What the East Coast can expect from Hurricane Dorian later this week – New York Post
What the East Coast can expect from Hurricane Dorian later this week – New York Post

Floridians, Georgians and Carolinians fled the Atlantic coast in droves on Monday as Hurricane Dorian plowed in their direction and officials downgraded the storm to a still-dangerous Category 4.

“The window to prepare is closing,” tweeted Peter Gaynor, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “If you are on Florida’s east coast, finish preparing & evacuate if local officials tell you to. Don’t tough it out — get out!”

FEMA was encouraging those on the coast to expect extreme winds and evacuate if instructed.

Mandatory-evacuation orders were in place for coastal communities in 11 Florida counties that make up nearly all of the state’s Atlantic coast.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Sunday ordered his state’s entire coastline to evacuate. The order, which took effect at noon Monday, affects 830,000 people.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ordered evacuations for his state’s coast, also effective at noon Monday.

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have all declared states of emergency ahead of potential landfall.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida closed at noon, with officials warning people to stay away.

“Please remember that the airport is not a shelter,” read a statement posted on the airport’s Twitter account. “The airport will reopen when it is safe to do so for our employees and passengers.”

Daytona Beach International Airport in Florida also announced closures beginning at 6 p.m.

Miami’s National Hurricane Center reported on Monday morning that Dorian’s maximum sustained winds clocked in at 155 mph, taking the extremely dangerous storm down a notch from a Category 5. Gusts hit a record 225 mph on Sunday.

The sustained winds ratcheted down to 145 mph by Monday evening, although the storm was expected to ravage the Bahamas through Tuesday morning. Experts predicted the eye would hover “dangerously close” to Florida’s east coast, where it was expected to swirl through Wednesday.

Moving at just 1 mph, the storm is expected to inch north through the week as it weakens but could still bring torrential downpours and flooding to coastal areas.

“Right now, it’s slowly starting to transition to a more northwest track,” said senior AccuWeather meteorologist Alan Reppert. “We’re expecting by Tuesday morning this will be moving almost northerly, paralleling the coast of central Florida through the outer banks of the Carolinas.”

Reppert said he expected Dorian to churn in the Atlantic before making landfall in North Carolina Thursday night or Friday morning.

“We’re looking at [the hurricane] to make landfall at the outer banks of North Carolina,” he said. “That area will likely be affected the most in the United States.”

Reppert predicted Dorian would be down to a Category 1 by the time it hits North Carolina.

“We’re looking at it, and expecting it to slowly weaken as it moves along the coast,” he said.

“But it’s still a hurricane. It can bring wind gusts of over 80 to 90 miles per hour in addition to some coastal flooding. We’re still not out of the woods yet for North Carolina, or anybody in the coastal US.”

North Carolina officials say they expect less rain or flooding from Dorian than they got last year from Hurricane Florence, which was blamed for 45 deaths and estimated to have caused $22 billion in damage.

While it will miss the brunt of the storm, the Northeast should still see some rain and stronger winds, according to Reppert.

New York City can expect about a half-inch of rain going into the weekend and gusts topping out at 20 or 30 mph, he said.

“In southern New Jersey, there might be more substantial rain, on the 1-2-inch side of things, but we’re not expecting that to come into the city area,” Reppert added.

As of Monday evening, Dorian was creating a strong storm surge along the Florida coast, including showers, thunderstorms and churning seas.

“At the coastline though, through Florida through the Northeast here, we are seeing some rip currents and stronger currents,” Reppert said.

With wire services

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At Least 8 People Are Dead And Dozens More Missing In A California Boat Fire – BuzzFeed News
At Least 8 People Are Dead And Dozens More Missing In A California Boat Fire – BuzzFeed News

At least 8 people are dead and 26 others missing after a fire broke out on a 75-foot commercial diving boat off the coast of Southern California early Monday.

Many of the divers aboard the boat, identified as the Conception, were thought to be sleeping below decks when the fire broke out.

At about 3:30 a.m., US Coast Guard officials overheard a mayday call from the Conception, which was moored 20 yards off the northern coast of Santa Cruz Island. “I can’t breathe,” the caller said.

At least four bodies were pulled from the water Monday and another four were located on the sea floor, authorities said.

“This is the worst-case scenario you could possibly have,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a press conference Monday afternoon.

“The four victims we have recovered as of now will need to be identified by DNA, and that will take some time,” Brown added.

Divers will keep searching through the night, US Coast Guard Los Angeles-Long Beach Sector Commander Captain Monica Rochester told the press conference. But hopes of finding any survivors appear dim.

“We all should be prepared to move into the worst outcome,” Rochester said.

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UPDATE: Police identify 7 who died in West Texas shooting rampage – KBTX
UPDATE: Police identify 7 who died in West Texas shooting rampage – KBTX

ODESSA, Tex. (AP) Police late Monday afternoon identified the seven who died in the shooting rampage in West Texas as Leilah Hernandez, 15, Odessa; Joe Griffith, 40, Odessa; postal worker Mary Granados, 29, Odessa; Edwin Peregrino, 25, Odessa; Rodolfo Julio Arco, 57; Odessa Kameron Karltess Brown, 30, Brownwood, and Raul Garcia, 35, El Paso.



Leilah Hernandez, 15, was the youngest victim of the shooting rampage.

Police also revised the number of injured from 22 to 25.

The 36-year-old man authorities say is responsible for the deaths and injuries called 911 and an FBI tip line shortly before the mass shooting started.

Seaton Aaron Ator was on a long spiral down” before he was fired from his job Saturday before the shooting, FBI Special Agent Christopher Combs said Monday afternoon.

Combs said Ator’s home was “a strange residence” and that the conditions “reflect what his mental state was going into this.”

Authorities say Ator was fired Saturday morning from his job at Journey Oil Field Services and made “rambling” phone calls to both the 911 and the FBI afterward.

Someone from the company also called 911, but Ator was gone by the time police showed up at the business, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said Monday












Combs says Ator had gone to work that day “in trouble.”

