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Hurricane Larry pushes severe weather toward East Coast |
| Days after Hurricane Ida left a staggering, multistate trail of destruction, forecasters are keeping a wary eye on another storm steaming across the Atlantic that could be even more ferocious. Hurricane Larry is making big waves about 1,000 miles southeast of Bermuda on Monday, but a series of smaller, developing storms could create more big problems for battered Louisiana's Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service says the hurricane probably won't make it to the USA, but "significant" swells will, reaching much of the East Coast by midweek and affecting the shoreline through the end of the week. |
| Louisiana and Mississippi continue cleanup efforts after Hurricane Ida rolled ashore more than a week ago. Almost 500,000 Louisiana electric customers remained without power Monday. Some areas may not have power restored until month's end, authorities warned. The storm was blamed for more than 60 deaths, more than half of them in New York City and New Jersey. President Joe Biden is scheduled to survey storm damage Tuesday. |
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New coronavirus infections are up 316% from last Labor Day |
| Daily coronavirus infections are more than four times what the USA saw on Labor Day last year, or a 316% increase, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Daily deaths are almost twice as high. Blame the highly contagious delta variant and a swath of Americans refusing easily accessible vaccines that most of the developing world is furiously scrambling to obtain. Hospitalizations are up 158% from a year ago, U.S. Health and Human Services data shows. The result: Some U.S. hospitals are getting so crowded with COVID-19 patients that physicians may soon be compelled to make life-or-death decisions on who gets an ICU bed. |
| 👉 COVID-19 news: In-person learning shut down in 1,000 schools since the start of the academic year. Catch up on the latest updates. |
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 | | Nurse Noleen Nobleza gives Priscilla Farag, 17, a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima on Aug. 28 in Orange, Calif. | | Jae C. Hong/AP | |
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Shooter in Florida kills 4, including infant; 11-year-old girl injured |
| A quiet early Sunday morning in Central Florida was shattered by gunfire that led to a shootout between a suspect and police and ended in the deaths of four people. Reports of gunfire led deputies to a truck on fire outside a house in Lakeland, Florida, where Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said two separate shootouts occurred between law enforcement and the suspect, Bryan Riley, 33, of Brandon, Florida. Riley was shot once and surrendered shortly after. After Riley was in custody, police discovered an 11-year-old girl who had been shot "multiple times," as well as a man, two women and an infant dead. Judd said Riley was a Marine Corps veteran and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spent four years in the Corps before being honorably discharged. He spent three years in the reserves and was working at ESS Global, providing executive protection and security. According to his girlfriend, Riley had PTSD and was occasionally depressed but never violent. |
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 | | Polk County, Fla., sheriff's officials work the scene of a multiple-fatality shooting Sept. 5 in Lakeland, Fla. Four people are dead, including a mother who was still cradling her deceased baby, after a shootout between deputies and a suspect. | | Michael Wilson, The Ledger | |
Taliban say they took last holdout province in Afghanistan |
| The Taliban said Monday that they took control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their blitz across Afghanistan last month. Thousands of Taliban fighters overran eight districts of Panjshir, according to witnesses from the area who spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their safety. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid issued a statement Monday, saying Panjshir is under the control of Taliban fighters. In northern Balkh province, at least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday. |
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 | | The Taliban say they took control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the Afghan capital. | | Jalaluddin Sekandar/AP | |
Pete Buttigieg and husband announce birth of twins |
| Congratulations are in order for Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, who welcomed twin children. "Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we're becoming parents," the U.S. secretary of transportation posted Saturday on Twitter. "We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family." The couple announced last month that they would become parents. |
 | | Pete Buttigieg and husband Chasten are "overjoyed" about becoming dads. | | GETTY | |
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