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As the remnants of the former Tropical Storm Imelda moved north on Friday, residents in southeast Texas awoke to shut down roads, scattered thunderstorms and the possibility of more flooding from a storm that became one the top 10 wettest in U.S. history.The storm that had barely earned a name — it briefly ranked as a tropical storm before being downgraded to a tropical depression — took many residents by surprise with its relentlessness, rekindling memories from when Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rainfall in some areas and caused dozens of deaths in 2017. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2V7D6c5 via Latest News

When the moderator at the LGBTQ forum for presidential candidates pressed Joe Biden on his record, he called her 'a real sweetheart' afterward. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NrEeX9 via Latest News

Iran's attack reveals weakness. Trump can do nothing and wait for sanctions to continue crushing the mullahs' regime. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31AO5NI via Latest News

The Massachusetts woman convicted of encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself via text messages has been denied early release. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30FLMb0 via Latest News

The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Friday called for Saudi Arabia to stop its war in Yemen, or else face more attacks on its soil. The U.S. accuses Iran of being behind recent drone-and-cruise-missile attacks that knocked out more than half of Saudi Arabia's daily crude oil production. Saudi Arabia has said "Iranian weaponry" was used. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34VO5Kg via Latest News

Donald Trump reportedly repeatedly pressured Ukraine’s new leader to launch an investigation into the son of the man the US president may face off again in 2020.Reports in the US media said Mr Trump badgered Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a July 25 phone called, to press ahead with the probe into Joe Biden’s son, and suggested he work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QmbGAK via Latest News

The 2020 Democratic candidates all have a plan to eliminate student debt. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MaSRuX via Latest News

A female gun owner challenged presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke at a campaign rally on Thursday in Aurora, Colorado over his plan to confiscate certain semi-automatic rifles from law abiding Americans.O'Rourke vowed to confiscate certain semi-automatic rifles from their legal owners during the third Democratic primary debate earlier this month."Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be used against a fellow American anymore," said O'Rourke.At the Wednesday rally, gun owner Laura Bobert challenged O'Rourke, saying, "I am here to say 'hell no, you're not'" going to confiscate my gun.> A woman confronts Beto O’Rourke over his claims that he is going to confiscate people’s guns> > She tells him “Hell no!” > > O’Rourke’s supporters were so rude to the woman that O’Rourke repeatedly has to tell them to knock it off pic.twitter.com/LD9ORGJHHT> > -- Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedr

Mexico City (AFP) - Hurricane Lorena advanced on Saturday through the Gulf of California after the Category 1 storm made landfall near the popular Los Cabos beach resort, the Mexican hurricane monitor said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30eFym5 via Latest News

A baffling viral video shows Apple employees in a standing ovation after man buys iPhone 11    Business Insider 10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: $11 Anker wireless charger, $20 Wi-Fi extender, $25 off Kindle, more    BGR The internet was baffled by video of a standing ovation for Sydney's first iPhone 11 owner    Business Insider India View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2M5RH3H via Technology

iPhone 11 and 11 Pro drop test: We couldn't crack these phones    CNET We put both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro through a series of drops to see if they would survive. Turns out, they're a lot tougher than we thought. from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/336jo3x via Technology

Voice actor may hold clue to the identity of future Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character    EventHubs Blizzard Comments on Overwatch Characters Coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate    Comicbook.com Armada breaks down why Leffen beat Salem in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at Super Smash Con 2019    EventHubs View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2IfFNTM via Technology

Don’t update to iOS 13.0 if you play Fortnite or PUBG Mobile    The Verge PUBG Mobile, Fortnite Players of Three-Finger Gesture Issue After iOS 13 Update; iOS 13.1 Expected to Fix the Issue    Gadgets 360 'PUBG' And 'Fortnite' Players Should Avoid Apple's Latest iOS 13 Update -- Here's Why    Forbes An iOS 13 gesture bug is interrupting mobile games like Fortnite and PUBG    iMore iPhone games including Fortnite and PUBG are unplayable on iOS 13 due to gesture bug, warning players not to update    9to5Mac View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/350dp1S via Technology

While the worst of Jerry spared the northern Caribbean, forecasters believe the tropical storm will directly impact Bermuda next week.Jerry weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm early Saturday morning while passing a few hundred miles to the north of the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Jerry is seen swirling north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Saturday afternoon. (GOES-EAST/NOAA) Although Jerry has been moving towards the west-northwest over the past few days, a cold front set to sweep off the East Coast of the United States on Monday will pull the tropical system northward early next week.While this northward turn will spare the United States from direct impacts, Jerry will still enhance the rough surf battering Florida's east coast through the weekend.Jerry's expected northward turn may put the storm on a collision course with Bermuda. "Jerry will pass close to or perhaps over Bermuda Tuesday or Tuesday night," Ac

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates seem to wish to "fight Iran to the last American". Zarif has in the past said that a so-called “B-team” including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi's crown prince could goad the U.S. president into a conflict with Tehran. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30A5iW8 via Latest News

"It was a totally appropriate conversation. It was actually a beautiful conversation," Trump said of his conversation with the unnamed foreign leader. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34Z8Zs0 via Latest News

A tour bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, authorities said Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31GFxFh via Latest News

Organizers expect thousands to turn out, and 16-year-old climate activists Greta Thunberg is scheduled to speak. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30eKoAH via Latest News

Billionaire Robert F. Smith and his family have donated $34 million to Morehouse College to pay off 2019 graduates' student loans and parent loans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Oe5ec5 via Latest News

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, campaigning for re-election, vowed on Friday to ban assault rifles but fell short on handguns, saying only that he would help cities restrict pistols and revolvers in response to a spate of shootings. "You don't need military-grade assault weapons, ones designed to kill the largest amount of people in the shortest amount of time, to take down a deer," he told a news conference in Toronto. There have been 311 shootings in Canada's largest city so far this year, with gun violence having increased incrementally each year to almost triple the rate in 2014. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2M8zKRZ via Latest News

* ‘Without a fundraising surge we do not see a path forward’ * Booker insists announcement not a stunt to swell coffersCory Booker said: ‘I want people to see where we are and understand that we have a pathway to victory, but I can’t walk it alone.’ Photograph: José Luis Magaña/APCory Booker could be the next Democrat to drop out of the race for the presidential nomination.In a “now-or-never” memo to supporters and staff, campaign manager Addisu Demissie said Booker need to raise $1.7m by the end of the month or he would have to drop out of the race.“Without a fundraising surge to close out this quarter, we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward,” Demissie wrote in the memo, published online on Saturday morning. “The next 10 days will determine whether Cory Booker can stay in this race.”Booker, who is in Iowa this weekend, tweeted: “It’s an unusual move for a campaign like ours to be this transparent, but there can be no courage without vulnerability. I want people to see where

In a secret chat last November, according to court filings, two associates of a violent white supremacist group discussed whether drug use was in line with their political beliefs.“Psychedelic Nazis . . . There’s nothing more Aryan than entheogenic drug use,” Andrew Thomasberg, 21, texted a friend, according to prosecutors, referencing plants that have psychedelic effects. But, he added, “Drug addiction is untermensch” – a Nazi term for people considered subhuman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30hidkA via Latest News

This happened once before. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31PHtLm via Latest News