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PM Update: Storms move east and rain tapers, but more is likely to fall Thursday

9/27/2018, 1:27:52 AM
No one will be that surprised there is more rain is in the forecast. ✔ Tomorrow (Thursday): Showers may be increasing as soon as early morning, but if not we should see rain become more widespread during the day ✔ And if you haven’t already, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram ✔ Want our 5 a.m. forecast delivered to your email in-box



Wilmington Housing Project Residents Say Florence Was 'Hell.' Now They Fear What's Next.

9/27/2018, 2:50:38 AM
“You couldn't even hardly walk because it was so flooded. Water everywhere.” ✔ Joseph Rushmore/HuffPostLeroy Mitchell WILMINGTON, N.C ✔ Instead, many residents say, Wilmington Housing Authority’s only storm preparation was to posting of fliers warning residents not to leave their windows or doors open ― or they would risk paying for any damage



It was a summerlike day capped off with strong to severe storms across the area

9/27/2018, 1:28:07 AM
A few spots of damaging wind, plenty of rain, and lots of lightning. We know the story well. ✔ The amount of warm, buoyant energy available for thunderstorms (what we call CAPE, or convective available potential energy) is expected to approach 1,000 to 2,000 J/kg in spots this afternoon ✔ We’d lean toward scattered storms scooting across the Beltway between 6 and 8 p.m. A few could be severe



FEMA chief Brock Long omitted from wreck report: sources

9/27/2018, 12:38:44 AM
chief of the U.S. disaster response agency FEMA was riding in a government vehic... ✔ The government-owned black SUV, with Long as a passenger, collided with another car, a source said ✔ FEMA Assistant Administrator John Veatch internally reported the accident on Oct. 27, 2017, the report says ✔ REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



IMF boosts Argentina program to $57 billion in bid to halt peso slide

9/27/2018, 12:02:34 AM
ternational Monetary Fund on Wednesday increased its three-year lending program ... ✔ Sandleris, appointed on Tuesday after his predecessor unexpectedly resigned, said the range will initially be set at 34 to 44 pesos to the U.S. dollar ✔ It will depreciate daily at a rate equivalent to 3.0 percent per month, he said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Palace Museum firefighters safeguard country's past

9/27/2018, 12:30:50 AM
They are likely to go unnoticed by the multitude of visitors who pass the Donghuamen, or East Prosperity Gate, at Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City. ✔ I cannot imagine what would happen if the Palace Museum was on fire ✔ The collection includes 42 percent of the registered national-level precious cultural relics ✔ Running along the 3-kilometer moat at the Forbidden City is first, followed by more training in specific fields



'Rustbelt' communties up North 'will be most affected by Robot age'

9/27/2018, 3:03:41 AM
BRITAIN’S struggling “rustbelt” towns across the North and Midlands will be hit hardest by the age of the robots, a major new report has found. While the South and big cities like Manchester will b… ✔ The towns now face a nightmare repeat of the tough times that followed the collapse of heavy industry in the 1980s ✔ The CSJ also calls for the government to take urgent action to prevent the disaster be offering enterprise zones and special tax breaks to save the sinking towns ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



Now the US backs the UK over our Brexit decision - EXPRESS COMMENT

9/27/2018, 1:32:29 AM
SO MUCH for the doomsayers. The United States, which has always been our greatest ally, has said that Britain is now the place to invest: what more proof is needed that we were right to vote to leave the EU? ✔ Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn (Image: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA WIRE) Labour would ruin us all Meanwhile, over at the Labour Party conference, Jeremy Corbyn continues to prove that he would be an utter disaster if he ever got anywhere near Number 10 ✔ It was a bold move but it is right to keep the abbey up with the times



Thursday’s TV highlights: 'The Good Place' on NBC, and more - Los Angeles Times

9/27/2018, 3:09:47 AM
Broadcast and cable TV highlights for Thursday, Sept. 27th, 2018: Season premieres of "The Good Place," "Mom," "Grey's Anatomy," Law & Order: SVU," plus NFL football and the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. ✔ SERIES Basketball: A Love Story New installments of Dan Klores’ docu-series feature segments on NBA greats, including Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James ✔ A major earthquake rocks Los Angeles on the action drama’s sophomore-season premiere ✔ (N) 10 a.m. KCOP The Real Shanola Hampton and Stevey Howey (Shameless)



