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Tropical Storms Teddy, Vicky form as hurricane center tracks 8 systems; ‘storms everywhere’
As if one hurricane targeting the Gulf Coast of the United States and another moving directly over Bermuda on Monday wasn’t enough for forecasters, two tropical storms also formed within hours of each other. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said Tropical Storm Vicky formed just a few hours after Teddy came together in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning. The latest burst of activity marks only the second time in recorded history that five or more tropical cyclones have existed simultaneously in the Atlantic basin.
Sally intensifies, could wallop U.S. coast with 110-mph winds
The second strong storm in less than a month to threaten the region, Sally’s winds increased to 100 miles per hour (155 kph). It could wallop the Mississippi and Alabama coasts on Tuesday with devastating winds of up to 110 mph, on the cusp of becoming a Category 3 hurricane …
High number of coronavirus cases may be due to oversensitive testing
The criteria in Israel for determining by a lab test whether someone has coronavirus is higher than in many other countries, including Germany and the US. As a result, the number of people infected per million residents is very high in comparison. If new criteria of coronavirus tests are formulated, the number of those defined as infected with the virus will be noticeably lower, senior doctors in Israel believe.
Iranian Proxies Threaten Missile Attacks Against Israel and the UAE
“Yemen’s fighters and mujahideen, and among them the leader of the revolution, said a few months ago that we will strike Israel. We have missiles that can strike Israel and we will strike Israel and the Zionists. Today, we also say that the UAE has turned into a second Israel in the region.” “The Emiratis said today that they have given the island of Socotra to Israel,” Al-Halili said.
Iran weighing plot to assassinate US ambassador to South Africa
Officials have reportedly been aware of an ongoing general threat against U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks since early this year, however, new intelligence has revealed more specific threats against Marks. According to the U.S. government official, the Iranian embassy in Pretoria, South Africa is involved in the plot.
China’s military calls US ‘destroyer of world peace’
China’s Defense Ministry called the U.S. “the destroyer of world peace” on Sunday in response to a recent Pentagon report to Congress describing the threat of an expanding Chinese military.
Trump: Attack by Iran against US will be met with response 1000x greater
United States President Donald Trump threatened the Iranian regime on Monday over its planned assassination against the US ambassador to South Africa. Citing CIA and US intelligence sources, Politico reported that the regime was currently weighing an attempt on the life of Ambassador Lana Marks in response to America’s assassination of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani in January.
Vaccine maker got $1 billion from taxpayers. Now it’s boosting drug prices
One of the world’s largest drug companies has been aggressively raising prices even as it received hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. government aid to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. AstraZeneca, which the Trump administration has celebrated for its vaccine work, boosted prices despite renewed promises by President Trump this summer to keep drug costs in check.
Robot can detect if people are wearing masks
A human-like robot called Pepper can now detect whether people are wearing a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Pepper uses cameras to scan the faces of up to 5 people in a group, simultaneously, in order to check if they are wearing a mask. During the interaction, Pepper displays a green or red circle around the face on its tablet depending on whether the person is wearing a mask or not.
Scientists create gene-edited animals as ‘surrogate sires’ to boost food production
Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality…genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production. The animals, created…using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9, could be used as “surrogate sires”…blank slates…transplanted with stem cells that produce the desired sperm…
Israeli strike kills 10 Iran-backed gunmen in Syria – Lebanese media
A suspected Israeli airstrike on Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria on Monday killed 10 fighters, including eight Iraqis, a Syrian opposition war monitor reported. Israel rarely comments on such reports, but is believed to have carried out scores of raids targeting Iran’s military presence in Syria in recent years.
Moody’s warns of crisis as it cuts Turkey’s debt rating
Turkey had its debt rating cut deeper into junk by Moody’s Investors Service, which warned of a possible balance-of-payments crisis in assigning the lowest grade it’s ever given to the country. The sovereign credit rating was cut to B2, five levels below investment grade and on par with Egypt, Jamaica and Rwanda.
Unprecedented numbers of birds are mysteriously dropping dead from the sky in New Mexico
Over the past few weeks, various species of migratory birds are dying in “unprecedented” numbers of unknown causes. And this growing number of birds in southern New Mexico that have mysteriously died have wildlife experts scratching their heads. “It is terribly frightening,” Desmond said. “…We’re losing probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of migratory birds.“
Sally rapidly strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane, extremely dangerous storm surge expected, U.S.
Tropical Storm “Sally” has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane by 16:00 UTC on September 14, 2020, becoming the 7th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. At the time, its center was located about 220 km (135 miles) ESE of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. It had maximum sustained winds of 140 km/h (85 mph) and minimum central pressure of 985 hPa.
Eye of Hurricane “Paulette” moves directly over Bermuda
The northern eyewall of Category 1 Hurricane “Paulette” started moving over Bermuda at around 06:00 UTC on Monday, September 14, 2020. At the time, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 140 km/h (85 mph) and was moving NW at 20 km/h (13 mph). Its minimum central pressure was 973 hPa.
Teacher Handouts Lesson Plan Comparing Law Enforcement To Slave Owners, KKK
While parents across the country battle the decision whether or not to send their children back to school, that is if they’re the lucky few who have the option, one teacher shows the nonsense kids may be going back to. A Westchester County high-school teacher handed out a controversial cartoon to 11th-grade students on their first day back at school.
Prof: White Christians deny climate change while West burns
A professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at Oregon State University is claiming white Christians “turn away from the root causes of [climate] devastation” even while fires devastate western regions of the country.
Netflix ‘Cuties’ film ‘child porn’ uproar ensnares Obamas
The growing uproar over “Cuties” threatens to engulf the Obamas as they come under pressure to use their influence at Netflix to pull the provocative French film accused of glorifying the sexualization of girls.
Sally Strengthens Into Category 2 Hurricane Ahead Of Landfall Tuesday
The storm is about 135 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving west-northwest at five mph. Landfall is expected on Tuesday around New Orleans.
Left-wing arsonists are setting many of the wildfires in Western states… but why?
It’s now abundantly clear that left-wing arsonists are setting many of the wildfires that are exploding across Western states. Naturally, Oregon fire officials have now “officially” denied the fires are being set by human beings, instead claiming all the fires are Trump’s fault because of “climate change.”
NOT CLIMATE CHANGE: Oregon Man Charged with Starting Fire with Molotov Cocktail – Went Back and Started 6 More Fires After Release
An arsonist in Oregon was arrested Sunday night for starting a brush fire with a Molotov cocktail. After his release he was arrested again on Monday for starting six more fires.