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UDINE, Italy — Snipers are on the roof of the Israel team hotel in Udine and the Italian city is on maximum alert ahead of a soccer World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. The sound of helicopters surveilling the city has filled the air since the morning, hours before Italy’s match against Israel was set to kick off at Stadio Friuli. …

New York Braces for Potential Flooding and Heavy Winds From Nor’easter  The New York Times Nor’easter Will Pound East Coast With Coastal Flooding, Winds Monday  The Weather Channel Nor’easter forecast: High winds, flooding batter Jersey Shore as coastal storm sweeps through region  6abc Philadelphia Nor’easter brings strong wind, flooding and power outages to NYC, Tri-state  ABC7 New York The Official Website of Governor Phil …

President Donald Trump’s threat of additional 100 percent tariffs on China has Wall Street bracing for chaos when markets reopen Monday. More than $2 trillion was wiped off US stocks Friday after Trump announced the tariffs in response to Beijing’s new export restrictions on rare earth metals, a move that could cripple US technology companies. The real crash, analysts warn, …

With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who will be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before …

Employees at California’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are bracing for layoffs as the U.S. government heads into its second week of a shutdown linked to a stalled budget agreement. The storied research and development center in La Cañada-Flintridge is known for its work on robotic space exploration, including Mars Rovers and deep-space probes, as well as its cutting-edge satellite networks that …

The outer bands of distant remnants of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday ahead of a more direct pass from the newer and stronger Hurricane Imelda on the tiny British territory. Imelda had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph Wednesday and its center was expected to be near the island by evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. …

Hurricane warnings are flying for the island of Bermuda as a strengthening Hurricane Imelda barrels toward a close encounter with the island, expected to occur early Thursday morning. As of 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Imelda was centered about 340 mi (550 km) west-southwest of Bermuda, heading east-northeast at 20 mph (31 km/h) with top sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) …

‘A Hard Moment’: Memphis Braces for an Influx of Federal Force  The New York Times Memphis Safe Task Force is active in Memphis  WREG.com Crime down in Nashville, but National Guard debate heats up  WZTV As feds descend on Memphis, local advocates prepare to respond  Tennessee Lookout County Mayor on Gov.’s Right to Send National Guard Here: ‘He Can’t Do It’  Memphis Flyer Source link

Florida braces for impacts of Tropical Depression, expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda  WFTV Tropical Storm Imelda has formed, and there’s been a big change in the forecasted path. What you need to know  CNN Tropical Storm Imelda to avoid U.S. landfall, rain still expected for Carolinas  WTVC Tropical Depression 9 plowing through the Bahamas  Yale Climate Connections Will Tropical Storm Imelda impact South …

A projection of possible storm-force winds. National Hurricane Center hide caption toggle caption National Hurricane Center Parts of the southeastern United States have begun bracing for the impacts of a potential tropical storm, just one year after Hurricane Helene tore through the region leaving casualties and calamity in its wake. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster put residents under a state …