New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled detailed pricing plans this week for his signature policy of city-owned grocery stores, announcing that a core basket of essential foods will sell for 30% below typical retail prices, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from grocers who say it unfairly threatens their businesses.

Speaking in Brooklyn, Mamdani said the discount will apply to a defined set of staples including all fresh produce, meat, seafood, bread, milk and pasta. “Once a month, our five city run grocery stores will set prices for this core set of goods at 30% below typical retail prices. No exceptions, no gimmicks,” Mamdani said. “The savings will last for the entire month. That means no weekly fluctuations nor sticker shock at the checkout line.” The mayor’s office said the discounts could save shoppers roughly $90 a month, or approximately $1,000 a year.

Mamdani said he settled on the 30% discount figure because food prices have risen by roughly that amount since 2019. The plan, known officially as N.Y.C. Groceries, calls for one municipal store in each of the city’s five boroughs, with a network the mayor’s office describes as a “first-of-its-kind model” among major U.S. cities. Rather than being run directly by city employees, the stores will be operated day-to-day by private grocery firms selected through a request for proposals process the city has issued, with the city setting overall standards, pricing requirements and store design.

The first store is expected to open by the end of 2027 in Hunts Point, in the South Bronx, a neighborhood the mayor’s office said has among the highest rates of food insecurity in the city, with 77% of households reportedly struggling to afford basic necessities. A second location is planned for La Marqueta, a historic public market in East Harlem, with an expected opening by 2029. All five stores are slated to be operating by the end of Mamdani’s first term. The city has allocated $70 million in capital funding for the project, including $30 million specifically for the ground-up construction of the East Harlem location.

Mamdani framed the initiative as central to his broader affordability agenda. “In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families,” Mamdani said. In a separate statement issued by his office, Mamdani added, “Every week, New Yorkers walk into a grocery store hoping the prices haven’t gone up again. A trip to the grocery store shouldn’t spell dread for New Yorkers.”

The stores will be able to offer lower prices in part because they will not need to turn a profit and will not face the same rent and operating costs that private grocers absorb. Mamdani has said the stores will not sell items such as cigarettes or alcohol, a decision he described as intended to avoid direct competition with local bodegas on those specific products.

The plan has drawn strong opposition from the grocery industry. Antonio Pena, president of the National Supermarket Association, which represents roughly 450 stores across New York City, said the initiative threatens grocers already operating on thin margins. “To have the city decide to open a store in the same neighborhood in which our members are operating at already low margins — because running a store in the city is very expensive, extremely expensive — we feel that it’s a big slap in the face to us,” Pena said. Jason Ferraira, a board member of the same association, which has separately been described as representing more than 700 stores across New York and the East Coast, criticized the city’s broader track record managing public services. He argued the city has “a poor track record” running public housing, hospitals and schools, and predicted the grocery initiative would “likely fail miserably.” Ferraira added that competition and choice matter to residents. “New Yorkers enjoy having options,” he said.

Critics have also raised broader economic concerns beyond the direct impact on individual grocers. Economists cited in coverage of the plan have warned that if enough bodegas and independent grocers are forced out of business by the subsidized competition, remaining stores could eventually raise prices to cope with reduced competition and higher operating costs, potentially offsetting some of the intended savings for consumers over the long run. Others have pointed to the city’s history with earlier municipal market experiments, including markets built under former Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s, though those markets rented space to private vendors who remained subject to normal market pressures, differing structurally from the city-run model Mamdani has proposed.

The grocery store initiative follows a separate, related policy Mamdani has pursued this year to freeze rents on regulated apartments, part of a broader political platform built around addressing the rising cost of living in New York City. Grocery prices in the city have climbed sharply in recent years, with New York now ranked as the second most expensive city in the contiguous United States for grocery shopping, trailing only San Francisco, according to industry data cited in coverage of the plan.