Ator was stopped 15 minutes later by a Texas state trooper on an interstate for failing to signal a lane change.

Authorities say Ator opened fire on the troopers and fled, shooting at random passers-by and vehicles.

Police gunned down Ator at a movie theater in Odessa to end the chase.

Authorities said Ator shot his victims with an “AR-15 type” weapon. A motive for the attacks has not been established.

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Hong Kong leader says she’d ‘quit’ if she could, fears her ability to resolve crisis is now ‘very limited’ – CNBC
Hong Kong leader says she’d ‘quit’ if she could, fears her ability to resolve crisis is now ‘very limited’ – CNBC

The effective expulsion last year of Financial Times editor Victor Mallet, whose visa wasn’t renewed after he hosted an event at the city’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club with the leader of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party, also drew condemnation at home and abroad. Lam and her government later came under fire for banning the party and the disqualification of pro-democracy lawmakers.

Xi praised Lam’s leadership during a visit to Beijing in December 2018. “The central government fully endorses the work of Chief Executive Lam” and the Hong Kong government, Xi said, according to a report in the state news agency Xinhua.

Pollster Robert Chung said Lam’s success in pushing through many controversial proposals bolstered her belief she would be able to ram through the extradition bill.

“All these things made her feel so confident, and when we had the first demonstration, she still thought, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll get it through in two days and things will be over,'” Chung said. “But she was totally wrong.”

At the meeting last week, Lam said the extradition bill was her doing and was meant to “plug legal loopholes in Hong Kong’s system.”

“This is not something instructed, coerced by the central government,” she said.

She expressed deep regrets about her push to pass the bill. “This has proven to be very unwise given the circumstances,” she said. “And this huge degree of fear and anxiety amongst people of Hong Kong vis-à-vis the mainland of China, which we were not sensitive enough to feel and grasp.”

She gave her audience a gloomy outlook. The police, she said, would continue to arrest those responsible for “this escalating violence,” a group that the government initially estimated numbered between one thousand and two thousand.

It would be “naïve,” she said, to “paint you a rosy picture, that things will be fine.” She did, however, express hope in the city’s ultimate “resurrection.”

“Hong Kong is not dead yet. Maybe she is very, very sick, but she is not dead yet,” she said.

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‘Election in October’ if MPs block no deal – BBC News
‘Election in October’ if MPs block no deal – BBC News
Media captionBoris Johnson: “I don’t want an election, you don’t want an election”

The government is expected to table a motion to hold a general election on 14 October if it is defeated by MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit on Tuesday.

Boris Johnson said he did not want an election, but progress with the EU would be “impossible” if they won.

Tory rebels are joining forces with Labour to bring a bill designed to stop the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without an agreement.

It would force the PM to request a delay to 31 January 2020 in that event.

A senior government official said a motion for an election would be put forward if MPs take the first steps towards passing legislation to block no deal this week.

The prime minister is confident he would win the required two-thirds majority for the motion to be passed, the official added.

Speaking outside No 10 earlier, Mr Johnson insisted that with MPs’ backing, he would be able to achieve changes to the UK’s current Brexit deal – negotiated by Theresa May and rejected three times in the Commons – at an EU summit on 17 October.

But he said if MPs voted to block no deal they would “plainly chop the legs out from under the UK position”.

The PM said there were “no circumstances” in which he personally would ask Brussels to delay Brexit and UK negotiators must be allowed to get on with their work without interference from Westminster.

“I don’t want an election and you don’t want an election,” he added.

“Let us get on with the people’s agenda, fighting crime, improving the NHS, boosting schools, cutting the cost of living, and unlocking talent and opportunity across the entire United Kingdom.”

‘National interest’

Faced with Mr Johnson’s promise to leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal, a number of MPs have come together across party lines to try to prevent the latter outcome.

They are expected to put forward legislation on Tuesday under Standing Order 24 – a Commons rule which allows urgent debates to be called.

The bill, which has now been published by Labour MP Hilary Benn, would force the PM to request a Brexit delay to 31 January 2020 unless MPs had approved a new deal, or voted in favour of a no deal departure, by 19 October.

Tory rebels – who include former ministers and prominent backbenchers – have been warned that those who support the legislation face being expelled from the party and deselected.

But leading figures, including ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke, have insisted that despite the threat, they will press ahead and – in their words – put the “national interest” ahead of their own.

Speaking at an event on Monday evening, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told supporters his party was ready for a vote, adding: “I will be delighted when the election comes.”

“I’m ready for it, you’re ready for it, we’re ready for it.”

He accused Mr Johnson of “threatening people with a no-deal Brexit if he doesn’t get his way in Parliament”.

Did Boris Johnson just announce an election without actually announcing an election?

He’s always said that he really doesn’t want to go to the country again.

Downing Street is still absolutely adamant that is still the case, and again with the formality of the No 10 podium, he insisted it was not what he wanted to do.

But he also made plain that there were no circumstances in which he would ask Brussels to delay our departure from the EU.

And that means only one thing. Calling an election if, in his view, he needs to. When would he need to do that? Soon.

Read more from Laura.

There is not due to be another general election until 2022.

Under the Fixed Terms Parliament Act, Mr Johnson would require the backing of two-thirds of the UK’s 650 MPs to trigger an early poll this autumn.

Should this happen, the prime minister would be able to recommend the date – likely to be a hugely contentious issue given the looming Brexit deadline – to the Queen.

If there is an election before the end of 2019, it would be the third in the past five years, after polls in 2015 and 2017.

What does the no-deal bill say?

The legislation to be put forward on Tuesday seeks to tie Boris Johnson’s hands, and instructs him to ask the EU for an extension of the Brexit process until 31 January 2020.

A lot of attention will be on the clause which says that if the European Council proposes an extension to a different date, then the prime minister must accept it within two days, unless that extension has been rejected by the House of Commons.

In other words, the power to decide will lie with members of Parliament not with the government.

For a PM who has promised to leave on 31 October come what may, it would seem to be impossible to accept.