Fascinating pictures show New Yorkers beating summer heat in the 1930s

9/27/2018, 1:16:22 AM
A collection of captivating images shared by the New York City Parks Department showcases how New Yorkers have enjoyed summer days during the 1930s and beyond. ✔ ‘In later photos you will see starting with the 1960s, one of my favorite parts is that though the city didn’t have as much funding to build these huge projects, they still wanted to make sure that the pools reached these more outer neighborhoods, not just the central neighborhoods



Corbyn says he’ll BACK Theresa May (if we stay in the customs union) 

9/27/2018, 2:07:35 AM
Jeremy Corbyn (pictured) said he wanted to ‘reach out’ to Mrs May and offer her Labour’s support – provided she keeps Britain in a customs union with the EU after Brexit. ✔ He mocked Eurosceptic Tories, saying they ‘unite the politics of the 1950s with the economics of the 19th Century’ ✔ ‘All he offers are failed ideas that didn’t work in the past and would leave working families paying the price with higher taxes, more debt and more waste – just like last time.’



Corbyn's wind turbine plan shows his disdain for Britain

9/27/2018, 2:07:45 AM
There are 7,100 onshore wind turbines in Britain, and just under 2,000 off shore. Corbyn’s plan, unveiled in a briefing note at Labour’s Party Conference, is to double the number on land. ✔ Jeremy Corbyn spent much of his childhood in a lovely corner of Shropshire, which happens to be the county of my birth ✔ I like to imagine the young Jeremy scampering out from his agreeable family home, Yew Tree Manor, to collect conkers or pick blackberries ✔ asks STEPHEN GLOVER 15/08/18   STEPHEN GLOVER: No, Boris’s burka barbs are NOT a plot to topple Theresa



1,600 men say they believe Christine Blasey Ford in full-page newspaper ad

9/27/2018, 3:48:56 AM
"We believe Anita Hill. We also believe Christine Blasey Ford." Ad references two women who accused Supreme Court nominees of sexual misconduct. ✔ AFP/Getty Images Fullscreen Palestinian pupils protest in front of a school administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and financed by U.S. aid, in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept



Who'll find love on our blind date?

9/27/2018, 2:15:54 AM
Susan Elwood, 65, reported back on her lunch with Mark, 60, at The Garden Room Restaurant in The George of Stamford hotel. Dating doctor Alana Kirk shared advice for overcoming a bad date. ✔ This time, Susan Elwood, 65, went to lunch at The Garden Room Restaurant in The George of Stamford hotel, in Lincolnshire, with Mark, a 60-year-old divorcé ✔ I didn’t have the soup, but the seabass was delicious, and I want to thank the staff for being so kind and caring towards me



Trump's greatest hits from the UN press conference

9/27/2018, 12:33:38 AM
US President Donald Trump's chat with the media after his appearance at the UN was a roller coaster of bizarre claims, boasts and jabs at the media. Even one of the Founding Fathers got involved. Here are the best takeaways. ✔ Trump did say he would call Rosenstein to reschedule the meeting due to the other big story of the week: Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ✔ One of the moves that caused the most outrage was his moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which derailed talks and caused Arab protests worldwide



Riddle of drug-taking grandson of Liberal leader found dead

9/27/2018, 3:24:44 AM
William Sinclair, 48, was found dead in Budapest two weeks ago. It is thought he fell from Budapest’s Chain Bridge (pictured) and his death is being treated as accident or suicide. ✔ The body of William Sinclair, 48, (seen on October 16, 2005) who had a child with a former dominatrix linked to the former Chancellor, was discovered two weeks ago in Budapest The time is early evening, late summer in Budapest and three men are seen climbing onto the superstructure of the city’s landmark Chain Bridge ✔ The would-be politician had been with Coleridge (who is due to give the oration at Sinclair’s funeral) at Oxford, where they were both members of the hell-raising Bullingdon Club



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