With the city now formally soliciting proposals from private grocery operators to run the five planned stores, and construction still years away from completion at most sites, the ultimate success or failure of Mamdani’s city-owned grocery experiment is likely to remain a subject of ongoing debate among economists, grocery industry representatives and city officials well before any of the five stores fully open to the public.

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The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County has confirmed a locally acquired case of dengue fever, issuing an advisory as officials begin coordinating surveillance, prevention and mosquito control efforts in South Florida.

According to the advisory, the confirmed case involved transmission of the virus within the local area, rather than a case in which someone contracted the disease while traveling abroad and later returned to Florida. Health officials have not disclosed the exact neighborhood or specific location where the local transmission likely occurred, though the department said it has begun coordinated surveillance, prevention and mosquito control efforts in the area in response to the confirmed case.

Dengue is a viral illness spread primarily through the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, though the related Aedes albopictus species can also transmit the virus and is present in Florida as well. The disease typically presents as a flu-like illness, with symptoms that can include fever, severe muscle aches, joint pain and, in some cases, a skin rash. Symptoms of dengue generally appear within 14 days of being bitten by an infected mosquito and typically last anywhere from four days to a week once they develop.

Dengue fever is not considered contagious between people under normal circumstances and is rarely fatal, though the illness can be severely uncomfortable, having earned the nickname “breakbone fever” in some medical literature because of the intensity of the muscle and joint pain it can cause. In more severe cases, the disease can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, along with symptoms like eye pain and, in rare instances, bleeding complications.

Miami-Dade’s confirmed local case comes during what public health officials have identified as the most active period of the year for dengue transmission in Florida, driven by the combination of summer heat, humidity and standing water that creates favorable breeding conditions for Aedes mosquitoes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a significant national rise in dengue activity over the past year, with federal surveillance data showing a 359% increase in reported U.S. dengue activity compared with historical averages, even as the large majority of cases nationally continue to be linked to international travel rather than local transmission.

Florida has recorded locally acquired dengue cases every year in recent years, with the state reporting 62 locally acquired cases in 2025, spread across Brevard, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Pasco counties. Miami-Dade County alone accounted for 25 of those 2025 cases. In 2023, Florida recorded an even higher total of 154 locally acquired dengue cases, with Miami-Dade County responsible for 139 of them, reflecting the county’s position as one of the state’s most consistent hot spots for local dengue transmission given its dense population, tropical climate and extensive history of international travel connections. Separately, the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County reported the state’s first locally acquired dengue case of 2026 in that county earlier this summer.

Currently, no dengue vaccine is approved for use among the general adult population in the United States. The one FDA-approved vaccine, Dengvaxia, is authorized only for children ages 9 to 16 who have laboratory-confirmed evidence of a prior dengue infection and who live in dengue-endemic U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, and its manufacturer has announced plans to discontinue production of the vaccine in 2026. For the vast majority of Florida residents and mainland U.S. travelers, preventing dengue infection depends entirely on avoiding mosquito bites in the first place, since no widely available vaccine or specific antiviral treatment currently exists for the general population.

Public health officials have outlined several practical steps residents can take to reduce their risk of exposure to dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Using insect repellent registered with the Environmental Protection Agency remains one of the most effective preventive measures, alongside wearing long sleeves and pants during outdoor activities, particularly during the daytime hours when Aedes mosquitoes, unlike many other mosquito species, are most actively biting. Eliminating any standing water around homes and properties is also considered essential, since Aedes mosquitoes require only small amounts of stagnant water, such as that collecting in flowerpots, discarded containers, clogged gutters or unused tires, to breed successfully.

Miami-Dade has faced elevated mosquito-borne illness activity beyond dengue in recent months as well. The county confirmed its first locally acquired case of chikungunya, another mosquito-borne viral illness, in December, and the broader South Florida region has continued monitoring for both diseases throughout 2026 given the area’s consistent risk profile for Aedes-transmitted infections. Chikungunya, like dengue, is transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes and causes symptoms including high fever and often debilitating joint pain, typically appearing within three to seven days of a bite from an infected mosquito.