Hence all the talk of an early election. We will know for sure before the end of this week.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said Parliament was “doing its damnedest” to prevent the UK leaving the EU, and his party would be ready for an election.

At a party event in Colchester, he pledged his party would fight Mr Johnson “every inch of the way” at such a poll if he decides to pursue a new deal with the EU.

But he added his party would do “everything we can” to help the prime minister if he decides to seek a mandate for a no-deal departure.

“They, allied with us, would be unstoppable in a general election,” he added.

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Democrats plan to probe Trump’s role in hush-money payments: report – Reuters
Democrats plan to probe Trump’s role in hush-money payments: report – Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Democrats are planning to investigate allegations of President Donald Trump’s involvement in hush-money payments to women who say they had affairs with him, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is preparing to hold hearings and request testimony from people involved in the 2016 payments to adult-film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal as soon as October, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the plans.

Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty last year to charges that the payoffs amounted to illegal campaign contributions.

Trump, who has denied the affairs, said he never directed Cohen to do anything illegal.

The Democratic-controlled committee is considering as a potential witness David Pecker, chairman and chief executive of American Media Inc, the publisher of the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper.

AMI admitted in a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors that it made a $150,000 payment to McDougal “in concert” with Trump’s presidential campaign.

“No campaign violations were engaged in by the president,” said Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for Trump, the Post reported.

The White House could not immediately be reached for comment.

Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Peter Cooney

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Sheriff: 4 more bodies found near boat fire, death toll now 8 – KRON4
Sheriff: 4 more bodies found near boat fire, death toll now 8 – KRON4

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving at least eight people dead and hope diminishing that any of the 26 people still missing would be found alive.

Five crew members escaped by jumping off the vessel and taking refuge on an inflatable boat.

Rescuers recovered four bodies from the waters just off Santa Cruz Island and spotted four others on the ocean floor near where the boat sank. They were continuing to search for survivors, but Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester cautioned that it was unlikely anyone else would be found alive.

“We will search all the way through the night into the morning, but I think we should all be prepared to move into the worst outcome,” she told an afternoon news conference.

The four bodies plucked from the ocean about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles all had injuries consistent with drowning, said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll.

It wasn’t immediately clear when the bodies on the ocean floor might be retrieved or when divers could search the boat for others.

“It’s upside down in relatively shallow water with receding tides that are moving it around,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.

The fire broke out aboard the vessel Conception around 3 a.m. off Santa Cruz Island, part of a chain of rugged wind-swept isles that form Channel Islands National Park in the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles.

The five crew members who escaped were rescued by a good Samaritan boat called The Grape Escape that was anchored nearby. Two had minor injuries, Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney said.

The Grape Escape’s owners, Bob and Shirley Hansen, told The New York Times they were asleep when they heard pounding on the side of their 60-foot (18-meter) fishing vessel about 3:30 a.m. and discovered the frightened crew members. They told the couple they fled when the fire grew out of control.

“When we looked out, the other boat was totally engulfed in flames, from stem to stern,” Hansen said, estimating it was no more than 100 yards from his craft. “I could see the fire coming through holes on the side of the boat. There were these explosions every few beats. You can’t prepare yourself for that. It was horrendous.

“The fire was too big, there was absolutely nothing we could do,” he added.

Hansen said two of the crew members went back toward the Conception looking for survivors but found no one. Asked at a news conference if the crew tried to help others aboard, Rochester told reporters, “I don’t have any additional information.”

She said the 75-foot (20-meter) commercial scuba diving vessel was anchored in Platts Harbor, about 20 yards (18 meters) off the northern coast of Santa Cruz Island, when the fire ignited.

The Conception, based in Santa Barbara Harbor on the mainland, was on the final day of a Labor Day weekend cruise to the Channel Islands when the fire erupted.

“At 3:15 this morning the Coast Guard overheard a mayday call. The call was garbled, it was not that clear, but we were able to get some information out of it to send vessels on scene,” Barney said.

Rochester said that call indicated the boat was already fully ablaze.

After hearing the mayday radio call, Capt. Paul Amaral of the vessel assistance company TowBoatUS said a fast boat sped from Ventura Harbor some 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the island.

“We launched that boat knowing that the vessel was on fire, lots of people aboard,” he told The Associated Press.

A Coast Guard helicopter and a fireboat were on scene when he arrived around 5 a.m. He first searched the water and shoreline, then turned back to the Conception, which was adrift and going aground. Amaral said he was able to attach a line and pull it back into deeper water where the fireboats could reach it.

Brown said the elements of the tragedy were daunting for rescuers: The boat was in a remote location with limited firefighting capabilities, passengers were sleeping below deck in the middle of the night and there was a quick-moving fire.

“You couldn’t ask for a worse situation,” the sheriff said.

The Conception was chartered by Worldwide Diving Adventures, which says on its website that it has been taking divers on such expeditions since the 1970s. It was owned and operated by Truth Aquatics, a Santa Barbara-based company founded in 1974.

Coast Guard records show inspections of the Conception conducted last February and in August 2018 found no deficiencies. Earlier inspections found some safety violations related to fire safety.

A 2016 inspection resulted in owners replacing the heat detector in the galley and one in 2014 cited a leaky fire hose.

Records show all safety violations from the last five years were quickly addressed by the boat’s owners.

Dave Reid, who runs an underwater camera manufacturing business with his wife, Terry Schuller, and who has traveled on the Conception and two other boats in Truth Aquatics’ fleet, said he considered all three among the best and safest dive-boats around.

“When you see the boats they are always immaculate,” he said. “I wouldn’t hesitate at all to go on one again. Of all the boat companies, that would be one of the ones I wouldn’t think this would happen to.”

His wife said Truth Adventures crews have always been meticulous in going over safety instructions at the beginning of every trip she’s been on.

“They tell you where the life jackets are, how to put them on, the points of egress, the exits, where the fire extinguishers are, on every single trip,” said Schuller, who goes on diving expeditions often with her husband. “They are the best, the absolute best.”

