectly with Mickey and his friends. The bow with the dress and the shoes really sealed the deal.

That comes shortly after an online video recorded at Disneyland went viral. It showed a male employee with a mustache wearing a blue dress …. playing the role of "Fairy Godmother's Apprentice” … welcoming children into a Disney boutique.

Target hit with lawsuit » Meantime, retail giant Target is facing a lawsuit from one of its investors over its social activism. WORLD’s Josh Schumacher has more.

JOSH SCHUMACHER, REPORTER: Target has endured a painful consumer boycott since unveiling so-called Pride month product displays earlier this year. Some of the LGBT items were aimed at children.

Since June, the company has lost some $14 billion dollars in market value … and now a shareholder is suing, saying investors are paying the price.

The suit says Target failed to weigh the risks of its social activism … and then misled investors about those risks.

For WORLD, I’m Josh Schumacher.

Florida prosecutor » Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando, Monique Worrell for what he called “dereliction of duty.”

DeSantis said prosecutors do have a certain amount of discretion in deciding when and how to prosecute a suspect …

DESANTIS: But what this state attorney has done is abuse that discretion and has effectively nullified certain laws in the states of Florida.

DeSantis said the Democratic state attorney had chosen not to impose mandatory sentences … on charges including gun crimes, drug trafficking, and child pornography.

Democrats charge that DeSantis removed her for political reasons amid his campaign for president.

Hawaii wildfires » Authorities say wildfires on Hawaii’s Big Island and Maui killed 6 and injuried dozens more … while charring hundreds of acres and burning down homes.

SOT: wind whipping and sirens going off

14 people were rescued after jumped into the ocean to escape the flames.

Maui county mayor Richard Bissen says damage can’t be accurately gauged until the all the fires are daused.

Bissen: We are still in a search and rescue mode…. We are battling, continue to battle the fire. We now have helicopters … using water drops to help suppress the fire.

Powerful winds from a hurricane spinning in the Pacific have fanned the flames.

I’m Kent Covington. 

Straight ahead: Priorities at the polls in Ohio. 

Plus, Missionaries with helicopters. 

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