Want to register to vote? Today’s a good day to do it.
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day, a day created in 2012 and dedicated to enabling “broad awareness of voter registration opportunities” for thousands of Americans with the help of an online campaign and volunteers who “hit the streets” in a coordinated event, according to the National Voter Registration Day site. The day is a massive effort to register voters before the upcoming elections in the fall. Facebook, which pledged to register 4 million voters ahead of the November election, says it’s more than halfway to its goal, logging 2.5 million registrations from Facebook, Instagram and Messenger users. Also, Twitter users should be aware that the social media company is rolling out its biggest push yet to encourage more Americans to cast their ballots in the November election Tuesday as well.
- Get ready: Register to vote or check your status here
- Election 2020: When early voting and mail voting for president begins in every state
- Facebook election turnout: Company says it has already registered 2.5 million Americans to vote
- Twitter’s get-out-the-vote campaign push will be in your face Tuesday
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Trump’s UN address to be released before he leaves for Pennsylvania rally
President Donald Trump is set to give a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday as he grapples with various issues while running for reelection. The White House has not previewed his speech, but Trump was expected to highlight agreements the U.S. brokered between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Trump also told reporters Monday that he’d have a “strong message” for China, where the first cases of COVID-19 were reported. Trump is not popular at the U.N. and his speech comes at a time when U.N. members are pushing back against Washington. Later Tuesday, Trump will go where he is popular: a rally. The president will speak at an event in Pittsburgh, according to his official schedule. While in Ohio Monday, Trump told supporters he welcomes the threat of a second impeachment by Democrats if he successfully fills the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Moving forward: Trump met with Supreme Court frontrunner Amy Coney Barrett at White House Monday
- ‘It hasn’t ebbed. It’s crashed’: Trump’s Ohio suburb slide could signal peril in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
- ‘He loves his rallies:’ Biden says Trump puts supporters at risk with big events while keeping himself safe
Woman suspected of sending ricin to White House to appear in court
A woman suspected of mailing a package containing the poison ricin to the White House is now expected to appear in a New York court Tuesday, following her arrest at the U.S.-Canada border. The suspect was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo on Sunday and is expected to face federal charges in connection with the package, which was intercepted in the past week. Ricin, a poison drawn from the husks of castor beans, has surfaced in other plots targeting President Donald Trump, President Barack Obama and other officials. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, exposure to ricin through inhalation, ingestion or injection can lead to death.
- Ricin explained: Just how deadly is it, how does it kill?
- Suspect arrested: Woman suspected of sending ricin-tainted package to Trump taken in at US-Canada border
- From 2018: Navy vet arrested in case of poisoned letters sent to White House; ricin ingredients found
Tropical Storm Beta makes landfall, drenches storm-weary Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Beta, the 23rd storm of the relentless 2020 hurricane season, is expected to bring flooding downpours to Texas and Louisiana this week, along with “life-threatening storm surge near times of high tide” through Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The first rain bands from Beta reached the Texas coast on Sunday, but the storm, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, made landfall Monday night on the Texas coast, according to a Hurricane Center update. Forecasters said up to 15 inches of rain could fall in some areas. Rough surf and high tide have already caused structural damage to a fishing pier in Galveston, Texas, and a state of emergency has been declared for Louisiana and parts of Texas. “Be weather aware because things can change. This is 2020 and so we have to expect the unexpected,” advised Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.
- ‘Crazy’ 2020 hurricane season: Period matches 2005 in activity, but not storm intensity
- Storms Alpha and Beta form: Hurricane season 2020 has been so busy, we have to use Greek letters
- ‘What do we do?’: Florida residents have runaway barges in their yards after Hurricane Sally
Hello, pumpkin spice: It’s the first day of fall
Our long, hot summer is finally coming to an end on Tuesday with the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. At a precise moment each September, the sun is directly above the equator, marking the exact time of the autumnal equinox (this year that moment is Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET). Below the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s known as the vernal or spring equinox and marks the beginning of spring. Although some people claim the autumnal equinox is the “official” start of fall, there is no administrative or political organization that actually designates that. Indeed, though astronomers say summer ends Tuesday, meteorologists and climatologists said summer ended Aug. 31, the final day of the three hottest months of the year (June, July and August).
- ‘Abrupt, punctuated and spectacular’: Foliage forecast shows leaves may change early this year
- Pumpkin Spice season: Brands roll out their seasonal fall flavors
- Deals for fall: Where to get rakes, leaf blowers and more fall cleaning supplies on sale
Contributing: Associated Press
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