Both said the sleeping area is comfortable but small, however, with bunk beds stacked next to one another in a tight space on the vessel’s lowest deck. Coming up to the top deck to get off requires navigating a narrow stairway with only one exit. If the fire was fast-moving, Reid said, it’s very likely divers couldn’t escape and the crew couldn’t get to them.

“If there was an explosion in the engine area that could have gone right into the sleeping area,” Reid said.

The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team to investigate.

Truth Aquatics’ website reports the vessel, launched in 1981, has rafts and life jackets for up to 110 passengers and exits on the port, starboard, and bow that provide “easy water entry.” It was built specifically for divers.

The trip promised multiple opportunities to see colorful coral and a rich variety of marine life around the Channel Islands, which draw boaters, divers and hikers.

Five of the eight Channel Islands comprise the national park and Santa Cruz is the largest within the park at about 96 square miles.

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At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed – USA TODAY
At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed – USA TODAY

JUPITER, Fla. – At least five people have died in the Abaco Islands in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday evening. 

Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the region as a Category 4 storm.

Minnis said that there are also people in Great Bahama island in serious distress. Rescue crews will respond to calls for help as soon as weather conditions allow.

“We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Minnis said.

Historic Hurricane Dorian stalled over the northern Bahamas on Monday, pounding the islands with heavy rains, storm surge and howling winds before the storm directs its rage toward the U.S. coast.

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As of 5 p.m. EDT, Dorian’s advance westward along the archipelago slowed to a crawl while top sustained winds eased slightly to 145 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, causing Dorian to slip from a Category 5 to Category 4 – still a brutal storm.

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The hurricane will continue its assault on Grand Bahama Island into the night, the center said. Some areas could see up to 2 feet of rain, and storm surge could reach 23 feet, forecasters warned. Heavy rains capable of creating life-threatening flash floods over the northern part of the Bahamas are expected through Friday. 

Everyone there should remain sheltered and not venture into the eye, the center said Monday evening. 

Dramatic video: Hurricane Dorian’s devastating force in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas

Emergency responders were already overwhelmed.An estimated 13,000 homes have been destroyed, according to the Salvation Army, which has volunteers stationed in the group of islands.

Power and communications outages made damage assessment difficult. The few videos that have emerged from the Abaco Islands show destroyed homes, flooded roads and residents pleading for help and prayers. 

Florida and the U.S. East Coast remained a target. The storm will move “dangerously close” to the Florida east coast late Monday through Wednesday night, the center said. Dorian is forecast to turn toward the northwest, roaring parallel to Florida about 30 to 40 miles offshore, before continuing north along the East Coast deep into the week.

Dangerous surge and hurricane winds are expected on parts of Florida’s east coast and the coastal South Carolina and Georgia, the center said Monday evening. The risk of life-threatening surge in North Carolina continues to increase. 

Heavy rains that could cause flooding are expected in the lower mid-Atlantic and the coastal southeast of the United States through Friday as well.

That gap remains right on the edge of delivering the worst of Dorian to the Florida coastline. Center Director Ken Graham stressed that the state’s east coast will be dealing with wind, rain and storm surge as high as 7 feet through Wednesday.

“No matter the track, no matter the characteristics of the storm, the water’s coming, so please just everyone listen to the local officials,” Graham said. “Remember water can rise a lot earlier before the storm gets there. This is life and death.”

Weather concerns brought havoc to air travel on the busy Labor Day holiday as airlines canceled more than 1,100 Monday flights within, into or out of the United States, according to flight tracker FlightAware.

President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency and was being briefed regularly about what he called a “monstrous” storm.

“I spoke with President Trump. He’s fully engaged in this,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Monday. “He just reiterated that he’s going to provide any resources we need to weather Dorian.”

DeSantis said all coastal counties have issued evacuation orders, and 72 nursing homes have been evacuated. More than 4,000 members of the state National Guard have been called up, and power companies are prepared to dispatch 17,000 personnel to combat outages.

The hurricane center said wind gusts exceeded 220 mph when the storm made landfall in the Bahamas on Sunday afternoon. The winds matched the records set by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, which tore through the Florida Keys, killing more than 400 people in the days before hurricanes were given names.

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Adam Modert, right, along with his wife Lindsey and four children, Isla, Maverick, Maximus and Tyde, sit on the boardwalk at Humiston Beach, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, as large waves and surf come ashore ahead of Hurricane Dorian. The Modert’s, of Fort Pierce, Fla. are staying at their home through the storm.

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“This is probably the saddest and worst day for me to address the Bahamian people,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Sunday. “We are facing a hurricane that we have never seen in the Bahamas. Please pray for us.”

The only recorded storm that was more powerful was Hurricane Allen in 1980, with 190 mph winds, though it did not make landfall at that strength.

Dorian made landfall in Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas around noon Sunday, then made a second landfall near Marsh Harbor on Great Abaco at 2 p.m. The raging winds wrought destruction and terrified islanders who sought shelter in schools, churches and other facilities.

“It’s devastating,” said Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism and Aviation. “There has been huge damage to property and infrastructure.”

Florida, Georgia, Carolina coasts

The storm was about 110 east of West Palm Beach, Florida. In Jupiter, 20 miles to the north, rain pelted Michael Schrimsher’s bright yellow slicker. Dorian-driven waves crashed into the Jupiter Beach Park jetty under grey skies.

“I think everybody’s a little worried,” Schrimsher said. “We have a concrete house. But this one’s a little scary.”

After rolling up along the Florida coast, the hurricane was forecast to track near the Georgia and Carolina coasts late this week.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered mandatory evacuation of his state’s entire coast effective Monday. The order covers about 830,000 people, and state troopers planned to make all lanes on major coastal highways one-way heading inland.

“We can’t make everybody happy, but we believe we can keep everyone alive,” McMaster said.

