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Smoke and Winds Worsen in Deadly West Coast Wildfires “Red Flag Warning, which indicates extreme fire conditions with gusty winds and low relative humidity, was in effect Monday in parts of Oregon and Northern California, where President Trump was visiting.”
Hurricane Sally Churns Toward Central Gulf Coast “Hurricane Sally took aim at the central Gulf Coast as thousands of people prepared for heavy rain and potentially deadly flooding from New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss., to the Alabama-Florida state line.”
New U.S. Coronavirus Infections Fall From a Day Earlier “Texas and California led the nation in new Covid-19 cases. There were 4,260 new cases reported in Texas, and 2,795 in California, according to data from Johns Hopkins.”
Rochester Mayor Fires Police Chief Over Death of Daniel Prude “Mayor Lovely Warren asked the Justice Department to look at all body-camera footage from Rochester Police Department officers that involved use-of-force arrests in the past three years.”
Trump Administration Can End Protection for Some Immigrants, Appeals Court Rules “The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a 2018 lower court ruling that blocked the administration from phasing out Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: Oregon's Historic WildfiresThe state's director of emergency management shares how the state is responding to the fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Flu vs. Covid: Ways to Identify Symptoms and Differences “Flu and other seasonal ailments share symptoms with Covid. But there are some ways to help determine what’s wrong.”
NXIVM had a cult leader made for the Internet. “He talks like the most annoying guy in your freshman philosophy class. Footage of him practicing Judo and playing piano reveal a middle-school proficiency.”
THE COMMENT
“All of these "natural" disasters were foreseen decades ago by scientists who warned of the unnatural consequences of releasing massive quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. They told us the West would become warmer, drier and more susceptible to fire. They told us that tropical storms would become less predictable and more frequent, and that rising sea levels would put coastal cities at greater risk. And they told us that if we don't take coordinated global action to limit carbon emissions, these life-threatening impacts will get much, much worse.” - Eugene Robinson
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