With Florida now entering the height of its summer mosquito season, health officials in Miami-Dade and across the state are expected to continue closely monitoring both human case counts and mosquito surveillance data throughout the coming months, using that information to guide targeted mosquito control efforts and public health messaging in areas where infected mosquito populations or additional human cases are identified.

Three people were killed and at least seven others were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon at an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, local authorities said, with police confirming the suspected shooter was found dead at the scene.

The shooting unfolded before 2:30 p.m. local time at the restaurant, located within a shopping center in the southern Idaho city. Social media video obtained by CBS News showed people fleeing the shopping center’s parking lot as multiple gunshots could be heard, with one clip showing a person carrying what appeared to be a firearm outside the restaurant before opening the doors of a parked sedan.

Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed during a news conference Saturday night that fatalities had occurred but said he could not immediately confirm an exact death toll. Joshua Palmer, a Twin Falls city spokesperson, initially told CBS News that at least three people had been killed and two others wounded, before later telling the Associated Press that the number of people injured had risen to at least seven.

Hicks said a number of people injured in the shooting were being treated at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, a local hospital. The hospital posted a message to its own social media account urging the public to stay away from the facility unless facing a separate emergency. “Due to the active shooter incident occurring in Twin Falls, please avoid going to St. Luke’s Magic Valley unless it is an emergency,” the hospital wrote.

Hicks confirmed that the suspected gunman was dead but did not provide details on how the person died. “The suspected shooter in this incident is deceased,” Hicks said. “He was nearby on the scene there, and we are working to try to ascertain his identity and the motivations behind that.” As of Saturday night, authorities had not released the identity of the suspected shooter or any information about a possible motive.

Twin Falls resident Haley Dodaro, 43, described witnessing the chaos unfold while she and her mother were at the restaurant for lunch. Dodaro told the Associated Press that while the pair was waiting in the drive-thru line, they saw people running across the road and restaurant employees fleeing the building. She said she initially suspected a fire might have broken out, until a man directing traffic in a reflective vest told her there was an active shooter nearby. “So that’s when we knew there was a shooting,” Dodaro said in a text message to the AP. “People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary.”

Hicks said investigators were working to interview a large number of witnesses who had been in the vicinity of the restaurant at the time of the shooting. “We have literally hundreds of people that were in some way, shape or form in the area of this restaurant at the time that are being interviewed right now,” Hicks said, underscoring the scale of the response and investigation underway in the shooting’s immediate aftermath.

Police shut down surrounding roads and a nearby bridge during the response to the shooting and asked residents in the area to stay away while officers worked the scene. An FBI spokesperson confirmed to CBS News that bureau agents were on site assisting local authorities with the investigation.

Twin Falls is located in southern Idaho, roughly 120 miles southeast of Boise. The city, home to a population of roughly 50,000 people, is known regionally as a commercial hub for south-central Idaho.

The shooting adds to a string of mass-casualty shootings that have drawn national attention in recent months, with local and federal law enforcement continuing to investigate the circumstances and motive behind Saturday’s attack. As of Saturday night, officials had not released additional details about the specific sequence of events inside or around the restaurant, nor had they confirmed the exact number of people killed beyond the initial reports of three fatalities.

Authorities said the investigation into the shooting remains active and ongoing, with police continuing to process the scene and interview witnesses well into Saturday night. No additional public updates on the identities of the victims or the suspected shooter had been released as of early Sunday morning.

Given the scale and violence of Saturday’s shooting, this is a distressing story for many readers, particularly those with connections to the Twin Falls community or who may have been near the restaurant at the time. Anyone personally affected by the shooting who is experiencing distress is encouraged to reach out to local crisis or mental health resources, and Idaho residents seeking immediate support can contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.