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A few hours later, Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, ordered evacuations for that state’s Atlantic coast, also starting at midday Monday.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned his state that it could see heavy rain, winds and floods later in the week. Mandatory evacuations of visitors to North Carolina’s Outer Banks will begin Tuesday morning, according to government officials from Hyde and Dare counties. 

“The time to prepare is now,” Coooper warned. “North Carolina must take this seriously.”

Rodriguez and Bacon reported from McLean, Va.

Contributing: Morgan Hines, Dawn Gilbertson and Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY; Janine Zeitlin, Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press; Amber Roberson, Tallahassee Democrat; Dan DeLuca, Treasure Coast Newspapers; the Associated Press

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Inside the ‘Horrendous’ Diving Boat Fire – Newser
Inside the ‘Horrendous’ Diving Boat Fire – Newser

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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Dorian blasting Bahamas while bearing down on Florida, threatening Georgia and the Carolinas – The Washington Post
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Dorian blasting Bahamas while bearing down on Florida, threatening Georgia and the Carolinas – The Washington Post

Jason Samenow

Andrew Freedman

September 2 at 7:11 PM

Category 4 Hurricane Dorian parked itself over the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday night and Monday morning, unleashing a devastating storm surge, destructive winds and blinding rain. With Dorian perched perilously close to the Florida peninsula, Monday is the critical day that is likely to determine whether the state is dealt a powerful blow or a less intense scrape.

Just tens of miles and subtle storm wobbles could make the difference between the two scenarios.

The storm has come to a standstill over Grand Bahama Island. If it soon starts to turn north, Florida would be spared Dorian’s full fury. But if Dorian lumbers just a little more to the west, more serious storm effects would pummel parts of the coastline. For this reason, the National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane, storm surge, and tropical storm watches and warnings from the Atlantic coast of Florida northward into South Carolina.

“Although the center of Dorian is forecast to move near, but parallel to, the Florida east coast, only a small deviation of the track toward the west would bring the core of the hurricane onshore,” the National Hurricane Center wrote in its 5 p.m. bulletin.

Hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect for large areas along Florida’s east coast. Storm surge refers to the storm-driven rise in ocean water above normally dry land.

“,[T]he threat of damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge remains high,” the National Weather Service office in Melbourne, Fla., wrote. “There will be considerable impacts and damage to coastal areas, with at least some effects felt inland as well!”

Serious storm effects are likely in coastal Georgia and the Carolinas in the middle and latter half of the week as Dorian picks up speed and heads north, but here, too, the risks are heavily dependent on the details of the storm track.

A hurricane landfall in the Carolinas, especially North Carolina, is a distinct possibility by late Thursday.

The latest on Hurricane Dorian

As of 7 p.m. on Monday, the storm was 30 miles northeast of Freeport on Grand Bahama Island and stalled. The storm’s peak sustained winds were 145 mph, making it a high-end Category 4 storm. Dorian has maintained Category 4 and now Category 5 intensity since Saturday, an unusually long period.

Radar from South Florida showed Dorian’s outermost rain bands pivoting inland producing occasional gusty showers. Around 3 p.m. Juno Beach pier clocked a sustained wind of 40 mph (tropical-storm force) and gust to 56 mph and the Weather Service in Miami warned showers coming onshore could produce gusts up to 45 mph into the evening.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles. The latest forecast from the Hurricane Center calls for Dorian to remain a Category 4 storm until Monday night before slowly weakening, but remaining a formidable hurricane, as it makes its closest pass to Florida (around a Category 3) and northward to the Carolinas (around a Category 2).

“It is anticipated that the system will remain a dangerous major hurricane for the next several days,” the Hurricane Center wrote.

Northwest Bahamas took a nightmarish extended direct hit

While Florida and areas farther north await effects from the monster storm, a “catastrophic” scenario has unfolded in the northwestern Bahamas, where the storm’s eyewall, the ring of destructive winds around the center, struck Sunday and then stalled until late Monday afternoon.

In the process, three islands endured direct hits Sunday: Elbow Cay, Great Abaco and Grand Bahama Island. Dorian hardly budged over Grand Bahama Island for 20 hours spanning Sunday night and Monday evening as the Hurricane Center warned of wind gusts between 170 to 220 mph and a storm surge up to 23 feet.

The Hurricane Center described a “life-threatening situation” in Great Abaco on Sunday and on both Sunday night and Monday on Grand Bahama Island. It stated the wind and storm surge hazards would cause “extreme destruction.”

[‘Bahamas is presently at war’: Slow-moving Dorian wreaks devastation across island nation]

The eyewall finally showed signs of lifting north of Grand Bahama Monday evening.

The extended nature of the direct hit has meant that these areas were hit with extreme winds and storm surge flooding during multiple high tides, tearing infrastructure apart and subjecting anyone who did not evacuate before the storm to a truly terrifying ordeal.

While the worst of the storm has lifted north of Grand Bahama Island, pounding rain (totaling up to 30 inches), damaging winds and the storm surge may not entirely ease until the second half of Tuesday in the region.

This is a storm that could reshape the northwest Bahamas, particularly Great Abaco and Grand Bahama, for decades.

Complicated forecast for Florida

The hurricane warnings posted in Florida are focused on the period from Monday night through early Wednesday. Tropical-storm-force winds began Monday afternoon in coastal South Florida and should spread north Tuesday. These winds are likely to continue into Wednesday, perhaps reaching hurricane-force strength late Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how close to the coast Dorian tracks.

Some computer models show the center of Dorian coming closest to the northern half of Florida’s east coast Tuesday night into Wednesday, when conditions may become most hazardous.

The latest storm surge forecast for Florida shows that if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide, the area from Lantana (just south of West Palm Beach) to the Georgia Border could see four to seven feet of water above ground, while the region from Deerfield Beach to Lantana could experience two to four feet.

“The threat for life-threatening storm surge also remains high, and severe erosion of the beaches and dune lines is a near certainty! The combination of surge and high astronomical tides will cause severe runup of waves and water, resulting in inundation of many coastal locations,” the Weather Service office in Melbourne wrote.

On top of that, about four to eight inches of rain is projected to fall.

Because the storm is predicted to be a slow mover, effects from wind, rain and storm surge could be prolonged, lingering through the middle of next week.

The forecast is highly sensitive to the storm track, and subtle shifts to the east or west would result in less or more severe wind, surge and rain.

Forecast for coastal Georgia, the Carolinas, and farther north

Conditions are expected to deteriorate by Tuesday in coastal Georgia, by Wednesday in South Carolina and by Thursday in North Carolina. But just how much is uncertain. Where and whether Dorian makes landfall will depend on the exact trajectory of its turn relative to the coast as it turns north and then starts to bend northeastward.

Scenarios involving a direct hit, a scrape and a graze are possible based on available forecasts.

A hurricane watch was issued Monday for coastal Georgia and the South Carolina coast as far north as South Santee Island (which is just south of Myrtle Beach).

“Life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds are expected along portions of … the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, regardless of the exact track of Dorian’s center,” the Hurricane Center wrote. “Water levels could begin to rise well in advance of the arrival of strong winds. “

The Hurricane Center projects a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet in coastal Georgia north to the South Santee River in South Carolina.

While specific projections are not yet available farther north, a direct hit is perhaps most likely in North Carolina because its coast sticks out into the ocean farthest east.

“The risk of life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds continues to increase along the coast North Carolina,” the Hurricane Center wrote. “Residents in these areas should follow advice given by local emergency officials.”

Locations even farther north from Virginia Beach to the Delmarva and even up to Cape Cod could get brushed by the storm Friday and Saturday. Virginia governor Ralph Northam (D) declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm.

[Will Hurricane Dorian affect the Mid-Atlantic and Washington?]

Model forecasts

The overwhelming majority of computer model forecasts keep the center of Dorian just to the east of the Florida coast rather than bringing the eye of the storm ashore.

However, there are still some outliers that bring the eye onshore or right to the coastline, particularly in the northern half of the state.


Group of simulations from American (blue) and European (red) computer models from Monday afternoon for Hurricane Dorian. Each color strand represents a different model simulation with slightly altered input data. Note that the strands are clustered together where the forecast track is most confident but diverge where the course of the storm is less certain. The bold red line is the average of all of the European model simulations, while the bold blue one is the average of all the American model simulations. (StormVistaWxModels.com)

Farther north, from Georgia to the Carolinas, the margin between a landfall and offshore track is also razor thin. However, of all the locations between Florida and the Mid-Atlantic coast, models suggest that the North Carolina coast between Wilmington and the Outer Banks may be most prone to a hurricane landfall on Thursday.

Dorian’s place in history

Dorian is tied for the second-strongest storm (as judged by its maximum sustained winds) ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, behind Hurricane Allen of 1980, and, after striking the northern Bahamas, tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane for the title of the strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall.

It is only the second Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Bahamas since 1983, according to Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University. The only other is Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The international hurricane database goes back continuously only to 1983.

[Hurricane Dorian has smashed all sorts of intensity records in the Atlantic Ocean]

The storm’s peak sustained winds rank as the strongest so far north in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida on record. Its pressure, which bottomed out at 910 millibars, is significantly lower than Hurricane Andrew’s when it made landfall in South Florida in 1992 (the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm).

With Dorian attaining Category 5 strength, this is the first time since the start of the satellite era (in the 1960s) that Category 5 storms have developed in the tropical Atlantic for four straight years, according to Capital Weather Gang tropical weather expert Brian McNoldy.

The unusual strength of Dorian and the rate at which it developed is consistent with the expectation of more intense hurricanes in a warming world. Some studies have shown increases in hurricane rapid intensification, and modeling studies project an uptick in the frequency of Category 4 and 5 storms.

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Texas Gunman Was Fired Mere Hours Before Killing 7 in Shooting Spree – Slate
Texas Gunman Was Fired Mere Hours Before Killing 7 in Shooting Spree – Slate

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South Plainfield: New Jersey Labor Day parade cancelled today after "destructive devices" found near route governor was schedule to march in – CBS News
South Plainfield: New Jersey Labor Day parade cancelled today after "destructive devices" found near route governor was schedule to march in – CBS News

A New Jersey man was charged Monday after destructive devices were found near the route for a Labor Day parade that the state’s governor planned to attend. The parade and other holiday activities were canceled just hours before they were set to start.

Thomas Kaiser, 55, was arrested and charged with possession of a destructive device for an unlawful purpose, authorities said.

The South Plainfield Labor Day Parade was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., and Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy were going to march in it. There was also supposed to be a fireworks show and a 5K race.

But soon after 7 a.m., the borough of South Plainfield announced that all events were canceled due to a “security concern.”

Authorities later said that a suspicious package with a “destructive device” was left at a bar along the Jersey Shore. Kaiser’s younger brother told CBS New York that Kaiser had brought a homemade firework to the bar.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said that an investigation turned up “other destructive devices” near Kaiser’s home, which is in the vicinity of the start of the parade route.

A source in the governor’s office told NJ.com that Murphy was not a target or in danger, and that the pipe bomb-like devices were not powerful enough to kill anyone. Murphy was set to appear at another parade in Rutherford in the afternoon, but it was canceled due to rain.

Source Article from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-jersey-labor-day-parade-governor-phil-murphy-canceled-destructive-devices-found-south-plainfield-2019-09-02/

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Britain’s Boris Johnson Threatens Brexit Rebels With New Election – The New York Times
Britain’s Boris Johnson Threatens Brexit Rebels With New Election – The New York Times

For one thing, he has put the rebels in his party on notice that if they back the measure to prevent a no-deal Brexit, they will be purged from the party and accused — along with the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn — of undermining negotiations with the European Union.

In a general election, Mr. Johnson could then try to seek a mandate as the champion of the people against a Parliament intent on frustrating the 2016 referendum decision to leave the union. That, however, would place in the firing line some prominent politicians — several of whom, like the former chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, were senior cabinet ministers just weeks ago.

In political jargon, Mr. Johnson is treating this week’s Brexit votes as an “issue of confidence,” suggesting that the result of a defeat for the government would be a general election.

The stakes are high.

Mr. Johnson acknowledges that there could be economic and social disruption from a no-deal Brexit but argues that it would be manageable.

His critics point to warnings that it might leave ports gridlocked, and lead to shortages of fuel, medicines and some kinds of food. Moreover, they argue, it would leave Britain in a worse negotiating position to secure a deal with its biggest trading partner, the European Union.

With time running out for lawmakers to constrain Mr. Johnson, the maneuvers in Parliament on Tuesday could prove to be a decisive moment in a three-year battle over Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/world/europe/brexit-boris-johnson-britain.html

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Joe Biden says of conflating details of war stories: ‘I wasn’t trying to mislead anybody’ – CNN
Joe Biden says of conflating details of war stories: ‘I wasn’t trying to mislead anybody’ – CNN

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Hurricane Dorian: Airport Closures and Cancellations Multiply – The New York Times
Hurricane Dorian: Airport Closures and Cancellations Multiply – The New York Times

Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) suspended commercial flights.

In the Bahamas, Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) in Freeport closed on Friday and is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 3, though a statement from the airport noted that the opening “is subject to prevailing conditions.” The storm hit the Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane on Monday morning, with its progress slowing to a crawl. Photographs and videos show extensive damage.

With the path of the hurricane still shifting, some airlines are offering lower, capped prices on flights out of Florida, and some are waiving baggage and pet fees. Airlines also added new airports in the Carolinas and Georgia to their waivers, allowing travelers to cancel and reschedule flights for no penalty.

Delta capped fares on nonstop flights out of Florida at between $299 and $599 in the main cabin and between $499 and $799 in the forward cabin, from now through Sept. 4. American Airlines capped fares at $499 one-way nonstop in economy or $699 in domestic first class. JetBlue did not announce that it was capping flights, but a search out of several Florida airports showed lower flight prices than are common, with most flights at $199.

American Airlines added eight airports in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its waiver, which previously included flights to, from and through Florida. Flights to, from and through the following airports now have capped prices, and no baggage and pet fees: Charleston (CHS), Hilton Head (HHH) and Myrtle Beach (MYR) in South Carolina; Greenville (PGV), Jacksonville (OAJ), Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern (EWN) and Wilmington International (ILM) in North Carolina; and Savannah, Hilton Head Airport in Georgia (SAV).

JetBlue added Charleston and Savannah to its waiver.

United added Charleston, Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach, Savannah, and Wilmington to its waiver.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/travel/hurricane-dorian-airport-closures-cancellations.html

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At Least 4 Dead, 30 Missing In Charter Boat Fire Off Ventura County Coast – CBS Los Angeles
At Least 4 Dead, 30 Missing In Charter Boat Fire Off Ventura County Coast – CBS Los Angeles

VENTURA (CBSLA) – Five people were rescued, at least four people were killed and another 30 remain missing after a blaze broke out on a charter boat early Monday morning directly off Santa Cruz Island, across from the Ventura County coastline. Authorities confirmed there are fatalities, although the exact number is unknown.

This photo shows the burned out charter dive boat “Conception” just before it sank off Santa Cruz Island, near the coast of Ventura County. Sept. 2, 2019. (Credit: Ventura County Fire Department)

At 3:15 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard and Ventura County Fire Department crews rushed to a mayday call that the “Conception,” a 75-foot-long charter dive boat carrying 39 people, was ablaze 20 yards off Platts Harbor on the north side of Santa Cruz Island, which is located about 30 miles west of the city of Ventura.

“I can’t breathe!” a member of the crew can be heard screaming in the mayday call obtained by CBS2. There was no word on what may have sparked the blaze.

All five crew members aboard were rescued by a passing good Samaritan boat called the “Grape Escape,” while 34 passengers remain unaccounted for. The crew members jumped off the burning boat, Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester told reporters at a news briefing from Channel Islands Harbor.

(Santa Barbara County Fire Department/Mike Eliason)

“The crew was actually already awake and on the bridge and they jumped off,” Rochester said.

The passengers were all below deck at the time.

“The report I received is they (the passengers) were below deck asleep,” Rochester said.

Ventura County Fire crews battled the blaze, but the boat eventually sank in 64 feet of water, about 20 yards off shore.

Just before 11 a.m., the Coast Guard told the Associated Press that four bodies had been recovered near the burned out boat, leaving 30 people unaccounted for.

As of noon, the Coast Guard was scouring the area with choppers and boats for any possible survivors who had managed to jump off the Conception or made it to the shore.

At around 7:30 a.m., one of the surviving crew members was seen being boated in to Channel Island Harbor by rescuers and then placed into an ambulance to be taken to a hospital. He appeared to have suffered a leg injury. It’s unclear if the man was a crew member or one of the divers.

CBS2 has confirmed Conception is owned by Truth Aquatics, a boat rental service based out of Santa Barbara. It was built in Long Beach and first launched in 1981. According to Truth Aquatics’ website, Conception has a maximum capacity of 46 people. The company would not immediately comment on the incident when reached by CBS2. The charter appeared to have been booked by a group called Worldwide Diving Adventures.

An undated photo of “Conception.” (Truth Aquatics)

Experienced diver and CBS2 employee Darla Fletcher, who has taken several diving trips with Truth Aquatics, explained that the divers’ quarters on the boat are below deck and very cramped.

“Typically, the crew members will sleep up top, they’re not gonna sleep down there with the divers,” Fletcher said. “Especially on a full boat like this weekend, there were probably divers filling every possible bunk.”

The layout for the sleeping quarters of the “Conception.”  (Credit: Truth Aquatic)

Fletcher spoke highly of Truth Aquatics, which has been running charters since 1974.

“They’re a great company to dive with,” Fletcher said. “They take care of you. All their crew members are always looking out for you. They are just an amazing group of people.”

President Donald Trump retweeted a Ventura County Fire Department tweet about the fire, indicating he had been briefed on the incident. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team out to investigate.

Family members of those aboard the ship seeking information can call the Coast Guard at 833-688-5551 or 805-696-1188.

Santa Cruz Island is one eight islands that make up the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California, which includes Catalina Island.

LISTEN BELOW: Audio Of The Conception’s May Day Call

 

 

Source Article from https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/09/02/dozens-missing-charter-boat-fire-off-ventura-county-coastline-santa-cruz-island/

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Texas Gunman Who Killed 7 Had Been Fired Just Hours Before Shootings: Reports – NPR
Texas Gunman Who Killed 7 Had Been Fired Just Hours Before Shootings: Reports – NPR

High School students Celeste Lujan, left, and Yasmin Natera mourn their friend, Leila Hernandez, one of the victims of the Saturday shooting in Odessa, Texas, at a memorial service on Sunday.

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High School students Celeste Lujan, left, and Yasmin Natera mourn their friend, Leila Hernandez, one of the victims of the Saturday shooting in Odessa, Texas, at a memorial service on Sunday.

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The shooter who opened fire after a routine traffic stop Saturday in West Texas, killing 7 people and injuring 22 more, has been identified.

Seth Aaron Ator, 36, of Odessa, had a prior misdemeanor arrest in 2001, the AP reports, but that would not have been a legal barrier to purchasing a firearm in the state of Texas. As The New York Times first reported, Ator had been fired from his job just hours before he opened fire.

The identity of the shooter, who was killed by police, was released via Facebook after the Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke explained why he would not name the shooter during a news conference. “I’m not going to give him any notoriety for what he did,” Gerke said.

Police haven’t yet released the identities of those killed in the shooting, who ranged in age from 15 to 57, but their names have trickled out in social media posts by employers and family members.

Rodolfo “Rudy” Arco, 57, who owned a trucking company, was among those killed. His sister Maria Arco, told the Arizona Republic that her brother moved to Texas from Las Vegas in 2017 following a deadly shooting at a music festival, hoping it would be a safer place to live. “He felt that Odessa was the place to go,” Arco said.

Edwin Peregrino, 25, was killed when he heard gunshots outside his parents’ home to check it out, according to his sister, Eritizi Peregrino, The shooter was driving by the house and opened fire, reported The Washington Post.

Mary Granados, 29, was shot when the shooter stole her U.S. Postal Service truck. Her twin sister, Rosie Granados, told ABC News, “she left so soon and she was too young.”

Another victim who was killed, Leilah Hernandez, 15, was shot while walking out of a car dealership with her brother, according to family members. Her brother, Nathan, also shot, is hospitalized with injuries. A family member told The Washington Post that the family was at the dealership on Saturday to pick up a truck that Nathan had been saving up for.

The injured also include three law enforcement officers and a 17 month old girl, who was hit in the mouth with shrapnel and is expected to recover. A GoFundMe account started for the toddler, Anderson Davis, has raised about $200,000.

On the GoFundMe page, her mother wrote: “I ask you to continue praying for our hearts as we experience this, pray for complete healing of Anderson, pray for every other family in our same situation, or worse, today and pray for the shooters. Pray that whatever is causing them to do this will be defeated by God and they will stop shooting.”

Ator used an AR-15-style rifle during the weekend shooting spree, which began when he was stopped by police for failing to use a turn signal.

Upon being pulled over, the AP reports, Ator pointed a rifle toward the rear window of his car. He then fired several shots toward the patrol car stopping him, striking a state trooper, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger.

Ator then fled and began to fire shots as he drove through the Odessa and Midland area of western Texas. The violent rampage ended when police killed the gunman outside a movie theater.

A large public vigil was held Sunday night on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Marfa Pubic Radio reports, and began with a standing ovation for law enforcement and medical providers.

“Our first responders did an absolutely amazing job,” Odessa Mayor David Turner told the crowd. “You’re our heroes and we could not be more proud of you.”

“We’re still scared, we’re terrified, said Olivas, who attended the vigil service. “But we can’t let that get to us, so we came out tonight to show that fear will not get the best of us,”

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/09/02/756772750/texas-gunman-who-killed-7-had-been-fired-just-hours-before-shootings-reports

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Carrie Lam says she’d quit as Hong Kong leader if she could, according to leaked tape – CNN
Carrie Lam says she’d quit as Hong Kong leader if she could, according to leaked tape – CNN

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New Jersey Labor Day parade canceled after small explosive devices found near route of Gov. Murphy: report – Fox News
New Jersey Labor Day parade canceled after small explosive devices found near route of Gov. Murphy: report – Fox News
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A Labor Day parade in New Jersey was canceled early Monday after small explosive devices were found on a property along the route that Gov. Phil Murphy was expected to march, a report said.

The Borough of South Plainfield canceled the parade mere hours before it was set to kick off over “a security concern,” the borough tweeted. The fireworks show and 5k run were also canceled. Officials didn’t immediately offer further details.

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The multiple explosive devices were found in a wooded area on an unidentified man’s property, a senior law enforcement official told WNBC-TV. There was no sign that any of the dozen devices investigators located had been planted, another law enforcement source told the station.

The sources described the individual as an older man who may have been living in his parent’s basement. He was taken into police custody, the station reported.

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The 62nd annual Labor Day parade was set to begin at 10 a.m., News12 New Jersey reported. Gov. Murphy was supposed to attend with his wife, Tammy.

Authorities were continuing their investigation.

Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-labor-day-phil-murphy-explosive-devices

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Hurricane Dorian slams the Bahamas as Cat 5 | ABC News – ABC News
Hurricane Dorian slams the Bahamas as Cat 5 | ABC News – ABC News

ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports on the devastation in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, where he rode out the storm.

#ABCNews #Bahamas #Hurricane #Dorian

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U.S. Mail carrier nearing end of her shift killed in West Texas shooting – WZTV
U.S. Mail carrier nearing end of her shift killed in West Texas shooting – WZTV
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